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 Cloth armor
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 Leather armor
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 Mail armor
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 Plate armor
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Rogues, like this Blood Elf, wear leather armor
Leather armor is generally worn by 
demon hunters, druids, 
monks, and rogues throughout their full WoW "career". Leather armor provides more protection than cloth armor, but less than mail or plate armor. Hunters, shaman, warriors, paladins, and death knights can wear leather, but usually choose not to, due to its lower armor value than mail and plate, also most leather gear does not come with +Strength, which is more desirable to plate wearing classes because stacks with buffs such as Mark of the Wild or Blessing of Kings, while pure attack power does not. However, a Warrior or Paladin specced for DPS or healing may choose to use Leather Armor if the stats are an improvement in damage or healing; as a tanking class will be taking most of the damage in a group, the high mitigation provided by plate armor may not be necessary for a DPS or healer. Many leather wearing classes will most likely choose to wear all leather armor due to the leather specialization buff that will give them a stat bonus.
If an armor is leather in-game it will be tagged with "leather". Leather armor can be crafted by the Leatherworking profession.
Patch changes
Patch 7.0.3 (19-Jul-2016): Hunters and Shaman no longer need to wear leather until level 40.- Patch 6.0.2 (14-October-2014): Mail and Leather Armor pieces will always have Agility and Intellect on it.
References
See also
- Cloth armor
- Leather armor randomized set
- Leather Specialization
- Mail armor
- Plate armor
- World of Warcraft leather items category
External links
Edit to the right of the section title.
- Leather Specialization
- News
BlizzardWatch Legion’s item changes will scuttle many transmog sets By Matthew Rossi January 21, 2016 at 5:00pm
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