Hsaru's Defense

General Notes

Hsarus' Defense is an unusual set, as it has neither weapon nor body armor in it. This is a good thing, since you can put top quality items in your two most important slots, as well as all three jewelry slots. Unfortunately the three items in this set aren't of any use on their own, and the overall bonus isn't much good either.

These are the stats for the set in Diablo II Expansion Pack: Lord of Destruction, where there are partial set bonuses and hidden item bonuses.

Armor Notes

• Light Armor: 0% stamina drain and speed penalty.
• Medium Armor: +50% stamina drain and 5% speed penalty.
• Heavy Armor: +100% stamina drain and 10% speed penalty.
  
  

Shield Notes

• Shield Blocking information can be found on the shields page.
• Smite damage is for the Paladin only.
• Weight: All shields are light, medium, or heavy. In Diablo II this only matters for tower shields, which slow your running speed and increase stamina drain 10%. In D2X it will probably effect blocking speed as well as running speed.
• shael rune doesn't improve blocking ability

D2X

Item	Item Name	Attributes	Hidden Bonuses
	Hsarus' Iron Stay Belt	Rarity: 500/1000 5 Defense 16 Durability 25 Str Required +20% Cold Resist +20 to life	Wearing 2 Items: +2.5 Defense per Clvl*
	Hsarus' Iron Fist Buckler	4-6 Defense 12 Durability 12 Str Required 20% Block chance 1-3 Pal Smite Dmg Weight: Light Damage Reduced by 2 +10 to Strength	Wearing 2 Items: +2.5 Defense per Clvl**
	Hsarus' Iron Heel Chain Boots	8-9 Defense 16 Durability 30 Str Required 6-12 Kick Dmg Fast Run/Walk +25% Fire Resist	Wearing 2 Items: +10 to Attack Rating per Clvl

* When wearing another item of this set, the defense of this belt will increase at a rate of 2.5 defense per clvl ** When wearing another item of this set, the defense of this bucker will increase at a rate of 2.5 defense per clvl

Set Bonuses

A minor set, though at least the lack of a weapon allows you to use a decent one with it and do some big damage. Unfortunately the shield is quite crappy, and of course limits you to using one-handed weapons with this set. The set bonus isn't much either; can't be frozen is great for dueling some characters, but not at the cost of three almost wasted item slots.

Set Attributes/Bonus	Item Slots Used	Item Slots Free
Item Bonuses: Wearing two items: Attacker Takes Damage of 5 Full Set Bonus: Cannot Be Frozen +25% Lightning Resist +5 to Max Damage	Belt Boots Shield	One-handed Weapon Armor Helm Gloves Ring Ring Amulet

Diablo II

These are the stats for the set in Diablo II, where there are no partial set bonuses or hidden item bonuses.

Item	Item Name	Attributes	Commentary
	Hsarus' Iron Stay Belt	5 Defense 32 Durability 25 Str Required Clvl 3 Required Cold Resist 20% +20 to life	Useful newbie item for the +hps and low Clvl requirement, but no long term value.
	Hsarus' Iron Fist Buckler	4-6 Defense 24 Durability 12 Str Required  % Chance to Block: Pal: 30% Bar/Ama: 25% Nec/Sor: 20% 1-3 Pal Smite Dmg Clvl 3 Required Damage Reduced by 2 +10 to Strength	Useless shield other than the +10 Str, which can help low level characters. Useful on mules as well, to help them equip spare equipment.
	Hsarus' Iron Heel Chain Boots	8 Defense 32 Durability 30 Str Required Clvl 3 Required Fast Run/Walk Fire Resist 25%	Not much to recommend them; decent resistance and fast run, but no stamina and not "faster" or "fastest" even.

Set Bonuses

A minor set, though at least the lack of a weapon allows you to use a decent one with it and do some big damage. Unfortunately the shield is quite crappy, and of course limits you to using one-handed weapons with this set. The set bonus isn't much either; can't be frozen is great for dueling some characters, but not at the cost of three almost wasted item slots.

Set Attributes/Bonus	Item Slots Used	Item Slots Free
Item Bonuses: +20 to life +10 to Strength Damage Reduced by 2 Fast Run/Walk Cold Resist 20% Fire Resist 25% Full Set Bonus: Cannot Be Frozen Lightning Resist 25% +5 to Max Damage	Belt Boots Shield	One-handed Weapon Armor Helm Gloves Ring Ring Amulet