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To make an Exile shield in Diablo 2: Resurrected, yous need to spell out the runeword "VexOhmIstDol" by adding a Vex rune, an Ohm rune, an Ist rune, and a Dol rune to a 4-socket Paladin shield. The runes must exist added in exactly that social club for the runeword to work. And the shield must be a Paladin shield — y'all cannot make Exile with a Monarch, Ward, or Aegis.

It'due south possible to get a four-socket Paladin shield as early on as Act Iv on Normal difficulty, but the probability of finding 1 increases steadily as you progress into Nightmare and Hell difficulty. And if you lot discover a normal Paladin shield anywhere on Act IV Normal or later, then y'all can either get Larzuk to add sockets to it, or take a chance with the Horadric Cubes add sockets recipe. Having said all that, Exile is an expensive runeword, so you're kind of wasting information technology if y'all don't make it with an exceptional shield establish on Hell difficulty (or perhaps on the Secret Cow Level on Nightmare difficulty).

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Dol is the easiest rune to get in this recipe. You might even be lucky plenty to go i as early as Act Five on Normal difficulty. If non, y'all can farm it at the Hellforge on Nightmare, or from The Countess on Nightmare or Hell. Ist is much harder to get, dropping on Human action V Nightmare at the earliest, and merely dropping at the Hellforge or Countess on Hell difficulty. But Ist is way easier to become than Vex or Ohm, neither of which can exist dropped past the Hellforge or The Countess at all. You'll be relying on random drops on Hell difficulty for both of those two, unless you have 2 spare Gul runes and a scarlet, which can be combined in the Horadric Cube to make a Vex. If yous somehow stop up with ii spare Vex runes, y'all can combine those with an emerald to brand an Ohm.

An Exile shield is guaranteed to make your Paladin into an absolute tank thank you to its defense boosts and its Defiance aureola. All it really lacks is resistance bonuses, then brand sure you become those in some other way.

Exile's total listing of bonuses is as follows:

  • fifteen% Take chances To Cast Level 5 Life Tap On Hit
  • Level 13-16 Defiance Aura When Equipped
  • +two To Offensive Auras (Paladin Only)
  • +xxx% Faster Block Rate
  • Freezes Target
  • +220-260% Enhanced Defense force (varies)
  • Replenish Life +7
  • +5% To Maximum Cold Resist
  • +5% To Maximum Fire Resist
  • 25% Meliorate Chance Of Getting Magic Items
  • Repairs one Immovability in 4 Seconds