December 10, 2016 11:17 PM EST
I am wondering if I did my math wrong, but it seems that taking any block perks is unnecessary when using a one handed weapon blocker, as with out any of the shield wall perks you should hit 75% not counting in their weapon damage, and if they have a 20 damage weapon at base it does nothing?I used the following formula (from , but cheated with some algebra to avoid needing the enemies base weapon damage.
Blocked Damage Values Depending on Skill rather than Enemy Weapon
Block Skill Skill Modifier % blocked
20 1.3 39%30 1.45 43.5%40 1.6 48%50 1.75 52.060 1.9 5770 2.05 61.580 2.2 6690 2.35 70.5100 2.5 75
Blocked Damage % = { 30 + 0.2 x EnemyWeaponBaseDamage x } x (1 + Shield Wall perk) x (1 + Enchantment#1 + Enchantment#2) x (1 + Potion)
Here is how I did the math... = Skill modifier30 = Base Block Value0.2 * Enemy Weapon base Value = Enemy ModifierTotals: 30 * Skill Modifier + (Enemy Modifier * Skill Modifier) =