02-18-2003, 02:39 AM
I'm not sure about the high blocking shield part. I would worry that it would increase the chance that when something swings at you that your inferno will get interupted because of the block. I'm not sure what order it does things though. If it does their chance to hit first so if they miss then there is no need to block then it might be alright since their hit would probably interupt you anyway if it went through. If it does the chance to block before the chance to hit then it would be bad. You would then be blocking blows that weren't actually going to hit you anyway. Thus causing inferno to be interupted more often. I also don't know exactly what determines being interupted. Do they have to hit for a certain percent of you life or will any hit do? Basically you would want to make the chance of your inferno being interupted as small as possible. A good armor, a cold shield, and a defiance merc would sure help in that regard. I would be careful about using a shield. Also since leaf can only be put in staves which are two-handed a shield wouldn't work too well in that respect either except on weapon switch maybe.