Dodge < onlyinclude > < / onlyinclude > 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 tank ing 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 ( stun ned 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 spec ializations will also vary the amount of dodge a player has . Removal with Warlords of Draenor . 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 . The amount of dodge you have is affected by your class , level , talent s , 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 . 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 " 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 . Agility generates chance to dodge ( dodge % ) . For level 80s , you can simply use the " R " 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 number , if there is one , is the additional agility which will contribute dodge with diminishing returns . Following our paladin example again , the paladin has a base agility of 92 and 22 additional agility from the leatherworking enchantment . 92 at a rate of 52 . 083333 for paladins results in 1 . 7664 % dodge from base agility ( " A " ) . The additional 22 agility from gear adds 0 . 4224 % dodge ( " A " ) , but will be subject to diminishing returns later on in the calculation . Dodge from defense . 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 " calculation actually needs to take this into account . " " l " " is your player level , and " F " is your defense skill . Following our paladin example again , this modification comes to zero because 80 * 5 = 400 . Defense rating , the defense from your gear and enchantments , also contributes dodge into the diminishing returns pool ( " F " ) . First convert your defense rating to defense skill . At level 80 , this is 4 . 92 for all classes ( " R " ) . 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 . 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 " ) for level 80s of all classes . 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 . 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 " . " C " is the cap for dodge , and " k " is a constant , and these both vary per class . Using our example paladin , " C " 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 . 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 . Talents . These are the talent s that modify dodge or are related to dodging . Enchants . This is a listing of enchantments that provide dodge . For a complete list of all enchantments , see the enchantments by slot article . Trinkets . 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 .