Defense

Understand World of Warcraft Defense stats like Dodge, Parry, Block, Resilience, and Armor to improve your tanking.

Dodge: Provides a chance to dodge melee attacks, but does not affect ranged attacks.

Parry: Offers a chance to parry a melee attack, effectively turning a successful hit into a failed attack.

Block: Grants a chance to block melee or ranged attacks using a shield, though this only reduces a portion of the incoming damage.

Block Value: This stat increases the amount of damage mitigated by a successful block.

Defense Rating: Accumulating a certain amount of Defense Rating increases your overall defense. It functions similarly to Attack Power for damage, while defense itself is comparable to weapon damage.

Defense: This stat directly increases your defense skill.

Armor: Reduces incoming physical damage.

Resistance: Decreases magic damage of a specific type. You can view your resistances next to your character's profile on the character window (HUD (heads-up display — the on-screen icons showing health, ammo and the minimap) - Heads-Up Display).

Resilience: This stat decreases the chance of critical strikes against you and reduces all overall damage taken. It is primarily found on PvP (Player versus Player) gear and is exclusive to PvP combat.

Health Regen: Indicates the amount of health restored both in and out of combat, with significantly higher restoration occurring out of combat.