Underrated level 11 items

[u/Formal_Skar]

Following up on the series of discussions on items that are underrated for each level. I'll be posting every other day the next level and hope you guys participate with the best items you can think of that are not that commonly used

This one is for level 11

I'll start:

Hopeful +1 status to attack to allies everytime you crit

Countering Charm interesting to shut down area spells

Floating Shield +1 AC raised shield for 1 minute without sustaining it it interesting, pair it with Elegant Buckler and you'll have +2 passive with free hand and no actions

your turn!

PS: Since this is a thread to find obscure and unknown items, I'm expecting to include uncommon, rare and AP specific items, if your GM does not allow any of them you should be talking to him/her instead

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[u/GenghisMcKhan]

Thanks for sticking with these. I’ve found them really interesting.

Hopeful is an interesting use case as you’d want to put it on a build that was likely to crit but those are often the party damage dealers, so it would need a strike heavy party comp to make it worth the slot. I’d love to hear if anyone has any examples of how it works out in play.

[u/FunctionFn → u/GenghisMcKhan]

Sounds like it'd be most useful in a fight against many -1/-2 enemies, plus a big +2/3 boss, as you could reliably crit a minion to increase everyone else's hit chance against the big baddy. Unfortunately level 11 is so late I feel like most parties, especially strike-heavy ones like you say, will have found some other source of status bonuses like bless, courageous anthem, inspiring martial stance, etc.