Quote Originally Posted by Donjo View Post
Unpredictable, sure, but that data literally shows you proccing one of the two actions over 50% of the time. That is a full 20% higher than a Warrior can currently even hope to achieve. Even the unlucky data parsed last time was over 40%. As iLvls rise, a Paladin's passive mitigation may get even higher. High to the point of actually being able to rely on it to block the majority of attacks; a "higher" that can only be achieved by stacking Parry.

Yes but you get most of that mitigation by default. A shield is always worn and parry is in the 500 range if you try and avoid it.

The debate is always is going from 500 to 600 or 650 worth it. Clearly it's not in FCoB. If you get hit every 3 seconds for 6min that's 120 hits per battle turn. 30% are blocked. Leaving 84 hits that can be parried. At 500 parry that leaves 69 hits. At 600 parry that leaves 63 hits.