Alpan
Arcane
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In my many hours of playing PoE, I've never had the map where that comes from drop, so I'd say you got lucky. It's a cool shield though.In particular I am interested in making the Magna Eclipsis shield work as I've found it's reasonably easy to get in SSF (or maybe I just got lucky, I don't know) and it has decent baseline defenses, with an eye for Essence/Rog crafting later on in the league.
If I recall correctly, I was indeed lucky to have one map drop, and I got two others from Kirac missions (I wanted a spare Solaris shield). I might have re-rolled other instances of it. Kirac is a huge help for unique maps in general... I was only missing Vinktar Square last league, and you can't get that as a drop anyway.
Shield Crush is a decent skill to level with and one of the best melee leveling skills (which isn't saying much). You'll probably be able to craft a better shield with Rog much earlier than completing Magna Eclipsis. It's a decent build, but don't expect getting into reds on day 1 with it. Also the tanky-ness of both Shield Crush and SST is compromised, because you can't afford to roll your shield for good defensive affixes except armour. If you're hellbent on only playing one single character this league, then Shield Crush is a solid choice. But TBH I think that both Detonate Dead Necro and Seismic Sabo are tankier AND have better clear/bossing/leveling.
Thanks a lot. DD does look like a no-brainer choice, but I'm uninterested in the play style right now. I will look into Seismic Trap Saboteur though, I've never played Sabo and it could be interesting. I assume it's the combination of Born in the Shadows and Pyromaniac that boosts tankiness (plus elemental ailment immunities), with the Trap notables for the damage.
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