How do you work around Redblade Banner Scarcity?

Hello Ladies and Gentleman,

While a lot just talk about minor lategame changes like influence mods going into core pool there is actually a very serious thing happening now for Berserkers:

One of the most used items for rage-generation and infinite War Cry Power, the Redblade Banner unique Shield, cannot be acquired through its regular way.

It is a rather common drop from Bosses in the Lighthouse Map, but the patchnodes revealed that lighthouse is replaced in 3.17.

That means, there are only luck-based and more difficult ways to acquire that shield, namely:

- Einhar Unique Shield generation
- Incursion Temple Shield offering at level 2+
- cameria in Transportation in betrayal safehouses
- unique (i think otherworldly) incubators

Not sure if this list is complete, those are just the ways I know that shield (and frankly other league-specific items) can drop.

So my first question: Are there any other methods that come to mind to get this item that u know of?

And secondly? If u were to start berserker, how would u work around that, facing that it's possible the shield might goes for multiple exalts early on.

The archmage mechanic comes to mind.

Chuck in the unique item thingie and scale the amount of uniques as much as you can. Go kill 4 of those dudes and drop a bunch of uniques each time.
Eventually you should get what you want unless its super rare now for some reason.

Trade for it.

Delve is where i'd get it from most likely, it'll be a little work this way but the right nodes usually drop a warband unique and the shields as likely as the other redblade tat AFAIK.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

Trade for it.

Pretty much this.

Its PoE's mindset, and Chris even highlighted it yesterday. Just pay somebody else for what you need, because chances are you won't find it yourself.

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Draegnarrr wrote:

Delve is where i'd get it from most likely, it'll be a little work this way but the right nodes usually drop a warband unique and the shields as likely as the other redblade tat AFAIK.

This, I have found truckloads of these running warband-flavoured delve nodes, same with the mutewind hubcap and the grog bottle.

Also, they just drop in the general pool now right?

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crunkatog wrote:

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Draegnarrr wrote:

Delve is where i'd get it from most likely, it'll be a little work this way but the right nodes usually drop a warband unique and the shields as likely as the other redblade tat AFAIK.

This, I have found truckloads of these running warband-flavoured delve nodes, same with the mutewind hubcap and the grog bottle.

Also, they just drop in the general pool now right?

Nope, not general drop - but delve is a great idea, didnt think of that, thank you!

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Draegnarrr wrote:

Delve is where i'd get it from most likely, it'll be a little work this way but the right nodes usually drop a warband unique and the shields as likely as the other redblade tat AFAIK.

thanks to you too! :)

Can't you literally just chance orb it lmao?

It's the only unique Painted Tower Shield, so if you hit unique with a chance orb it's 100% going to be redblade banner.

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Jourdain wrote:

Can't you literally just chance orb it lmao?

It's the only unique Painted Tower Shield, so if you hit unique with a chance orb it's 100% going to be redblade banner.

U cannot chance it.