Riposte is concepted and will be enabled with new combat. Since it has sprung up as an independent idea I feel comfortable saying that, even if it is not implemented as a skill until guild balance next year. Testing of riposte will be immortals only, as it is not expected to go live with new combat.
Partial defense from dodge/parry/block are ready to test. How this works is that if you fail to outright avoid an attack with one of these methods (yes, there are other means to avoid attacks with - see riposte above) there is a chance you will have reduced all damage dealt by that attack instead.
Parry and Block now have chances of harming the item used to defend. Please test whether or not it's detrimental to the viability of each as a defense skill.
