Spirit Monarchs are also used as a switch shield to help increase the amount of life and mana the player gets when casting Battle Orders when using the Call to Arms Rune Word, due to being the only shield that bestows +2 to All Skills. It is a Ladder only runeword.įor many end-game builds, Spirit is often made in a Monarch and is rolled many times to get 35% Faster Cast Rate, which is designed to allow most characters to reach a new breakpoint when using standard caster items. It is fairly inexpensive considering the +2 to All Skills bonus that comes with it. Spirit is an excellent end-game caster Rune Word that can even be used by low-to-middle level characters. 1.10–current Spirit is the rune word ' Tal Thul Ort Amn' for swords or shields in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction.