415 DefenseFollow

Can anyone explain how I can add defense but it doesn't give as much rate increase as I think it should. I got the last piece of t4 gear and used badges to buy a new ring, but using them puts me under 400 defense rating, so I've been struggling to get my defense back up. I got some gems in that put me at 407 and changed my cloak enchant from agi. to +12 defense. But instead of putting me at 419 it only put me at 412. That doesnt make sense to me, but maybe I'm missing something?

This.


Defense increases dodge/block/parry/uncritability, but seeing as we can't block or parry a lot of the benefit of defense is wasted. If you're needing to get uncrittable, resilience is often a faster and cheaper way to do it. The new stam/resilience head enchant from the Shattered Sun is a good option, as is the +15 res chest enchant. PvP Dragonhide bracers are also extremely good, or if you're got the arena points the S3 (and soon S4) gear is roughly T5 level+.

I strongly reccommend you visit http://be.imba.hu/, it'll look up your character details and tell you exactly how much defense or resilience you need to be uncrittable, as well as other useful tidbits.

You can also use the following macro to check your % anticrit. If the value it gives is 2.6 or over, you're uncrittable.

/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(2.6-(GetCombatRatingBonus(CR_DEFENSE_SKILL)*.04+GetCombatRatingBonus(CR_CRIT_TAKEN_MELEE)),1,0.5,0) 

Don't get me wrong, Rawr is a superb program, but if you're merely concerned about hitting uncrittable then be.imba.hu is perfectly adequate, and doesn't involve downloading and working out how to use software.

Once you're juggling about gear looking for upgrades, then using Rawr and/or http://druid.wikispaces.com/ToskksDPSGearMethod (for dps gear), becomes almost mandatory.

I still think Rawr is better, since you can plug in different pieces of gear and see how it changes your stats. The Cat DPS model works well, I've looked at the Warlock one but I'm not sure what spec it's using to figure out your DPS.

And I really don't like be.imba because I see a lot of people (in game and on the forums) wondering why they suck at their job when be.imba said they should be in heroics/10-mans/t4/t5 raids.

There is no debate, you're just misinformed. It's 415. The feral druid megathread concurs. If you're going to say something controversial, kindly provide the source.




Good to know, thanks. *Updates*

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Edited, Aug 27th 2008 12:32am by kawainui

I made the mistake of chucking a pair of blue gloves that had nice + Def a week ago and spent a bit of time tweaking my Feral Tank set to get back to 415 Def.


I grabbed a Necklace of the Deep(Lvl 65) with 2x +8 Def gems. That got me from 409 to 415. I think it was on Emerald's list too.

I only use my tank set for trash in Kara or when an off tank would help but we are short one (Balance spec).

Yeah. I didn't state that clearly. I am keeping my gear Respec-Ready (I haven't played as a feral since lvl 40 >.>).

I will still use the gear for trash Mobs that need physical attacks/off tanking(Mana Wryms) but not with the expectation of being uncrittable.

I wouldn't think gemming/gearing to 490 Def as Balance would be worth it but now you have piqued my interest. Thanks for the info JaimsonP!