PvM: stun vs monster block (long)

[Baajikiil]

yet every tap caused the monster to freak out when stunned.

When a monster is stunned (with the swirl animation over its head) it will force a hit recovery animation whenever it gets hit. Any of the similiar stunning skills(shockwave,stun,maul,ect) will do it as well.

it seems to me that monsters who have been stunned by warcry die faster than those who i do not bother to warcry.

Many have reported this. Most of the time, people chaulk it up to the lack of desync; when a monster is stunned, he will probably be doing the same thing, in the same place, both on the client and the server. Often the first few melee attacks will miss simply because the monster is not really in range on the server, but your client thinks it is. Also, the monster is no longer hitting you, so you are never in hit recovery yourself (which is sometimes not shown on the client, but the server takes it into account).

This blocking angle is interesting though. Try to do some testing such as Crystalion suggested, that should get you closer to the answer.

is this even the right forum? 

Yes :)