Are Shields Worthless against AN Attacks

[JonBrave]

Originally Posted by Corinthian

In practice none of those 4 combinations will stop AN attacks. And a shield dont provide defense. It provide Block. Its often the same, but not always. If it had actually been defense then it would indeed have worked.

Ummm, so the precise difference between Block and Defense is... ?

Originally Posted by Corinthian

As for Sombre's comment, he was saying that from a theoretical coding perspective, it is not necessarily true that an AN projectile will always pierce a shield. But in practice it will.

The difference between the "theoretical coding perspective" and "in practice" being what... ?