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It was a nerf, plain and simple. Used to refresh it at the end of a fight, when I had high DC, and I'd have 12% block for the fresh pull, instead of 0% block. Plus we have slay to trigger it at the end of a fight, which almost always crits.
Its current form is considerably weaker than it used to be.
Should the nature of DC ever change so that it lingers from mob to mob, then the new way is obviously preferable. Unfortunately, this hasn't and probably won't happen (I can't see them changing it so drastically... we aren't paladins) but you never know.
If it does, then this nerf loses its sting, that's for sure. In the meantime, every time I pull a new mob and lose all my block and AC bonuses, I wish to hell you guys hadn't gotten it nerfed.
On top of that, I now feel that slay was over-nerfed, since the crit ability doesn't really help much. The only solace I take is the ability to drain a bit of mana when I need it... which is fine I guess.
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