Quote Originally Posted by PiedPiper View Post
You lose 0.4% by switching to onion shield.
Well, talking about High Block Rate Shield devalued parry score. If we want highest mitigation score why not go for Direwolf Kite Shield. This would yield higher total mitigation score than Allagan Shield.

Direwolf Kite block at 36%+ of damage with Rate of 18%+
Onion block at 19%+ of damage with Rate of 34%+
Allagan/Zenith block at 27%+ of damage with Rate of 24%+

Assume parry at 15% of damage with Rate of 24%

Average Mitigation on Direwolf = [ (0.36*0.18) + ((1-0.18)*(0.24)*(0.15)) ] * 100 = 9.432%
Average Mitigation on Onion = [ (0.19 * 0.34) + ((1-0.34)*(0.24)*(0.15)) ] * 100 = 8.836%
Average Mitigation on Allagan/Zenite = [ (0.27 * 0.24) + ((1-0.24)*(0.24)*(0.15)) ] * 100 = 9.216%

In my opinion, Onion shield with is much more healer friendly but I will farm myself for the Kite Shield anyway.