Volcanic Plate shield is awesome. Disregard shadow, make it a normal max UV.
Volcanic Plate Shield+UV-Increased Shadow Defense: Max!=The best shield for Vanaduke?
So, 06/26/2011 - 10:40
#6253
Iron-Volvametal
Sooo...
Elemental Defense: Max! is better than Shadow? Hmm...Anyone else care to contribute your opinion?
Fr, 02/10/2012 - 22:48
#6254
Selkron
Id go with it
The volcanic plate shield is amazing in my opinion.
Fr, 02/10/2012 - 23:10
#6255
Demonicsothe
8 month necro for something
8 month necro for something that the previous poster had already posted regarding Owlite over plate shield.
Well especially since the nerfing of zombies range, the shadow defense isn't the most important as dodging zombie attacks has become much easier. Also for the actual boss battle you shouldn't be fighting many zombies so its no big deal.
The stun resistance is nice but I find that I can dodge the ceiling attacks easily enough for it not to be a problem.
Here is where your shield will start to fall down: During stages 2 and 4 of Vanaduke he will unleash bullet hell. These bullets deal elemental and they aren't the easiest thing to dodge (especially if, like me, you have latency issues). That is why having some elemental defense is good on your shield, which is why the majority of firestorm citadel runners choose the grey owlite.
So your shield is perfectly good for firestorm citadel, but it it not the optimal shield (if you are being picky about endgame items).