Leviathan is a unique Kraken Shell body armor with very high defense, great strength bonus, and very nice physical stamina.
Only for ladder characters.
The statistics:
Defense: 1514-1722
Required level: 65
Required Strength: 174
+ 170-200% Enhanced Defense
+ 100-150 Defense
+ 40-50 Strength
Damage reduced by 15-25%
Indestructible
+ 170-200% Enhanced Defense
+ 100-150 Defense
Compared to other unique armor in the game, Leviathan has one of the highest defenses and is a good choice for melee characters. A paladin who uses the Defiance Aura to improve his defense (and that of this group) benefits from armor with a high defense due to the% challenge bonus.
+ 40-50 Strength
Leviathan offers a huge boost to strength, and his momentum is perhaps the biggest in the game. With a + 40-50 bonus to Strength, this means that your character could finally put on some items that he has kept in his stash due to not meeting the Strength requirements. And what this also means is that you can spend the 40-50 points that you would have spent to meet those requirements in Vitality, and thus gain more health points. Having more life in Diablo 2 is always a good thing.
Damage reduced by 15-25%
Leviathan is one of the few items in the game that provides% resistance to physical damage. The others are Vampire’s Gaze, Shaftstop, String of Ears, Verdungo’s cord, Harlequin Crest, and Stormshield.
Many players try to put on at least one item that has% resistance to physical damage, for the very good reason that it reduces the damage taken from successful attacks and therefore leads to one of the most important objectives for all players of Diablo 2 (especially those who play in Hardcore mode): don’t die.
Indestructible
With the Indestructible in it, you would never have to pay a single gold coin to repair the Leviathan, as it will never suffer any decrease in Durability! However, since it’s so easy to make a lot of money in Hell mode, this should never be the main selling point of any item – nice to have, but not essential.
Resume:
Leviathan doesn’t really have much going for it except high Defense, huge Force boost, and% Physical Damage Resistance. Leviathan’s% Physical Damage Resistance is decent, but pales in comparison to the other items with% Physical Damage Resistance (Vampire Gaze, Axis Parry, etc.) because it has very few mods and what’s more importantly, it lacks increased resistance.
