This shield has incredible stats and should be your first goal to go for (al. However you acquire a four-socket shield, once you have it, place the correct for runes into it – Tal, Thul, Ort, and Amn – and you have the Spirit Shield, which grants you the following bonuses. Spirit in Diablo 2 Resurrected is a runeword for shields or swords, it is a D2R Ladder runeword and usually made in a Monarch. In this video I show you the easiest and fastest way to obtain a Spirit Monarch. An even better way is to play as a paladin on Nightmare or Hell, where a four-socket paladin shield can drop even in the beginning levels. What does Spirit do in Diablo 2 Resurrected Spirit adds the following stats to a weapon or shield: Weapon +2 to all skills +25-35 Faster Cast Rate +55 Faster Hit Recovery Adds 1-50 Lightning Damage Adds 3-14 Cold Damage for 3 Seconds +75 Poison Damage over 5 seconds 7 Life Stolen Per Hit +250 Defense vs. Alternatively, you can use one level 26+ Normal Paladin shield and the recipe above to roll for four sockets through the Horadric Cube, or use Larzuk’s quest. Best spot to find 4 Socket shield in Act 1 Hell is Mausoleum area (from Burial Grounds). You can even get it on Normal difficulty from about the start of Act V, at which point a four-socket D2R shield can start dropping for you. Where to find Monarch Shield early on Hell difficulty in Diablo 2 Resurrected (D2R).
To get the Diablo 2 Resurrected 4 Socket Shield and make a Spirit Shield as a paladin is a bit less of a nightmare.