stop crying about the block nerf, there is a way....

i'll give a few examples for a good block builds:

1. life build with 43/65 block/spell block

with these:




tempest shield, and the 5% block nodes from the templar + 7% spell block from the wich

2. CI bild with 42/64 block/spell block

with the same items + tempest shield + 7% spell block from the with and 4% block from the shadow

3. low life with 40/75 block/spell block

with these:



with tempest shield + the 7% spell block from the wich (you can make a 44/75 with the 4% from the shadow if you like)

not as perfect as it was, but still good and with alot more DPS....

ummm... what about dual wielders? i aint gonna use a shield just so i can still have less spell block than before... and considering the amount of skill points required to reach 60+ block as dual wield... i think your gonna have to let dual wielders cry :)

Block is dead

This is my block gear on my Soul Taker Cyclone Duelist, running 74/56 and Saffel's for Atziri.



I got +25% block chance from my skill tree with 1.2 and I checked the new tree via the builder website and could easily achieve 24% while getting way more armor and defense from equipped shield, also more physical damage i think. I didn't really do the math for the physical but I believe it's a buff.

Not to mention they said there was going to be new ways to get block.
New items for sure and maybe a gem? Who knows.

lets hope they nerf the base block of shields also.

For more QQ tears.

they nerfing it for a reasone.....

life the new counter attack gems.... one of them will probobly be a attack/cast on block

let's give it a shoot :)

exept of low life RF, they didn't make any none reasonable nerf,

ST nerf after the last hearld gems become more powerful,

hope GGG are making it for a good reasone

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phil4Abeer wrote:

This is my block gear on my Soul Taker Cyclone Duelist, running 74/56 and Saffel's for Atziri.

I got +25% block chance from my skill tree with 1.2 and I checked the new tree via the builder website and could easily achieve 24% while getting way more armor and defense from equipped shield, also more physical damage i think. I didn't really do the math for the physical but I believe it's a buff.

Not to mention they said there was going to be new ways to get block.
New items for sure and maybe a gem? Who knows.

Maybe people don't want to use Bringer of Rain but still want a decent amount of block? For instance if you want to be low life then using Bringer of Rain prevents you from using Shavronne or Solaris so you basically can't do it (unless you don't mind dying more often).

The last character I made used Alpha's Howl and Solaris along with Rainbowstride, Aegis and Lazhwar in order to get enough defences to go low life but if I were to remake that character in 1.3 it would easily lose a good 20% of the block that it had unless I swap out Lazhwar for Anvil which would mean significantly less spell block, a movement speed penalty and less damage due to the reduced attack speed (and even then it would only get me back an extra 10%). It already lost a lot of defence due to the Body and Soul grouping being greatly reduced so my defences will definitely be a lot weaker.

At least wait until you know ALL of the changes before complaining too much.

Guys we can get 43% block with perfect uniques, everything will be okay!

50% bloc should be plenty and that literally takes 4 or 5 block nodes, block cap on every single build was stupid