How low to take block rating?

hi there first post here so please be gentle...

i am currently doing ssc and tk and dont seem to have any problems...

i am uncrittable (480 defense and 18 resil) and uncrushable @ 108% unbuffed... and 16287 unbuffed.

my spell damage unbuffed is 383.

dodge 26.06%
parry 16.47%
block 19.97%

now the thing i was looking into was replacing my boots... atm i have the jungle stompers which gives me a big boost to my block rating.... if i take them off i am still uncrushable but block goes down to 16% ish. is this too low as i read that after u are uncrushable, any excess block rating falls off the table but does it have to be at a certain level. most of the sigs on this forum for people on the higher content seem to have block rating at around 20% with a high dodge which makes sense cos u want total avoidance on damage for hard hitting bosses.

what i was thinking was replacing the j stompers with the sabatons of the righteous defender (badge boots)... this will give me an unbuffed spell damage of over 406, but i would be trading in block rating.

would this still be ok?

i have a threat set with unbuffed spell damage of 510, but i am trying to beef my spell damage in my raid tanking gear to over 400 and the only thing stopping me is worrying about taking my block rating to 16%

thanks in advance.

Any % you have above 102.4% is wasted block rating for when you have Holy Shield up. That said, I would push the boots to be one of your last badge upgrades, as it's a relatively small one.
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IF ur still uncrush with the new boots and you can spare the badges i say take them. not only are they are sd increase but a stamina one also
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http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Dreadmaul&n=Umio

102.4-35%-[Total Dodge + Total Parry + Total Miss] = Win

Thats how low to take Block Rating. The higher that variable in the middle gets, the lower you get to take the block.

All the above applies to boss tanking, and in that context, yes extra block rating after 102.4% is useless. However, Jungle Stompers remain a great piece for AOE-tanking, so keep them for that.
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