Defender

Buckler (Normal)Defender (Exceptional)Heater (Elite)

Defender

Item Level: 34

Defense: 41 to 49
Chance to Block: 10%
Smite Damage: 8 to 12
Durablity: 68 of 68
Required Strength: 38
Required Level: 22
Socketed (0 to 1)

A superior Defender can spawn with +5% to +15% Enhanced Defense and/or Increase Maximum Durability 10% to 15%.

Unique and Set Defenders

Visceratuant

How to upgrade a Defender

Transmute a Low Quality Defender, an El Rune, and any Chipped Gem to create a Normal Quality Defender.

How to add sockets to a Defender

You can add sockets to a Defender by giving the item to Larzuk as a quest reward. Larzuk will always add 1 sockets (if the iLevel is high enough), the maximum. You can also add sockets with the following horadric cube recipe. This recipes will not work for low or superior quality items.

Transmute a Defender, a Tal Rune, an Amn Rune, and a Perfect Ruby to create a socketed Defender.

This recipes will add between 1 and 1 sockets to the item. The game will roll a 6 sided dice, if it rolls higher than 1, the maximum amount of sockets is chosen.

Amount of sockets for a Defender
Roll	Sockets	Odds
1	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
2	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
3	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
4	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
5	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)
6	1 socket (max)	6 in 6 (100%)

The maximum amount of sockets an item can roll with depends on the iLevel of the item. The iLevel is equal to the monster level (mLevel) the item dropped from, the mLevel is equal to the area level (aLevel). Champions will have an mLevel of aLevel+2, Uniques and their minions aLevel+3, and Super Uniques will have a predefined mLevel.

possible sockets for a Defender
iLvl 0-25	iLvl 26-40	iLvl 41 and up
1	1	1

Vendors that sell Defenders

Vendor	Min Stock	Max Stock	Max Magic Level
Charsi	1 Normal / 1 Magic	1 Normal / 1 Magic	3
Gheed	/	1 Normal / 1 Magic	1
Elzix	1 Normal /	1 Normal / 1 Magic	1

Runewords you can make in a Defender


Runeword	Sockets	Bases	Runes	Level	Stats

Compared to other Shields

Table of base stats
Name	Minac	Maxac	Speed	Reqstr	Block	Durability	Level	Levelreq	Mindam	Maxdam	Max Sockets
Defender	41	49	0	38	10	68	34	22	8	12	1
Round Shield	47	55	0	53	12	64	37	25	7	14	2
Scutum	53	61	5	71	14	62	42	25	11	15	3
Dragon Shield	59	67	0	91	18	76	45	25	15	24	3
Pavise	68	78	10	133	24	72	50	25	10	17	3
Ancient Shield	80	93	5	110	16	80	56	25	12	16	3
Grim Shield	50	150	0	58	20	70	48	25	14	20	2
Barbed Shield	58	78	0	65	17	55	42	25	18	35	2

Prefixes that can spawn on Shields

All Prefixes
Name	Property	Affix Level	Level Req	Item Types	Rarity	Group
Godly	+101 to 200% Enhanced Defense	45	38	Any Armor	Magic only	101
Godly	+101 to 200% Enhanced Defense	50	43	Any Armor	Magic and Rare	101
Holy	+81 to 100% Enhanced Defense	36	27	Any Armor	Magic and Rare	101

Suffixes that can spawn on Shields

All Suffixes
Name	Property	Affix Level	Level Req	Item Types	Rarity	Group
of Anima	Damage Reduced by 8 to 15	51	43	Armor, Any Shield, Circlet	Magic only	1
of Life	Damage Reduced by 4 to 7	41	33	Armor, Any Shield, Circlet	Magic and Rare	1
of Absorption	Damage Reduced by 3	32	24	Armor, Any Shield, Circlet	Magic and Rare	1