Shoulder armor is a new type of armor added in Diablo III that was not present in Diablo 2. Initially called "Pauldrons " these items are worn between the arms and the neck, partially overlapping filling the space between [[bracers]] and the [[body armor]].

Blizzard's artists are notorious (largely from [[World of Warcraft]]) for including ridiculously-creating wildly oversized shoulder pads on their characters. The Diablo III isn't quite following 3 artists continued that pathtradition, but if not quite to the height of some of the early most elaborate of WoW pauldrons. See some example images below.   ==Legendary Shoulders== Legendary [[BarbarianShoulders]] in Diablo 3 and Reaper of Souls. All of these items (other than the few [[MonkTorment-only]] class sets) can be used by any class.* All found (not crafted) gear isn't exactly subtle in [[Loot 2.0]] scales up to the level of the shoulder ornamentationcharacter who finds it.* Items of level 61 and higher can only be found in Reaper of Souls. '''[[Legendary Shoulders]]'''* 8) [[Pauldrons of the Skeleton King]] - {{c_gold|A1 Horadric Cache only}}* 10) [[Homing Pads]]* 21) [[Born's Impunity]] - [[Blacksmith Plans|Crafted]] {{c_green|Set}}* 29) [[Death Watch Mantle]]* 31) [[Profane Pauldrons]]* 31) [[Spaulders of Zakara]]* 42) [[Aughild's Reign]] - [[Blacksmith Plans|Crafted]] {{c_green|Set}}* 52) [[Asheara's Guard]] - [[Blacksmith Plans|Crafted]] {{c_green|Set}}* 52) [[Death Watch Mantle]]* 60) [[Demon's Flight]] - [[Blacksmith Plans|Crafted]] {{c_green|Set}}* 60) [[Seven Sins]] - [[Blacksmith Plans|Crafted]]* 60) [[Vile Ward]]* 70) [[Corruption]] - [[Blacksmith Plans|Crafted]]* 70) [[Asheara's Custodian]] - [[Blacksmith Plans|Crafted]] {{c_green|Set}}* 70) [[Aughild's Power]] - [[Blacksmith Plans|Crafted]] {{c_green|Set}}* 70) [[Born's Privilege]] - [[Blacksmith Plans|Crafted]] {{c_green|Set}}* 70) [[Demon's Aileron]] - [[Blacksmith Plans|Crafted]] {{c_green|Set}}* 70) [[Burden of the Invoker]] - {{c_green|Set}} {{c|slate|Torment only}}* 70) [[Firebird's Pinions]] - {{c_green|Set}} {{c|slate|Torment only}}* 70) [[Helltooth Mantle]] - {{c_green|Set}} {{c|slate|Torment only}}* 70) [[Jade Harvester's Joy]] - {{c_green|Set}} {{c|slate|Torment only}}* 70) [[Mantle of the Upside-Down Sinners]] - {{c_green|Set}} {{c|slate|Torment only}}* 70) [[Marauder's Spines]] - {{c_green|Set}} {{c|slate|Torment only}}* 70) [[Pauldrons of Akkhan]] - {{c_green|Set}} {{c|slate|Torment only}}* 70) [[Raekor’s Burden]] - {{c_green|Set}} {{c|slate|Torment only}}* 70) [[Spires of the Earth]] - {{c_green|Set}} {{c|slate|Torment only}}* 70) [[Sunwuko's Balance]] - {{c_green|Set}}

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