I don't recall this being true at all. Ruvanal or adeyke had a post in the AB assassin forums (which isn't very useful at the moment :P) on claw block speed where they said you could drop it. I think it also said that claw block speed was 3 frames at 0 FBR and 2 frames at 90, a lot like Holy Shield. Block speeds could be totally off though, and they could be the same speed as the assassin's normal block speeds.
Edit 1: Note that the FBR required to get to a 2 frame block should be unattainable without a shield, so for all practical purposes, no, FBR can't make you block faster. :)
Edit 2: I should really start checking things before I post. From http://www.hut.fi/~tgustafs/hitrecovery.html
Furthermore, FBR speeds up the assassin's Weapon Block. It has the same speed as blocking with a shield, i.e. the normal FBR break points for the assassin apply to it. In some cases, also the weapon wielded affects the block speed.
So the assassin has 5 for her base weapon block frames. My question is does a weapon's base speed count as FBR for this? So if I was using dual Bartucs would I get 60% FBR?
Edit 1: Note that the FBR required to get to a 2 frame block should be unattainable without a shield, so for all practical purposes, no, FBR can't make you block faster. :)
Edit 2: I should really start checking things before I post. From http://www.hut.fi/~tgustafs/hitrecovery.html
Furthermore, FBR speeds up the assassin's Weapon Block. It has the same speed as blocking with a shield, i.e. the normal FBR break points for the assassin apply to it. In some cases, also the weapon wielded affects the block speed.
So the assassin has 5 for her base weapon block frames. My question is does a weapon's base speed count as FBR for this? So if I was using dual Bartucs would I get 60% FBR?