I've alluded to this in other posts that I felt like Block had no effect since the patch, and a fella told me he thought it might just be a timing/animation situation.

So I thought I would do a test just to see if it was just that.
My char is VR7, and I'm wearing all VR6 epic or legendary gear (crafted with set bonuses). My health is just below 2200, Spell resist is overcapped at 1963 and armor is overcapped at 1788.
I am on the quest 'The Seal of Three' entering the Tribunal Temple.
As soon as you go in, on the left is a mob called Watcher


No buffs, and armor fully repaired in between each test.


First test, I just stood there and held block. Nothing else.
Mob did 642 damage every hit per Death Recap (notice in top left, the Combat Log says 642 and then a 715). This is all while just standing there and holding block.

The second test, I just stood there. No attacking, no nothing, just ate the damage. The mob is doing the same damage to me. 642 damage with a 715 hit in the mix. He also hit for around 117-126 with other attacks. Oddly enough, it took him MORE hits to kill me just standing there not blocking, but that was prob because he threw the lower attack 'Doom-Truth's Gaze' a few times, as show in the death recap (notice the combat log stats on upper left).


I did both tests multiple times, and the results were the same every time.
No matter if I'm blocking or not, the damage dealt to me is the same, generally 642 damage per hit.


I'm curious if this is just happening to me, or if these results are the same for everyone. To me, it seems clear that Block no longer actually does anything and my sword and board char build is essentially pointless.