Why there is no +Block Attack Damage mastery for int characters?

"+1% Chance to Block Spell Damage per 5% Chance to Block Attack Damage"

Easy mastery for str users — checked, but what with int users? I can easily overcap spell block, so why i can't get at least 10% of attack block too?



And tell me Roblox/Xleg please. how i suppose to get defence from "50 es on block of spell hit" when blue mobs on t11 maps hit me with thousands of damage per hit and there always 7-10 mobs on screen from 1 pack and no gap between 2-3 packs, so i get around ~30mobs on screen with 60+attacks per second, or 150+ if there is archnemesis f*cking mob with electric spikes? I btw had invested on skill tree a lot in defence, nonmeta of course, but it SHOULS BE decent, but it sucks cause you don't balance game at all. Are you d-s? Do you even play own game to test it properly?

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Offfit#6199 wrote:

"+1% Chance to Block Spell Damage per 5% Chance to Block Attack Damage"

Easy mastery for str users — checked, but what with int users? I can easily overcap spell block, so why i can't get at least 10% of attack block too?

because int users have other ways of mitigating physical damage. for instance, shaper of flames causes all hits to ignite, and ignited enemies deal 40% of physical damage as fire. with 75% fire resistance that equates to 30% physical damage reduction.

i don't know about the other ascendancies, but the elementalist bypasses physical through this kind of conversion. I just rolled a cloak of flame scholars robe that does the same thing, "40% of physical damage is taken as fire", another 30% physical damage reduction, 60% if it stacks with shaper of flame.

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ScottSteven8295#4411 wrote:

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Offfit#6199 wrote:

"+1% Chance to Block Spell Damage per 5% Chance to Block Attack Damage"

Easy mastery for str users — checked, but what with int users? I can easily overcap spell block, so why i can't get at least 10% of attack block too?

because int users have other ways of mitigating physical damage. for instance, shaper of flames causes all hits to ignite, and ignited enemies deal 40% of physical damage as fire. with 75% fire resistance that equates to 30% physical damage reduction.

i don't know about the other ascendancies, but the elementalist bypasses physical through this kind of conversion. I just rolled a cloak of flame scholars robe that does the same thing, "40% of physical damage is taken as fire", another 30% physical damage reduction, 60% if it stacks with shaper of flame.

attacks aren't just physical

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Offfit#6199 wrote:

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ScottSteven8295#4411 wrote:

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Offfit#6199 wrote:

"+1% Chance to Block Spell Damage per 5% Chance to Block Attack Damage"

Easy mastery for str users — checked, but what with int users? I can easily overcap spell block, so why i can't get at least 10% of attack block too?

because int users have other ways of mitigating physical damage. for instance, shaper of flames causes all hits to ignite, and ignited enemies deal 40% of physical damage as fire. with 75% fire resistance that equates to 30% physical damage reduction.

i don't know about the other ascendancies, but the elementalist bypasses physical through this kind of conversion. I just rolled a cloak of flame scholars robe that does the same thing, "40% of physical damage is taken as fire", another 30% physical damage reduction, 60% if it stacks with shaper of flame.

attacks aren't just physical

if you are blocking 37% of attacks and have capped resistances, all of that elemental damage is chip damage. You are shrugging this damage off. It is the physical that spikes and kills you in one shot. That is what has to be mitigated for the int user.

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ScottSteven8295#4411 wrote:

if you are blocking 37% of attacks and have capped resistances, all of that elemental damage is chip damage. You are shrugging this damage off. It is the physical that spikes and kills you in one shot. That is what has to be mitigated for the int user.

no, these lightning totems mod is pure ele damage, dude are you sane? Did you read this topic properly? Block, not phys mitigation

It's because attack block is the basic type of block and spellblock scales from it. Shields block attacks by default, not spells.

What you're saying makes no sense and it has nothing to do with being an intelligence character versus a strength character.

And for what it's worth, some of the best shield/block nodes in the tree are in the Templar section. So it's not like intelligence characters can't get a lot of attack block.

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ARealLifeCaribbeanPirate#2605 wrote:

It's because attack block is the basic type of block and spellblock scales from it. Shields block attacks by default, not spells.

What you're saying makes no sense and it has nothing to do with being an intelligence character versus a strength character.

And for what it's worth, some of the best shield/block nodes in the tree are in the Templar section. So it's not like intelligence characters can't get a lot of attack block.

Only with staff there are a lot of attack blocking, not with shields.
And so what if shields have only base attack block? Be specific, cause we have base spell tempest shield, spell block mode on shields and spell block in tree as well, no need to express sophistical bullshit

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Offfit#6199 wrote:

Only with staff there are a lot of attack blocking, not with shields.
And so what if shields have only base attack block? Be specific, cause we have base spell tempest shield, spell block mode on shields and spell block in tree as well, no need to express sophistical bullshit

I don't know what you mean by "so what." The base form of blocking is attack blocking, so you scale spell blocking from it. That's... just how it works in this game, my guy. You can't scale attack block from spell block which is based on attack block, that would be endlessly circular.

It's the same reason why there are passive nodes and items which give you energy shield based on your maximum life, but not the reverse.

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Offfit#6199 wrote:

no, these lightning totems mod is pure ele damage, dude are you sane? Did you read this topic properly? Block, not phys mitigation

yes, i read the topic, and that additional information was not there when i made my first reply. are you talking about lightning warp totems? If so that is not an attack. It is a spell. If OP has max res and max spell block and some spell suppression, then my guess is OP has nothing invested in life and ES. My previous witch in pob is sitting at 35000 max lightning hit just entering into maps, by tier 11 op should have 50000 at least. More block will slow the damage down, but it makes no difference if you don't have the Life and ES to absorb it.

Reread post and edited.

I think it is because typically getting attack block is easier than getting spell block, largely because it rolls base on shields.

I wouldn't be against them adding it though. I'm pathing down to get attack block from the glad starting point currently. Probably having one mastery point that helps with this for character that want just a little bit more would be ok. I think overall, block is not that difficult to get at the moment, so I don't think it's a huge deal that it's not available in the mastery as it is the other way around. Dev's likely know the balance better than I do.