sorry if I'm just pointing out the obvious but recently I managed to get 2 copies of hercule pavise and found out it interacts well with itself (3 triggers from 2 shields) and can give insane block (2 hercule, 2 slat shields and li'l buckler were giving ~60 block per use of one pavise)
it let me breeze through floors 5-8 with just a wizards staff and take no damage but I died to the fire final boss
so yeah, any ideas on how to use this for an insanely lucky infinite run or somethin?