Block

Blocking gives a chance to stop attacks and/or projectiles from hitting. This includes projectile spells like Flare. Spells which are not projectiles cannot be blocked.

Whenever a player's attack/projectile is blocked, he or she will briefly see yellow indicator text: "block".

Related Skills

These skills cause blocking:

• "Shields Up!" (50% against projectiles)
• Auspicious Parry (Elite) (100% against next attack)
• Bonetti's Defense (75% against attacks)
• Deadly Riposte (100% against next melee attack)
• Deflect Arrows (75% against arrows)
• Disciplined Stance (75% against attacks)
• Gladiator's Defense (75% against attacks)
• Shield Bash (100% against melee)
• Shield Stance (75% against attacks)
• Riposte (100% against next melee attack)
• Wary Stance (100% against attack skills)
• Whirling Defense (75% against attacks)
• Aegis (50% against attacks)
• Guardian (20..44% against attacks and projectiles)
• Magnetic Aura (75% against melee)
• Swirling Aura (75% against projectiles)
• Weapon of Warding (50% against attacks)
• Flashing Blades (50% against attacks while attacking)

These skills ignore blocking:

• Pure Strike
• Seeking Blade
• Wild Blow
• Called Shot
• Crippling Shot
• Precision Shot

These skills nullify blocking:

• Warrior's Cunning
• Seeking Arrows
• Rigor Mortis
• Illusionary Weaponry
• Guided Weapon
• Way of the Fox

These skills are triggered by blocking:

• Irresistible Blow
• Swift Chop