Dodge

Dodge
Dodge None cooldown Passive Gives a chance to dodge enemy melee attacks.
Usable by
Class	All
Properties
Type	Defensive
School	Physical
Casting time	Passive
Cooldown	None

• Dodge
• Passive
• Gives a chance to dodge enemy melee attacks.

Dodge is a form of melee mitigation where the entire melee swing is avoided. Dodge is a passive ability possessed by all players for all classes and races. However this stat is the most important to players fulfilling a tanking role. Only close range melee attacks could be dodged; a ranged attack or a spell cannot be dodged. Players can only dodge attacks if they are facing their opponent, however a mob can dodge attacks that are from behind. Incapacitated targets (stunned for example) cannot dodge.

There are several ways that dodge is modified. You can increase you chance to dodge by increasing your dodge rating, defense, or agility which will all increase your effective chance to dodge or dodge percent(%). You can decrease your chance to be dodged with expertise. Expertise is only modified from expertise rating, some talents (such as Combat Expertise), and some passive racial traits for certain melee weapon types. Your chance to dodge a hit as well as have your hits be dodged is affected by the level of your opponent. Different classes and talent specializations will also vary the amount of dodge a player has.

Removal with Warlords of Draenor

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Dodge remains as a game mechanic for hit mitigation, but was removed as a stat bonus for items with the Warlords of Draenor expansion.

Formulas

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Class	Lv80 Rd	Base Dodge%
Warrior	84.74576271	3.66400
Paladin	59.88023952	3.49430
Hunter	86.20689655	-4.08730
Rogue	47.84688995	2.09570
Priest	59.88023952	3.41780
Death knight	84.74576271	3.66400
Shaman	59.88023952	2.10800
Mage	58.82352941	3.65870
Warlock	59.88023952	2.42110
Druid	47.84688995	5.60970

The amount of dodge you have is affected by your class, level, talents, agility, dodge rating, defense rating, and defense skill.

Dodge generally goes into two pools that are added together: undiminished and diminished dodge. Your undiminished dodge includes your class's base dodge, dodge from any talents (such as Anticipation), and the dodge your receive from your base agility.

$\mbox{Dodge percent} = b + t + A_b + d$ $b = \mbox{Base dodge}$ $t = \mbox{dodge from talents}$ $A_b = \mbox{dodge contributed from base agility}$ $d = \mbox{diminished dodge}$

During this section, a level 80 protection paladin with 400/400 defense skill will be used to demonstrate the formulas. Because the example is a paladin, b has the value of 3.2685, t is 5 from 5/5 Anticipation talents, A_b is 1.7664, and d was 14.3295. These sum to 24.36% which matches the dodge found on the character screen. Additional discussion about dodge from agility and diminishing returns will be explained below.

Dodge from agility

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Agility generates chance to dodge (dodge %). For level 80s, you can simply use the R_d value from the table above to find the rate. Note that the base agility (agility from your level and race) plus any agility from talents is undiminished. Agility from your gear and buffs will fall into the pool of diminished dodge. From the game interface, you can easily see what these two numbers are. Mouse over agility in the character window and the white number is your undiminished agility (this will include your talents) and the green number, if there is one, is the additional agility which will contribute dodge with diminishing returns.

$A_b = D_b / R_d$ $A_u = D_g / R_d$

Following our paladin example again, the paladin has a base agility of 92 and 22 additional agility from the  [Frosthide Leg Armor] leatherworking enchantment. 92 at a rate of 52.083333 for paladins results in 1.7664% dodge from base agility (A_b). The additional 22 agility from gear adds 0.4224% dodge (A_u), but will be subject to diminishing returns later on in the calculation.

Dodge from defense

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Defense skill, similar to weapon skill, is learned from attacking mobs. If your character is level 80 and 400/400 defense skill, your dodge is not modified. However, if your defense skill is not maxxed yet, your A_b calculation actually needs to take this into account.

$A_b = D_b / R_d + (F_s - l * 5) * 0.04$

"l" is your player level, and F_s is your defense skill. Following our paladin example again, this modification comes to zero because 80 * 5 = 400.

$F_u = \left \lfloor \frac{F_r}{R_f} \right \rfloor * 0.04$

Defense rating, the defense from your gear and enchantments, also contributes dodge into the diminishing returns pool (F_u). First convert your defense rating to defense skill. At level 80, this is 4.92 for all classes (R_f). It's important that you floor the defense skill before continuing with the calculation. From your defense skill, you can calculated the undiminished dodge to add to the pool.

Following the example paladin again, she has 707 defense rating, divided by 4.92 and floored is 143 defense skill. (Note that defense skill accrued from defense rating is not affected by diminishing returns. Diminishing returns only applies to the additional dodge, parry, miss, and block chance from the defense skill.) This defense skill multiplied by 0.04 equals another 5.72% dodge added to the diminishing returns pool.

Dodge rating

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$D_u = \frac{D_r}{R_d}$

Dodge rating is the final source of dodge chance, and all of this chance goes into the diminishing returns pool (u). Like defense, it converts at a rate of 45.25 (R_d) for level 80s of all classes.

• NOTE: The example paladin calculations use the pre-3.2.0 dodge conversion of 39.348, rather than the new 45.25 conversion.

Again following the paladin example, the paladin has a dodge rating of 402. Divided by 39.348 this becomes 10.21% to add to the pool.

Diminishing returns

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$u = A_u + F_u + D_u$

The final step to solving d from the original equation is diminishing returns. Now we can total the pool that came from all three sources of dodge impacted by diminishing returns: agility from gear, defense rating, and dodge rating.

For our example paladin, this is 0.4224 + 5.72 + 10.21 to equal 16.35% of undiminished dodge. Now we apply the diminishing returns formula to calculate d.

$d = \frac{u \cdot C_d}{u + k \cdot C_d}$

C_d is the cap for dodge, and k is a constant, and these both vary per class. Using our example paladin, C_d is 88.129021 and k is 0.9560 for paladins. Calculate the equation and the result should is 14.32% of dodge as expected.

Abilities

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There are many class abilities that modify dodge or are related to dodging. Abilities that are learned through talents are listed in the talents section above.

Ability	Class	Tree	Ranks	Description
Army of the Dead	Death Kight	Unholy	1	Summons an entire legion of Ghouls to fight for the Death Knight. The Ghouls will swarm the area, taunting and fighting anything they can. While channeling Army of the Dead, the Death Knight takes less damage equal to his Dodge plus Parry chance.
Evasion	Rogue	Combat	2	Increases the rogue's Dodge chance by 50% and reduces the chance ranged attacks hit the rogue by 25%. Lasts 15 sec.
Overpower	Warrior	Arms	1	Instantly overpower the enemy, causing weapon damage. Only useable after the target Dodges. The Overpower cannot be blocked, Dodged or parried.
Revenge	Warrior	Protection	9	Instantly counterattack an enemy for (1454 + AP * 0.207) to (1776 + AP * 0.207) damage. Revenge is only usable after the warrior blocks, Dodges or parries an attack.
Rune Strike	Death Knight	Frost	1	Strike the target for 150% weapon damage plus (150 * AP * 10 / 10000). Only usable after the Death Knight dodges or parries. Can't be Dodged, blocked, or parried. This attack causes a high amount of threat.

Talents

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These are the talents that modify dodge or are related to dodging.

Talent	Class	Tree	Ranks	Description
Anticipation	Shaman	Enhancement	3	Increases your chance to Dodge by an additional 3%, and reduces the duration of all Disarm effects used against you by 50%. This does not stack with other Disarm duration reducing effects.
Catlike Reflexes	Hunter	Beast Mastery	3	Increases your chance to Dodge by 3% and your pet's chance to Dodge by an additional 9%.
Counterattack	Hunter	Survival	6	A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals (AP * 0.2 + 342) damage and immobilizes the target for 5 sec. Counterattack cannot be blocked, Dodged, or parried.
Feral Swiftness	Druid	Feral	2	Increases your movement speed by 30% in Cat Form and increases your chance to Dodge while in Cat Form, Bear Form and Dire Bear Form by 4%.
Ghostly Strike	Rogue	Subtlety	1	A strike that deals 125% weapon damage and increases your chance to Dodge by 15% for 7 sec. Awards 1 combo point.
Improved Defensive Stance	Warrior	Protection	3	While in Defensive Stance all spell damage is reduced by 6% and when you Block, Parry or Dodge an attack you have a 100% chance to become Enraged, increasing Physical damage caused by 10% for 12 sec.
Lightning Reflexes	Rogue	Combat	3	Increases your Dodge chance by 6% and gives you 10% melee haste.
Natural Reaction	Druid	Feral	3	Increases your Dodge while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form by 6%, and you regenerate 3 rage every time you Dodge while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form.
Surprise Attacks	Rogue	Combat	1	Your finishing moves can no longer be Dodged, and the damage dealt by your Sinister Strike, Backstab, Shiv, Hemorrhage and Gouge abilities is increased by 10%.
Turn the Tables	Rogue	Assassination	3	Whenever anyone in your party or raid blocks, Dodges, or parries an attack your chance to critically hit with all combo moves is increased by 6% for 8 sec.
Unfair Advantage	Rogue	Combat	2	Whenever you Dodge an attack you gain an Unfair Advantage, striking back for 100% of your main hand weapon's damage. This cannot occur more than once per second.
Weapon Mastery	Warrior	Arms	2	Reduces the chance for your attacks to be Dodged by 2% and reduces the duration of all Disarm effects used against you by 50%. This does not stack with other Disarm duration reducing effects.

Enchants

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This is a listing of enchantments that provide dodge. For a complete list of all enchantments, see the enchantments by slot article.

Slot	Enchantment	Effects	Source
Head	[Arcanum of the Defender]	+16 parry rating, +17 dodge rating	Keepers of Time (revered)
Head	[Arcanum of Protection]	+12 dodge rating	[60] Libram of Protection
Head	[Death's Embrace]	+12 dodge rating, +28 attack power	[60] Death's Embrace
Shoulders	[Greater Inscription of the Pinnacle]	+20 dodge rating, +22 Stamina	The Sons of Hodir (exalted)
Shoulders	[Lesser Inscription of the Pinnacle]	+15 dodge rating, +10 parry rating	The Sons of Hodir (honored)
Shoulders	[Greater Inscription of Warding]	+15 dodge rating, +15 Stamina	The Aldor (exalted)
Shoulders	[Inscription of Warding]	+13 dodge rating	The Aldor (honored)
Shoulders	[Greater Inscription of the Knight]	+10 dodge rating, +15 parry rating	The Scryers (exalted)
Shoulders	[Master's Inscription of the Pinnacle]	+60 dodge rating, +15 parry rating	Inscription (400)
Back	[Enchant Cloak - Dodge]	+12 dodge rating	Enchanting (300)
Legs	[Arcanum of Protection]	+12 dodge rating	[60] Libram of Protection
Legs	[Death's Embrace]	+12 dodge rating, +28 attack power	[60] Death's Embrace

Trinkets

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This is a listing of high level trinkets that provide a large amount of dodge rating. A complete list of all dodge trinkets can be found here.

Item	iLevel	Level	Instance	Mode	Details	Dodge	Use
[Heart of Iron]	226	80	Ulduar	Heroic	Ignis the Furnace Master	-	Use: Increases Dodge rating by 432 for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)
[The General's Heart]	226	80	Ulduar	Heroic	General Vezax	107
[Furnace Stone]	219	80	Ulduar	Normal	Ignis the Furnace Master	105
[Defender's Code]	213	80	Naxxramas	Heroic	Zone	-	Use: Increases Dodge by 455 for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)
[Valor Medal of the First War]	200	80	Naxxramas	Normal	40	84	Use: Increases Dodge rating by 335 for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)
[Figurine - Monarch Crab]	200	75	-	-	Jewelcrafting (400)	-	Use: Increases Dodge rating by 300 for 10 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)
[Indestructible Alchemist's Stone]	200	75	-	-	Alchemy (400)	50
[Shadowmoon Insignia]	141	70	Black Temple	-	Gurtogg Bloodboil	32
[Figurine - Empyrean Tortoise]	125	70	-	-	Jewelcrafting (375)	-	Use: Increases Dodge rating by 165 for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)
[Commendation of Kael'thas]	115	70	Magister's Terrace	Heroic	Priestess Delrissa	-	Equip: Melee attacks which reduce you below 35% health cause you to gain 152 Dodge rating for 10 sec. Cannot occur more than once every 30 sec.
[Moroes' Lucky Pocket Watch]	115	70	Karazhan	-	Moroes	38	Use: Increases Dodge rating by 300 for 10 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)
[Figurine - Dawnstone Crab]	115	70	-	-	Jewelcrafting (370)	-	Use: Increases Dodge rating by 125 for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)
[Charm of Alacrity]	93	1	-	-	[58] Voidwalkers Gone Wild	-	Use: Increases Dodge rating by 192 for 10 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)
[Vigilance Charm]	62	57	Dire Maul	-	Immol'thar	24

Notes

• Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street, the Lead System Designer, posted about the upcoming changes in Patch 3.2.0 on the official forums. It was in response to some carefully researched numbers showing how overall avoidance was being lowered, and disproportionately to various tank classes:

Re: Avoidance Change | 2009-07-13 20:50 | Ghostcrawler

The main goal of the change was to make parry not so much less attractive than dodge as an avoidance stat. Since tank avoidance is so high already, we wanted to do that by nerfing dodge a little, not by buffing parry.

This hurts druids slightly more than other tanks, but the emphasis is on "slightly." This is not the big druid nerf that some forum posters have predicted. We will continue to evaluate tank survivability and threat generation based on PTR tests with " Patchwerk" to decide if druids need to be nerfed or DKs buffed or look at Prot warrior dps or anything else.

This is also not the big avoidance "come to Naaru" that some posters predicted. Overall, we think avoidance is too high and the game would work better with lower tank avoidance, but suddenly dropping everyone's avoidance by 20 or 30% would be a very big change with many ramifications for healing and gear among other things. It would also feel like a big nerf to the many players who didn't understand why it would be better for the game in the long term. But I still expect it is coming at some point.

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Patch changes

• Patch 6.0.1 (24-Apr-2014): Removed as a gear stat.
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009):
  • The amount of agility required per percentage of dodge has been increased by 15%. This change required recalibrating the amount of dodge a player has with 0 agility by a slight amount as well, so all players will see their dodge percentage vary a small amount.
  • The amount of dodge rating required per percentage of dodge has been increased by 15%. This is before diminishing returns. Combined with other changes, this makes dodge rating and parry rating equally potent before diminishing returns apply.
    
• Patch 1.3.0 (07-Mar-2005): Every time a creature Dodges, it will report a Dodge. We will no longer translate a creature's Dodge of a rear attack to a "Miss."
  

See also

• Combat
• Combat rating system
• miss, evade, parry, block, absorb, and immune: Other ways to avoid damage.

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