Hey everyone,

my name is Alohaa and I wanted to share a Shield Throw character that blasts maps and can push insane single target for all Ubers.

• Clear: Spectral Shield Throw (SST) + Awakened Fork

• Single target: Spectral Shield Throw of Thrathus

Damage scaling (how it works)

1) Shield scaling: Foulborn Emperor’s Vigilance

With the new Foulborn Emperor’s Vigilance (40% quality) we get a huge boost to base Armour + ES:

• The Armour scales SST’s base physical damage (≈ 1.3k phys at lvl 20 gem).

• The Energy Shield scales Seething Fury Jewel, giving:

  • +8% base crit (so 13% total)

  • +216 crit multi

  • no downside, which makes crit chance / crit multi scaling very easy

2) Increased damage from Forest Tracking

Daughter of Oshabi with Forest Tracking grants 600% increased damage at ~90k evasion, which saves a lot of points on the tree.

3) Triple-element “phys as extra” + Trinity

Since our base damage is physical, we use Grace of the Goddess (unique wand) for up to 54% (with Tempering Orb) physical as extra fire/cold/lightning. Also Hatred and Herald of Ash add some more Phys as Extra. We convert the rest of the physical damage via gloves + Watcher’s Eye.

Because we have a good overlap of fire/cold/lightning, we can run Trinity Support, which is a very efficient support gem.

4) Increased Damage taken with Yoke of Suffering

Because we apply ignite, chill, shock, we can use Yoke of Suffering. With bleed + poison we can reach 5 ailments, giving:

+50% increased damage taken (from Yoke scaling)

Damage taken is further boosted by:

Shock and Sniper’s Mark

5) Mark effect for Thrathus

We stack increased mark effect from:

Tattoos (40%)

Forbidden Flesh/Flame for Focal Point (75%)

This is mandatory for single target with SST of Thrathus because with enough mark effect it can split into 3–4 shields, which is a huge multiplier (credit to Mathil1).

6) Point Blank

At close range, Point Blank becomes another multiplier (especially for single target)

For more details, watch the full video

Budget

• Roughly 100–200 divines for:

  • Grace of the Goddess

  • Foulborn Emperors Vigilance

  • a strong Necrotic Armour

• Mandatory for single target: Forbidden Flesh + Forbidden Flame (Focal Point)

Damage estimate

Honestly not sure on exact numbers, but it feels like ~80–100M without shrines.

With Echoing Shrine, it can go up to ~3x that.

Defenses

• 100% spell suppression

• 75/68 block/spell block with Glancing Blows

• ~92k evasion

• Ghost Shrouds + high evasion

Weaknesses

• You need to aim the shield, can be annoying sometimes

• Damage will bypass ES on unblocked hits

• Expensive

Links / Progression

• PoB (endgame): https://pobb.in/ofeVbMXl7McY

• Full Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/SQQhclh4gBY

• Stream for questions: https://twitch.tv/alohaatft