Noobish Questions (updated frequently)

[Legedi]

What I'm saying is when mobs don't hit super hard (aka: not BWL) stacking a lot of block is helpfull. It takes enough hits to kill you that if you block some of them you have migrated enough damage you might not die. So the +2% chance to block along with other +% block items is useful.

Once you get into the range of a few hits could kill you the chance of multiple blocks happening decreases.

Example:

1) you have 7000 HP a mob hits for 500 and you block for 100. If you block zero hits you die in 14 hits, if you block 1-5 you die in 15, if you block 6-10 you die in 16. Getting a high chance to block increases the chance you'll be able to take a few more hits.

2) you have 7000 HP a mob hits for 2000 and you block for 100. Four hits you die, period. But if through HP gear, and HP buff you can get over 8000 HP you'll take one more hit.

Of course you can only do +7 stam on a shield, not +100. So it's not like you are giving up hundreds of HP for +2% block.

I think I kind of when off on a different tangent than you guys. I'm just showing why I think +blocking percent becomes less useful.