Tankadin

[Pitbull]

Remaining Block capped is overrated imo.

When a Boss is hitting you for 25-30k. Blocking 1500-2000 of that is not that much. Yes at the end of a long fight it can total to alot of damage "MITIGATED"(Block is NOT Avoidance, Its Mitigation, Like armour)

The issue comes in where a boss can 2 shot you(2 Hits that are not avoided) Theres a few of them out there now

This is why, if i was still tanking. I would still be stacking pure avoidance and stamina over Block
Block and being block capped is nice when aoe tanking things that dont hit hard, where you can mitigate quite a bit of damage

Even with the changes to Block Rating, I still think that block is a bit moot, Considering the content being done now

That said, my pala's Avoidance is at 100.5% atm, without even concentrating on Block

my2c

What you're saying is 100% true. I have noticed from threads all over that once you hit 102.4% you then start replacing Block with total avoidance still keeping it at 102.4%. The aim is to avoid as much hits as possible but block the ones you can't avoid.

But mine is not even close to 102.4%. I'm closer to 90% now with HS up. But I'm getting there

 

[semaphore]

Remaining Block capped is overrated imo.

When a Boss is hitting you for 25-30k. Blocking 1500-2000 of that is not that much. Yes at the end of a long fight it can total to alot of damage "MITIGATED"(Block is NOT Avoidance, Its Mitigation, Like armour)

The issue comes in where a boss can 2 shot you(2 Hits that are not avoided) Theres a few of them out there now

This is why, if i was still tanking. I would still be stacking pure avoidance and stamina over Block
Block and being block capped is nice when aoe tanking things that dont hit hard, where you can mitigate quite a bit of damage

Even with the changes to Block Rating, I still think that block is a bit moot, Considering the content being done now

That said, my pala's Avoidance is at 100.5% atm, without even concentrating on Block

my2c

btw, Ive seen you say this a few times



You need 540 defence to be uncrittable by a level 83(boss) and 535 for heroics (Level 82)

I agree avoidance is good, but having a decent amount of block is not overrated, its like you said do the math after a long fight see how much you blocked, and then equate that to how much a healer would have had to burn mana on you.

That being said these are my current defense stats:

544Defense
- Defense rating 709 (+144 defense)
- Increases chance to dodge, block and parry by 5.76%
- Decreases chance to be hit and critically hit by 5.76%27.10%Dodge
- Dodge rating 430 (+10.93% dodge)
- Increases chance to dodge by 27.10%
- (Before diminishing returns)17.83%Parry
- Parry rating 102 (+2.07% parry)
- Increases chance to parry by 17.83%
- (Before diminishing returns)24.91%Block
- Block rating 232 (+14.15% block)
- Increases chance to block by 24.91%
- Your block stops 1728 damage

Oh and pitbull, i should have my rusted proto drake next week saturday got 7 achievements left of the glory of the ulduar come to ravenholdt

got http://www.wowhead.com/?item=45876 on hard mode hodir on saturday