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The double diminishing returns of block expertise from the CP system.
Without Block Expertise from CP.
Base Block Cost = 2160
With Sword and Board = 1512
Sword and Board + Defensive Posture = 1340
Sword and Board + Defensive Posture + Block Reduction glyph (156 white) = 1238
With 1point in Block Expertise for a 1% reduction.
Base Block Cost = 2138
With Sword and Board = 1497
Sword and Board + Defensive Posture = 1326
Sword and Board + Defensive Posture + Block Reduction glyph (156 white) = 1224
Stamina saved while blocking with 1 CP.
Base Block Cost = 22
With Sword and Board = 15
Sword and Board + Defensive Posture = 14
Sword and Board + Defensive Posture + Block Reduction glyph (156 white) = 14
The more points you put in block expertise the less you will get out of it and the more you try to reduce your block the less you will get out of it. Unfortunately I forgot to test out 5 pieces of heavy armor and i'm not paying 3k to retest. With just the s/b reduction the stamina saved went from 22 to 15 so I imagine heavy armor will have an equally terrible effect on Block Expertise.
TL/DR Block expertise is better if you are not wearying heavy or sword and board. If you are wearing both I would pick a different CP node because I think it's broken.
Also worth nothing is that a 156 glyph only reduced the cost by 102. (1326-1224)
Retired.
Nord mDK