Tired of Heavy Metal

Does wearing heavier armor and shields in "Diablo II: Lord of Destruction" tire your character out more quickly? You bet it does! Your character may be strong enough to wear heavy armor and a big shield, but does it also have enough stamina to be able to get around in that gear?

Not only does heavy armor and shield make your character tire more quickly, but naturally it also reduces your character's speed. Medium armor and shields appear to slow the character's run/walk speed by 5% each, while heavy armor and shields slow you down by 10% each. If you are moving too slowly or are tiring out too quickly, add items that boost your stamina, slow stamina drain, increase your run/walk speed, carry around stamina potions, hit a stamina shrine or simply switch to lighter armor and shields.

Examples of light armor: Quilted armor, Leather armor, Ghost armor, Serpentskin armor, Breast plate, Light plate and Mage plate.

Examples of light shields: Necromancer shrunken heads, Paladin shields, Bucklers, Small round shields, Kite shields, Bone shields and Spiked shields.

Examples of medium armor: Ring mail, Linked mail, Chain mail, Mesh armor, Splint mail, Field plate, Sharktooth armor, Gothic plate and Ancient armor.

Examples of medium shields: Large shields, Hyperion shields, Gothic shields and Ancient shields.

Examples of heavy armor: Scale mail, Tigulated mail, Plate mail, Full plate and Chaos armor.

Examples of heavy shields: Tower shields.

If your character is wearing heavy armor and a heavy shield, does this mean that the run/walk speed is slowed by 20% (10% each for armor and shield)? Yes! The speed penalty appears to be cumulative.

If this is becoming a serious problem for your character, don't be so stingy with your attribute points ... on your next character level, consider adding points to Vitality.