Changes: Improved Shield Block

Revision as of 22:57, 7 February 2007

Overview

This extends the [Shield Block] ability to block attacks, reducing the total damage taken by the warrior.

Functionality

[Shield Block] normally lasts 5 seconds, or 1 hit (whichever comes first). Improved Shield Block extends this to 6 seconds or 2 hits (whichever comes first). There is only one rank of this talent.

Prerequisites: 5 ranks in Shield Specialization

Notes

Current wisdom deems this highly important for a tank. According to combat parsing, it's been more or less proven that achieving very high block rates pushes crits and crushes off of the combat table. See [1]. And this talent effectively doubles the number of hits that will be so reduced. Spamming [Shield Block] with this talent means that almost all attacks will be misses, dodges, parries, or blocks, except with very fast attack mobs.

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+==Overview==
-[[Warrior]] talent tree ability.
+[[Image:Ability_Defend.png|left]]
+This extends the [[Shield Block]] ability to [[block]] attacks, reducing the total damage taken by the [[warrior]].
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+==Functionality==
-Current wisdom demands one point in this ability as a tank. According to combat parsing, it's been more or less proven that achieving very high block rates pushes crits and crushes off of the combat table. See [http://evilempireguild.org/guides/crushblock.php]. Spamming [[Shield Block]] with this talent means that almost all attacks will be misses, dodges, parries, or blocks, except with very fast attack mobs.
+[[Shield Block]] normally lasts 5 seconds, or 1 hit (whichever comes first).  Improved Shield Block extends this to 6 seconds or 2 hits (whichever comes first).  There is only one rank of this talent.
+Prerequisites: 5 ranks in [[Shield Specialization]]
+==Notes==
+Current wisdom deems this highly important for a tank. According to combat parsing, it's been more or less proven that achieving very high block rates pushes crits and crushes off of the combat table. See [http://evilempireguild.org/guides/crushblock.php]. And this talent effectively doubles the number of hits that will be so reduced.  Spamming [[Shield Block]] with this talent means that almost all attacks will be misses, dodges, parries, or blocks, except with very fast attack mobs.
-Because the cooldown on the ability is five seconds, it is generally considered a waste to take more than one talent point.
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