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Question about max shield blocking - GoshoHubaveca - 01-05-2004
Hi, I was wondering something about max shield blocking. I know that the maximum effective block you can get is 75%, but recently I saw some people were upgrading their shields to elite versions in order to get higher blocking. I checked the AS and the elites do have higher base blocking. Now, my question: If I were to upgrade a Whitstan's Guard (Chance To Block: Pal: 97% Ama/Asn/Bar: 92% Dru/Nec/Sor: 87% - AS) to the elite version (which has a 15% higher listed blocking) would that mean that the base value used for calculations would be 112/107/102? Or is it capped at 100? Any help would be appricated.
Question about max shield blocking - adeyke - 01-05-2004
You can't upgrade set items.
If you could upgrade it (and you really can't), the blocking would be 105/100/95. Base block for luna is 50/45/40 and it has +55%.
Question about max shield blocking - GoshoHubaveca - 01-05-2004
duh, i can't believe i forgot that.
anyway, shield blocking doesn't seem to work out the way you say it does. if it really does just add 55% to the base value then the blocking for it should be different. the base for a round shield is 35/30/35. When you add 55 you get 90/85/80 which is 7 points below what the actual blocking is. its the same way for moser's (the unique round shield) - the blocking % is added and then another 7% is added on top of that. oh well it's getting late so i'm gonna go to sleep and i'll think about this tomorow. thanks for the help
Question about max shield blocking - adeyke - 01-05-2004
The base block of a round shield is 42/37/32. Add 55 and you get 97/92/87.
The AS base item pages have numerous errors. I didn't get around to reporting those. Mea culpa.
Question about max shield blocking - Zath - 01-05-2004
Base blocking for a Round Shield is 42/37/32, which makes Whitstan's 97/92/87. Don't be too sure of what you see on the Arreat Summit ;)
Question about max shield blocking - twentythree - 01-05-2004
It will still be 75% no matter what. However, it will take less points into dex in order to reach that 75% cap. These saved points not put into dex can be put into other stats. The reason people are upgrading shields is not to get more block % but to get more stat points.
Question about max shield blocking - adeyke - 01-05-2004
*shrugs*. The direct effect is an increase in block chance. The indirect effect is that, with a higher block chance, you need less dexterity to maintain a certain total block percentage.
A plain buckler has 30/25/20 block chance. A Whitstan's Guard has 97/92/87 block chance. I'd say that means the Guard has a higher block chance, while you're saying that the Guard requires less dexterity to get the same amount of total blocking. It boils down to the same thing, though.