A simple newbie questions about build viability here... I played some MXL years ago, but I remember at some point getting frustrated by lack of survivability on my character and quitting after getting about half of the charms. I'm thinking of making a build with a bit better defences this time, and saw your tanky Barbarian build with max block.
Since Barbarian has 0% class block, if I remember mechanics correctly I'd need a +block chance shield for that. I don't really remember much at all about D2/MXL itemization since it's been ages since I last played... so if I play single player without trading, how easy it is to get a shield with good block? Should I just start as a non-block character and then respec to block later?