Weapon Block

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Amazon Assassin Barbarian Druid Necro Paladin Sorceress Assassin Skills Traps Shadow Disciplines Martial Arts 1 2 Claw Mastery Psychic Hammer 3 4 Burst of Speed Weapon Block 5 6 Cloak Shadows Fade 7 8 Shadow Warrior Mind Blast 9 10 Venom Shadow Master Type Personal defensive passive Tier 3 Required level 12 Required skills 1 Requirements Two claws Left button Not applicable In town Not applicable Mana cost None Attack no mana Not applicable Weapon damage Not applicable Synergy skills None Level01 6 12 18 24 30 After developing this skill, an Assassin wielding two Claw-class weapons can use her blades to deflect incoming attacks, thus giving herself a defensive edge without using a shield. (Requires two equipped Claw-class weapons.) Details Level 1-60 stats Stat Value % Chance of Blocking min (20 + [ 45 * [ (110*slvl) / (slvl+6) ] / 100 ], 65) Only applies when stationary (whether idle, attacking or casting) or using Whirlwind. Blocking animation and sound do not always play when applied, particularly when applied in quick succession. Does not apply while Assassin is a Werebear. [1] Applies to missiles, melee and ranged attacks. Does not apply to the following sources of damage: [2] Charging Claw Vipers and Reanimated Horde Attacker Takes Damage and Attacker Takes Lightning Damage Returned damage from Thorns, Iron Maiden, Iron Golem and Spirit of Barbs Psychic Hammer Mind Blast Corpse Explosion, Death Sentry corpse explosion and Nihlathak corpse explosion Radial damage from Holy Fire, Holy Freeze and Holy Shock Static Field [3] Telekinesis [4] Shiver Armor cold damage Fire damage per second is blocked, but since fire damage is actually applied every frame (25 times per second), often by multiple missiles, damage is reduced rather than prevented entirely. [5] May also appear to be ineffective against skills releasing multiple missiles, especially those applying Poison Damage: individual clouds released by Poison Explosion or Plague Javelin may be blocked but it is extremely unlikely that all will be blocked, and it only takes a single collision to apply poison damage for its full length. Not applied consistently to Smite when used by a Paladin, although monsters using Smite do not always hit and can be blocked. [6] Neither Dexterity nor % Increased Chance of Blocking from items will increase chance of blocking. Block rate is the same as when equipping a shield, and Faster Block Rate applies. Source Skill bonus +(1-3) Weapon Block (Assassin Only) can spawn on ilvl >11 Exceptional and Elite claws (Hand Scythe and higher). Level 1-60 stats Details Stat Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 % Chance of Blocking 26 32 36 39 42 44 46 47 49 50 Stat Level 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 % Chance of Blocking 51 52 53 54 55 56 56 56 57 57 Stat Level 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 % Chance of Blocking 58 58 59 59 59 60 60 60 60 60 Stat Level 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 % Chance of Blocking 61 61 61 61 61 62 62 62 62 62 Stat Level 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 % Chance of Blocking 62 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 64 64 Stat Level 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 % Chance of Blocking 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 65 References Shadow Disciplines (Arreat Summit) Assassin Stickies Input Thread (Diablo: IncGamers) Weapon Block (Baron's Bazaar) What works in Were-form (Technical Discussion)