Venom Ward

Venom Ward
Breast Plate

Item Level: 18

Defense: 65 to 68
Durablity: 50 of 50
Required Strength: 30
Required Level: 20
+60 - 100% Enhanced Defense
+15% to Maximum Poison Resist
Poison Resist +90%
Poison Length Reduced by 50%
+2 to Light Radius

Venom Ward is a normal unique Breast Plate found in Diablo 2 Resurrected. Venom Ward has a Dark Yellow tint.

Venom Ward is the only body armor in the game with 15% To Max Poison Resist, and the Poison Resist +90% beside it is enough to sit at that raised 90% cap from level 20 with nothing else equipped. Poison Length Reduced By 50% then multiplies with the resistance rather than overlapping it, since poison deals its damage across a duration and halving the duration halves the total. Together they land incoming poison at roughly a twentieth of its listed value, and they cut in half the window in which poison blocks natural life regeneration.

That makes it a fight-specific swap rather than a worn armor, since nothing else on it competes for a body slot at this level. Andariel is the obvious target, along with the mummies and vipers of the Act 2 tombs.The Jade Tan Do does the same job a level earlier and goes further, reaching the hard 95% ceiling on its own, but it takes the weapon slot and offers almost no attack behind it. Venom Ward is the version that leaves the weapon free.