Shield Block chance not adding up?

Hello,

I am currently playing in Legacy League using a Duelist/Gladiator (name is Lega_Nord).

I am trying to achieve maximum Block chance for both spells and attacks.

In my equipment, as you should see, i have "The Bringer of Rain [Relic version]" + "The Anvil" + "Lioneye's Remorse".

In my passive tree I have a total of 12% "additional Block Chance with Shields" and from ascendancy I have another 12%, for a total of 24% additional Block Chance.

I couldn't find any thread or page explaining wether there's a formulaic difference between "chance to Block" and "additional Block chance", but from what I see in the stats I guess that both of them work by sums.

So if I sum all of the above up, i get: 15 + 8 + 30 + 24 = 77%

Using the Anvil I should cap block at 78. But from stats, I get only a total of 70%.

If I try and consider Block chance multiplicatively, the numbers still don't add up, as the result is far lower.

Could you please explain to me why I am not getting all the block chance I (think I should) have, or fix it (if it's a bug)?

PS: the idea that it works by sums is given by putting/removing skill points in skill tree and various builds on the forum, where all the maths is based upon "+".

Thank you for your attention.

With your characters hidden I can't see if I come up with the same answer as you, but one question I have is did you take acrobatics?

I cannot see your equipment or tree since your character tab is set to private, but your list does not add up completely: Gladiator Ascendancy does not offer 12% additional block chance. It has a max of 6% additional block chance, plus 8% if you were damaged by a hit recently, so I assume you counted that. Are you checking your block chance while that condition is satisfied? If not, you should be at 69% block chance if everything else you listed was correct.

SO very sorry for this.... hadnt noticed.

I have revealed my characters. I decided to make another try and take up some Block chance points and now i am back to 75 % (the two points are under Diamond Skin and they are Solidity and Shield Block).

Now i have 75%, up from 70% (which mathemathecally makes sense, since it is a 3+2%).

And about the 8% if i had been damaged, it doesn't proc on all the damage I take (i have spent 30% exp checking it). Things like "health drain" from Orchard boss doesnt make it go up... It was still 70

Well that last part makes some sense. You can't block damage over time so it makes sense that taking that kind of damage wouldn't proc your increased block chance.

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mark1030 wrote:

Well that last part makes some sense. You can't block damage over time so it makes sense that taking that kind of damage wouldn't proc your increased block chance.

It’s because the passive skill Painforged specifically says “if you were Damaged by a Hit Recently”, i.e. excludes damage over time.