Active Block --- Cap?

Hi All,

I was able to confirm the following while testing:

Passive block continues to work on the sides and to the rear while active block is in use.

Evasion goes to 0% when active blocking.

The Raise Shield skill description says "Raise your shield to block all incoming blockable hits".

My question is does this raise the chance to block to 100% for those type of attacks/spells from the front or only to the player's block cap?

Thanks for your time.

While your shield is "down" you have your standard block chance that you can see on the character sheet. If your shield is "up" you have 100% block chance against hits that can be blocked (no dots, no spells, etc. those would also not get blocked if your blockchance comes up). Also keep in mind you build up stagger while active blocking, small bar next to the life bar. Also Any kind of Ailment build up does NEVER get blocked.

So even if you block all cold hits you will get chilled or frozen as if you'd get the full hit.