Spirit Ward is a unique Ward, a type of Shield from Diablo II: Lord of Destruction.
Spirit Ward has the potential to have a high chance of blocking on par with that of Gerke's Sanctuary. Therefore, it is useful in the hands of almost any class, due to its very useful defensive properties.
Spirit Ward wields a boost to All Resistances, a property useful in shields due to the lowered resistances in Nightmare and Hell difficulties. A player could further augment this property by socketing Spirit Ward and inserting a perfect Diamond, but Spirit Ward's resistance boosts are generally fairly high on their own.
Besides its high chance of blocking, Spirit Ward also has a chance of casting Fade when struck. Although normally only usable by Assassins, Fade gives its user increased resistances to both Elemental and Physical Damage; more the former than the latter.
As a result, Spirit Ward is particularly useful when fighting spellcasters - its boost to resistances plus its chance of casting Fade will raise all resistances to sizable levels as late as Hell mode, while its high defense and chance of blocking ward off physical fighters.
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Spirit Ward
Ward
Defense: 393-478
Required Level: 68
Required Strength: 185
Chance to Block:
Paladin Smite Damage: 11 To 35
+130-180% Enhanced Defense
+25% Faster Block Rate
20-30% Increased Chance to Block
All Resistances +30-40
+6-11 Cold Absorb
5% Chance To Cast Level 8 Fade When Struck
(Only Spawns in Patch 1.10 or later)
Normal Shields — Pelta Lunata (Buckler) • Umbral Disk (Small Shield) • Stormguild (Large Shield) • Steelclash (Kite Shield) • Swordback Hold (Spiked Shield) • Bverrit Keep (Tower Shield) • Wall of the Eyeless (Bone Shield) • The Ward (Gothic Shield)
Exceptional Shields — Visceratuant (Defender) • Moser's Blessed Circle (Round Shield) • Stormchaser (Scutum) • Tiamat's Rebuke (Dragon Shield) • Lance Guard (Barbed Shield) • Gerke's Sanctuary (Pavise) • Lidless Wall (Grim Shield) • Radament's Sphere (Ancient Shield)
Elite Shields — Blackoak Shield (Luna) • Stormshield (Monarch) • Spike Thorn (Blade Barrier) • Medusa's Gaze (Aegis) • Head Hunter's Glory (Troll Nest) • Spirit Ward (Ward)