Sorceress blocking%

[Caaroid]

This is insane.

Nope. First off, HEL that storm: 133 strength. Then it has the second best block chance you can get (and who would use the "I got no resists" whistans?). And it also has VERY fast block.
And then one could consider using Guardian Angel. Yes, yes, the armor that allows you to have 90% resall and gives you block...

Also, as whyBish pointed out,

Relying on blocking without -DR or DR% is a dangerous way to play.

Note the 35% damage reduction on the Storm. With a Shako you're near max.

A few comments to whyBish:
-DAMAGE: I really think it is unviable. I get hit for what it seems like 2-300 damage per hit; a -100 there would only "double" your life where block could quadruple it (yes, I know, only statistically, and you do not get damage-reduction-locked ;).

DEFENSE in 1.10 can work, but you're better off getting it from merc than using a cold armor, if you can keep him alive (and of course you can, that's what teleport is there for). My tank-sorc has around 5.2k defense, with maxed armor it would be around 5.8k (I don't remember the exact number, I did the calculation a long time ago; the point is that defiance and cold armors are additive, thus you gain a little from that 19 points... better spent in TK.

ENERGY SHIELD: depends on build. When I was ignorant (=before adeyke enlightened me) I thought it would be über in 1.10, but it can still work with MAX TK and vulpine items (NAJ armor and NIGHTSMOKE more or less sufficient). The problem here is that Vulpine only works with physical damage, so you still get nailed by elemental attackers. Even with my ES sorceresses I keep it switched off on occasions.

What I would REALLY like to try (but cannot due to my shortage of Storms in Ladder; I only got one on Normal about two months before 1.10 came out; if I keep this up I won't have one on Ladder before 2007) is an all-out defense build, with an elitified Guardian Angel, a Storm and Harlequin crest. With wizardspike you can easily attain 90% resists, 45% PDR, 75% block and a very high defense (with merc hoping around the range of 7-8k). Then again you're left with hardly any +skills from equipment (a lucky amulet, magefist and maybe rings/charms; though even if you had them you'd still need to get resists on them as well...)

I got a prototype of this in non-ladder (Guardian Angel, Mosers, some circlet...), and she did very well in 1.09. Since she's a nova sorc she does not do THAT well in 1.10 (she uses Chain Lighning now, but that's still pathetic with only one synergy), but I think an ORB-MASTERY-TK build would be viable.