Does anyone know exactly how the damage calculation works? The uesp wasn't all that clear to me, and another user said if I get the skill to 100 with no perks I can have 60 percent damage blocked. Is this true? If so, does that mean I only need two perks into the first 5 set to get the max protection, since each is worth 10 percent?

This is all a bit confusing since I have so many things telling me different stories, and I just don't want to waste perks if I don't need to. I'm using block for a two handed weapon guy. I don't need advice on how to block, or which perks work with this. I know. I just want to know if I can get the max protection of blocking without wasting five perks.

i only put 1 perk point into blocking then use blocking enchantments.

My enchanting spots are currently taken, as I am a battlemage.

Honeslty more that one Shield Wall is enough if you are a heavy armor/high HP character. Light armor or low HP characters may want 3 ranks. All 5 ranks seems a bit wasteful to me.

Yea, I'm light armored, and I was thinking the same thing. 3 Sounds good, but I just wanted to double check. Perks wont be much of a problem anyway when the patch comes in, but I still don't like being wasteful.

I have never used more than one perk in shield wall, even with light armor characters.