well i dont have a very good gear so far, but i block at least half of the incoming attacks. i use a shiled of course (parma's mechanoid, i have 2 more if you re interested in it). i used a pistol with about 90-100 mana stolen on hit, so i shot the enemy a few times and my mana was full and i could spam the shit out of the glaive throw ability, it also had about .56 attack rate so it was pretty damn decent. but in NG++++ veteran my famble chance drastically increased or i dont knwo whats going on but 99% of my attacks are fumbled. so i swapped to a wand, i steal less mana, but i have a starting shitty wand so far. my resists are above 1000 which is not the best but im working on it. i also have a few skull of richlieu but i ll need more, and i ll need a +62 focus attribute skulls too ( i dont remember its name, but i have one already). until i get good gear, i still die sometimes and i dont deal too much dmg. my max dmg dealt is about 70k at best.