Thread: Shields & Parrying in 1.19

Another suggestion is that as you can evade from any side you should be able to block and parry from any side, its quite possible to fight like this to a fantasy world and even in the physical one is a lot of easier to have the reflex to raise your arm and block or parry a hit from the side or back instead of moving your whole body.

Originally Posted by Rydin

I guess sometimes you just have to find the extremes before you can find balance... At one point blocking was very significant... almost God-Like in some cases.... and now it is almost non existent....
I do agree though... A GLAD should block noticeably more than a similarly geared MRD parry's

I disagree with this, at least from a random standpoint, the difference between parry and block is block has a host of skills associated with it. glad should get more control though, possibly skills with some disadvantages, guaranteed block for tp maybe?

Originally Posted by Demacia

Paladin will probably be the true shield wielder.

Reprisal + Godlike block rate please.

this is also a possibility, but if it is the case, then gladiator should have way more dmg potential than it currently has. Honestly wouldnt mind a dual weild option for a DD gladiator type, but even with that, i dont know if the weaponskills could hold up