Shield block and Order of Defense

Grim Dawn General Discussion
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I recall that Shield block was the very last in the order of defense, asfter resistances and damage absorbations, but according to this it is not:
http://www.grimdawn.com/guide/gameplay/combat.php

Has it been changed or is that page wrong? Or was it just never how I remember it?

Thanks

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I may be wrong with this interpretation, but I believe the way it works out is that the shield essentially acts as a % chance of damage absorption. So what the Order of Defense list is suggesting is that after OA/DA you roll the % chance, and then the incoming damage gets reduced by everything else, and then its further reduced by the shield’s damage absorption and/or any other damage absorption.

That or Shields were stealth-nerfed extremely hard. But it doesn’t really feel like it.

Will concur that the new Order of Defense list is pretty confusing, though.