Originally Posted by
emilem
Still not right, no tank in their right mind values block highly in it's current form.
Atm my pala tank in ICC25 gear, unbuffed has 29.33% dodge (which completely mitigates an attack, let's deduct 20% for ICC, so block has a relatively higher chance), 24.15% parry (which also completely mitigates) and 15.24% block (which mitigates 1509 damage, and add 30% from holy shield spell, let's equip block value libram and pump it up to... 2094 damage blocked + redoubt (if always up which it isn't) = 75.24% @ 2722 damage).
Let's assume a boss hits 100 times for 15k per hit (this is low and makes block scale better than it actually is).
9.33% dodge + 24.15% parry will mitigate the full hit, that is (9.33+24.15)*15k = 502k mitigated.
75.24% block will mitigate 2722 per block, that is 75.24*2722 = 204803 or 205k mitigated.
Total mitigation would be 707k, block is 205/707% = 28.99% of that total mitigation.
So no, not half a paladin's mitigation is from block, far from it, and keep in mind this is with my stats for block optimized, no dodge trinket, a block libram and redoubt always up.
Edit:
Sorry for being off-topic, I still stick with my former standpoint: Not all you do has to be affected by talents/mastery.
Edit2:
Forgot about redoubt, added it in calculations now.