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Defense (WoW)
Defense (often shortened from "Defense Rating" is one of the base skills that all characters possess, and is a crucial stat for aiding in damage mitigation. Defense works by increasing your chance to Block, Dodge, and Parry incoming attacks, increases the chance that you will be Missed, and reduces the chance that you will be Critically Hit.
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In Combat
Against an enemy of equal level, each point of Defense increases your Block, Dodge, Parry, and chance to be Missed by 0.04%. This equates to 1%(each) for every 25 points of Defense.
The protection against Critical Hits that Defense provides is calculated slightly differently, and is based on the difference between your Defense skill and the enemy's Weapon skill, instead of being strictly based on level. For each point of Defense greater than the enemy's Weapon skill, your chance to be Critically Hit is reduced by 0.04%.
Critical Immunity
It is important to note that based on these calculations it is possible to raise your Defense skill to a point where you will be passively immune to Critical Hits. For example, a Lv70 player will need a Defense skill of 490 to become immune to Critical Hits from an enemy that is Lv73 or below (barring certain rare exceptions). However, a druid in bear form with 3/3 talent points in Survival of the Fittest only needs 415 Defense skill to become critical immune.
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