Remember that your Necromancer needs at least 120 base Strength in order to equip a Spirit Shield, especially that of the lowest possible requirement with maximum Socket abilities, the Monarch (156). Otherwise, the Runeword itself provides a large bonus to spellcaster essential stats, and is in many ways, better than most shields. I guess I'll have to put my plans to trade for Vex on hold. 40 PGems should be able to catch Nat's stuff and a 4Os Monarch.

If you happen to have 219+ Str, I'll lend you mine, since my Barb is useless until I can get BotD to combine with LW.