[Hsarus' Defense]

Individually, two of the items from this set add a reasonable resistance to cold and fire-based attacks. But it's not until you complete the set that a third resistance kicks in, 'Lightning Resist 25%'.  Three out of four, not bad but as these were all found in Act I [beta], a similar resistance to poison might be more welcome, especially when facing Andariel's lethal poison attacks.  The set bonus is a modest dividend.  Lightning's not much of an issue in Act I, Normal difficulty at least, but in Act II 25% will come in handy, and possibly during Act I on later difficulties it'll be necessary.  Certainly in the Catacombs of Act I, freezing can be a problem so the anti freeze property there will save your character having to use a belt slot for thawing potions.

• Set items in Diablo II appear to all use normal item graphics, some with a palette shift.  Unknown if there will be any custom graphics for them in the final, or if this is it.  Jewelry graphics are picked randomly from the types that can be found in the beta.
• All Set Items in Diablo II have a Clvl requirement that is (apparently) the same for every item in the set.  These numbers have been modified during the beta, and may change again before the final.  The requirement for items in this set is currently Character Level 3.

Changes observed in the Stress Test:

Clvl req for this set upped from 2 to 3.