This has happened with every expansion, at the start block is nerfed down to less than 20% and just gets stronger as ilvl increases throughout the expansion. If they didn’t do this and our block strength just kept increasing since ARR we’d be up to like 80% block strength by now.

Even with the nerf a block is stronger than a parry with a low ilvl shield and it’s only going to get better. And with sheltron being as frequent to use as it is PLD is still definitely the sturdiest tank.