Sorceress blocking%

[hakai_no_tenshi]

chem from the dii.net Sorc forums gives a nice table of required dex for breakpoints

One last thing to add about shields.  I'm glad to see someone explaining that 75% block is a no-brainer.  I don't quite agree on the order you've ranked them in, though.  Allow me to re-post the chart I made of how much dex you need for 75% block:

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SORCERESS DEX REQUIRED FOR MAX BLOCK (75%)

shield      str    block    dex/lv    LV30    LV50    LV80    LV99
-------------------    ---    -----    ------    ----    ----    ----    ----
Lidless Eye   58  40%    3.75    128    203    315    387
Lidless Eye + Eld  58  47%    3.19    111    175    271    331
Moser's Circle   53  57%    2.63  94    147    226    276
Grim Shield + Rhyme  58  60%    2.50  90    140    215    263
Sigon's Tower   75  64%    2.34  86    133    203    248
Stormshield  156  67%    2.24  83    127    195    237
Sigon's Tower + Eld  75  71%    2.11  79    121    185    225
Visceratuant Heater  77  72%    2.08  78    120    182    222
Gerke's Sanctuary    133  74%    2.03  76    117    178    216
75% blocking shield   75%    2.00  75    115    175    213
Whistan's Guard   53  87%    1.72  67    102    153    186
Whistan's + Eld   53  94%    1.60  63  95    143    173

Bone/Grim Shields with Rhyme, Sanctuary, or Deflecting suffix have 60% block
Sigon's Tower + Eld and Moser's Blessed Circle + 2 Eld's both have 71% block
Gerke's Sanctuary and Stormshield with an Eld rune both have 74% block

I would probably rank Stormshield as the #1 shield.  Stormshield + Um is usually the way to go as I see it.  An upgraded Visceratuant, though, is better in some ways.  Visceratuant has 60% block, but as a Heater it has 72% block.  You only need 75 Str, because Shako (or a small charm until you find Shako) gives +2 Str.  A Visceratuant Heater needs 77 Str, and you can make a Chains or Enigma Dusk Shroud, which also needs 77 Str.  Stormshield requires 79 more Str, and also requires 14 more Dex at lv90 to have max block, which equates to about 200 life.  If you have 600 life + Stormshield, that -35% DR is the same as An extra 210 life, so things even out pretty well, and Stormshield is better the more life you have, but that extra 200 life from Visceratuant will protect you from elemental attacks.  Both shields have high defense, but Visceratuant also gives you the +1 skills.  So, I would definitely put an Um'd Visceratuant Heater right up with Stormshield.  Many people would say to use a -req jewel in Stormshield, but I would prefer an Um most of the time (you're paying 24 Str to have +22 all res), unless of course you have a godly -15% req jewel with high resists, in which case Stormshield is clearly the best unless you really want +skills.

So, I would put Stormshield and a Visceratuant Heater at the top of the list, and I would use Sigon's or Whistan's until I found them.  Rhyme is pretty mediocre, and anything else I would call clearly inferior to Sigon's or Whistan's.  Lidless Wall is worthless.

--T