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Roland fire Shield Bash

Roland with Drakon’s Lesson and Piro Marella.

ArchiveCrusaderHistorical archive: patch 2.2; Season 3.
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Solo Greater Rifts

Applicable seasons & seasonal adjustments (1)

Open your season’s rules and apply its listed class bonuses, Cube slots or seasonal powers alongside the base profile.

Mechanics and historical version

Five Roland pieces plus Royal Grandeur allow Cindercoat for the Fire spender. Piro Marella reduces Shield Bash cost; Drakon’s Lesson rewards hits against few targets. Heavenly Strength permits Furnace plus shield.

Six active skills

Skill and item names retain their canonical English game identifiers. The explanations are fully bilingual.

SlotSkillRune
1Shield BashCrumble
2ProvokeHit Me
3Iron SkinSteel Skin
4Shield GlareZealous Glare
5Laws of ValorUnstoppable Force
6Akarat's ChampionProphet

Four passive skills

Heavenly Strength; Finery; Indestructible; Towering Shield

Specific equipment

SlotItem or combination
HeadRoland's Visage
ShouldersRoland's Mantle
AmuletMara's Kaleidoscope
ChestCindercoat
BracersDrakon's Lesson
GlovesRoland's Grasp
BeltString of Ears
PantsRoland's Determination
BootsRoland's Stride
RingsRing of Royal Grandeur + Unity
WeaponThe Furnace
Off-handPiro Marella

Legendary gems and Kanai’s Cube

Legendary gems: Taeguk; Bane of the Trapped; Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard.

Kanai’s Cube: unavailable. It arrived with patch 2.3 / Season 4; do not add three extra legendary powers.

Rotation and positioning

Build Roland stacks with Shield Bash and finish dangerous targets with Crumble. Provoke and Shield Glare refill Wrath; the Law supports the expensive attack phase. Use Iron Skin and Akarat before heavy melee pressure.

Stats, sockets and progression

Prioritize Fire and Shield Bash damage, critical stats and cost reduction. Stabilize resource sustain before adding attack speed; retain Armor, resistances and Vitality instead of chasing sheet DPS.

Archive boundaries and source review

This is a dated archive configuration optimized for its stated activity. Historical Greater Rift records are not inferred from current item tooltips; later set multipliers do not apply to this version.

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