Best Ascendancy for Block and Shields
1 ascendancies ranked by nodes about block and shields · Path of Exile 2✓ Checked against game files · 0.5.5
WarbringerWarrior · 4 nodesWarbringer (Warrior) has the most ascendancy nodes about block and shields: 4, among them Renly's Training, Turtle Charm and Block Chance. 1 of 22 ascendancies have at least one such node. Counted: nodes about block, parry and shields. Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.
A count is not a damage number: one notable can matter more than four small passives, so each row lists the nodes it counts. Pick the ascendancy, then read them. Abyssal Lich is left out: its nodes are in the files but not on this patch's passive tree.
Ascendancies by nodes about block and shields
- Renly's TrainingGain 35% Base Chance to Block from Equipped Shield instead of the Shield's value
- Block Chance6% increased Block chance
- Block Chance6% increased Block chance
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