100% block chance my ass

[misaccc]

actualy the mob i attacked beastly hyena stopped attacking me after the cast...

[ncvr]

Originally Posted by misaccc

actualy the mob i attacked beastly hyena stopped attacking me after the cast...

Well isn't that useful.

[amade]

Ok, I've just been enlightened by Mosh who was able to quote if from the devs from a loooooong time ago.

The way it works is that your Block Chance (BC) is, as we know, not a percentage. It goes against the enemy's hit chance (HC) through some sort of calculation to determine whether an attack is a block or a hit. Because HC varies between the max and min and the fact that everyone has different HC there really isn't a block percentage for it. Evade uses a similar formula I'm told.

Now, as for precise block and protecter... Most of us in this thread was wrong. It IS a percentage of how many attacks you will block. So Precise Block will block 3 out of 10 hits for you. And lvl5 protector should block 5 out of 10. However, they don't stack. So you're not actually getting 80% block chance by using those 2 spells! BC, PB and Protector works in layers instead. If the first layer failed to block, the attack goes to the second layer and if that fails to block as well it'll go through the third (if available) before making a hit on you char.

The passive spell however, works as I stated before. It raises your BC by the stated percentage, not your actual block percentage.

[misaccc]

thx amade
i saw what the pasive does today....

[Miraculix]

Originally Posted by amade

Now, as for precise block and protecter... Most of us in this thread was wrong. It IS a percentage of how many attacks you will block. So Precise Block will block 3 out of 10 hits for you. And lvl5 protector should block 5 out of 10. However, they don't stack. So you're not actually getting 80% block chance by using those 2 spells! BC, PB and Protector works in layers instead. If the first layer failed to block, the attack goes to the second layer and if that fails to block as well it'll go through the third (if available) before making a hit on you char.

So, in order for an attack to hit it has to go through precise block (70%) and Protector(50%). the probability of that is the direct multiplication: 0.7*0.5, which gives 0.35 (35%). That means that those two together should give 65% chance of blocking a hit.

[amade]

Originally Posted by Miraculix

So, in order for an attack to hit it has to go through precise block (70%) and Protector(50%). the probability of that is the direct multiplication: 0.7*0.5, which gives 0.35 (35%). That means that those two together should give 65% chance of blocking a hit.

You forget that there's still another layer, which is based on your block chance. So the chance of blocking a hit is a bit higher, but undeterminable. However, I reckon you have at least determined the minimum chance of blocking a hit.

[Angelwinged_Devil]

cuuunt amade XD

same with bless, if it gave 100% hit chance meaning I would always hit I would walk around with a conjurer all the time. ouch

[ncvr]

Originally Posted by Angelwinged_Devil

cuuunt amade XD

same with bless, if it gave 100% hit chance meaning I would always hit I would walk around with a conjurer all the time. ouch

Now THIS is a different case.

Bless(5)
Hit Chance +100%

It simply doubles your hit chance.

[Angelwinged_Devil]

Originally Posted by Necrovarus

Now THIS is a different case.

Bless(5)
Hit Chance +100%

It simply doubles your hit chance.

wow small details

[amade]

Yep, the little details count. For example, the block passive says +xx%. So the BC gets an increase by said percentage. Protector states xx%, which is directly translated as block percentage.