05-19-2004, 04:36 PM
Quote:I might be remembering this wrong, though; if I am, I'm sure someone will be along to correct me shortly.
It was commonly thought(and still is commonly) that WB is unaffected by running. Someone claimed otherwise on the AB, and Adyeke tested it. His tests showed that WB is definitely significantly reduced while running, but he's not quite sure by how much. It may simply be the 1/3 penalty like blocking(that's my guess, not his).
As a side note, assassins using WW from a Chaos runeword retain full weapon block while wirlwinding.
WB is still perhaps better than blocking though; it can block certain elemental and magic attacks that normal sheild blocking cannot. Unfortunately, you won't ever get 75% WB due to the high diminishing returns.