Animate Guardian Double Unique Shield Guide

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Mark_GGG wrote:

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Vincendra wrote:

when using necro. aegis, does AG doubledip from shields ? how is NA handled with AG?

The Guardian has the stats of any shield it has equipped, as well as the stats of a shield you have equipped if you have Necromantic Aegis. This allows it the stats of two shields at once. some unique shields can be quite powerful when doubled up this way.

With this comment, I thought it would be fun to take a look at all the unique shields in the game when the Guardian is essentially dual-wielding them.

Note, the following stats are based on maximum rolls & I've removed bonuses that the Guardian can't use.

Aegis Aurora x 2:
68% Block
748 Armor
220 Energy Shield
+40% Elemental Weapon Damage
+20% Elemental Resist
+10% Max Cold Resist
Replenish Energy Shield by 4% of Armour when you block

You probably don't want to dual-wield Aegis Aurora simply because it's a really expensive item to risk losing if the guardian dies, but if you can afford it, this is a strong contender for best shield to double up on.


Chernobog's Pillar x 2:
56% Block
1790 Armour
+100% Fire Resist
50% of Physical Damage converted to Fire Damage
10% chance to curse enemies with enfeeble on hit

Not too exciting, but if you want to try a physical->fire conversion guardian, this will let you do it.


Atziri's Mirror x 2:
56% Block
1384 Evasion
+120 Int
+60% Element Resist
Reflect Curses

Lots of elemental resist but otherwise not that great.


Crest of Perandus x 2:
80% Block
88 Evasion
6% Physical Damage Leeched as Life
+160 Max Life
15 Life Regen/sec
+60% Lightning Resist

Here's a fun cheap combo. Maxed out block chance, lots of lightning resist, lots of life for the early game, and plenty of life leech & life regen to help your guardian alive.


Daresso's Courage x 2:
64% Block
466 Armour
466 Evasion
240% Block Recovery
+40% Physical Damage
+40% Elemental Resist
240% Block Chance applied to Spells when on Low Life

Decent overall with nice stats, element resist, and physical damage bonus. Gives the guardian some nice emergency defenses in the form of spell block on low life.


Jaws of Agony x 2:
52% Block
420 Evasion
124 Energy Shield
Reflect 520 Physical Damage to Melee Attackers
+50% Physical Damage
+160 Life
-36 Physical Damage from Attacks

The guardian can't use the trap bonuses but the extra life, physical damage, and reduced physical damage from attacks are all nice. Probably not worth it compared to other shields though.


Kaltenhalt x 2:
62% Block
524 Evasion
+100% Cold Resist
+10% Max Cold Resist
Reflect 100 Cold Damage to Melee Attackers

Cheap way to get a ton of cold resist.


Lioneye's Remorse x 2:
66% Block
2842 Armour
+200 Life
-10% Move
40% Block & Stun Recovery
-50 Physical Damage from Projectile Attacks

Good block & lots of life & armour.


Matua Tapuna x 2:
56% Block
90 Energy Shield
+20% Increased Effect of Auras on You

Unless there's some sort of weird interaction with the minion aura bonuses, this is a pointless combo.


Prism Guardian x 2:
48% Block
324 Armour
96 Energy Shield
+74% Elemental Resist
+60 Dex

Really high elemental resist but otherwise weak. Keep in mind that the primary use of Prism Guardian still works even with Necromantic Aegis since you still get all your gem effects.


Rathpith Globe x 2:
60% Block
436 Energy Shield
72% Spell Block (120% Block Chance applied to spells)
+20% Life
+50% Lightning Resist

Easy way to get really high spell block without sacrificing regular block.


Rise of the Phoenix x 2:
52% Block
508 Armour
148 Energy Shield
+16% Elemental Resist
+50% Fire Resist (+100% when low life)
+16% Max Fire Resist
12 Life regen/sec
+20% Move when low life
Cannot be ignited when low life

Mediocre stats but it gives the guardian a whopping 91% Max Fire Resist. Combine it with a high LV Purity of Fire & some +Aura Effect passives & you could conceivably make your guardian essentially invulnerable against fire.


Saffell's Frame x 2:
52% Block (0% = Cannot block attacks)
83% Spell Block (160% block chance applied to spells)
388 Armour
114 Energy Shield
+28% Elemental Resist
+8% Max Resist

Gives maximum spell block & increases max resists but lacks regular block or other useful stats.


Springleaf x 2:
48% Block
66 Armour
22 Energy Shield
+8% Elemental Resist
100% reduced Freeze duration
12% Life Regen/sec when low life

Now here's an interesting combination. The actual stats are pretty bad (low armour, energy shield, and block) but it makes the guardian essentially immune to freeze. More importantly, it gives a HUGE amount of life regen when it hits low life, thus giving it a strong emergency death prevention measure.


Titucius' Span x 2:
48% Block (+50% against Projectiles)
896 Armour
+100 Life
-20 Physical Damage from Projectiles
400% Increased Armour against Projectiles

Great defense against projectiles but not much else.


Wheel of the Stormsail x 2:
58% Block
42 Armour
22 Evasion
+80% Rarity
+200% Duration of Curses on you

Big boost to rarity (which I assume works on guardian kills).

Really nice how you went through them regardless of expensiveness. If I am correct they still never fixed the rarity bonuses on guardians so the last one is wasting a mf item as you will not benefit from the guardian kills.

How about mixing it up for some dual buff bonuses?

Let's say for example, rathpits globe

+ crest of parendus/ daresso's courage?

extreme block chance and pretty solid immunity vs spells on low life :').

Better give that blocking guardian the armor that provides a 5% flat regen aura on block imo! :D

you can combine 2 different shields right :D? This is very interesting info, thank you for this!

Peace,

-Boem-

interesting!

Now how to get the guardian to do insane damage?

I think having 2 jaws would make this stat extremely powerful:

"Reflect 520 Physical Damage to Melee Attackers"

If that physical damage is modified by your (the guardian's) damage boosts it would make it like a free lvl 20 EK hit every time your guardian gets attacked

I don't think reflect damage is affected by damage bonuses. If it is, then you might actually be able to deal solid reflect damage on a guardian with a dual Jaws of Agony setup and enough minion damage bonuses.

It's probably completely impractical, but I'd be curious to try and see if you could create a low life Guardian by giving it a Death's Oath and then using 1 or 2 Springleafs to stabilize its life.