Elysian spirit shield



The Elysian spirit shield was released on 15 September 2008 along with Summer's End. It requires 75 Defence and 75 Prayer to wield. The shield is made by attaching an Elysian sigil to a Blessed spirit shield. To do this, players need 90 Prayer and 85 Smithing. Alternatively, you can ask Brother Bordiss to attach it for 1,500,000 after completing Perils of Ice Mountain.

The Knowledge Base states that the Elysian Spirit Shield has a special bonus: "70% chance of reducing the damage you receive by 25%". Without consideration of the special effect, the shield is almost as powerful as the Dragonfire Shield in defence, but having 16 more points (principally from Summoning defence), the Elysian shield significantly surpasses Dragonfire Shield but lacks strength bonus offered by the Dragonfire Shield.

In another aspect, the shield far outclasses the Dragonfire shield. The shield's special bonus makes this shield one of the strongest shields in RuneScape. Because of its damage-reduction effect, on average, 17.5% of all damage taken from the Elysian Spirit Shield is absorbed (after a large number of hits are taken). Aside from the Divine spirit shield, which reduces damage by 30% all the time (at the cost of prayer points), no other shield in RuneScape can reduce inflicted damage from non-specific attacks.

Wealthy players may find this shield useful for surviving Dragon dagger and Dark bow specials, and this is the best shield in the game for fighting bosses like Kree'arra. Currently, the shield is extremely rare and significantly more expensive than a Dragonfire shield. The shield is the third most expensive item in the grand exchange (following the Christmas Cracker and divine sheild at 373m), and the grand exchange's most expensive non-discontinued item.