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{{Ood|No classes except druids gain benefit from agility, among other things. ALSO needs updating for [[Patch 6.0.2]]. Dodge rating is no longer found on items. The amount of Dodge gained per point of Agility has been reduced by 25%. All characters now have a 100% chance to hit, 0% chance to be dodged, 3% chance to be parried, and 0% chance for glancing blows, when fighting creatures up to 3 levels higher (bosses included).}}
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'''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 can 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]] which will all increase your effective chance to dodge or dodge percent(%). 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. 

== Formulas ==
{| class="darktable sortable" style="float:right;"
|-
! Class !! Lv80 ''R<sub>d</sub>'' !! Base<br />Dodge%
|-
| Druid || 47.84688995 || 5.60970
|}

{{Note}} Death Knights, Paladins, and Warriors no longer receive additional dodge from agility. Instead, base dodge is fixed at 5% for these classes.

The amount of dodge you have is affected by your [[class]], [[level]], and [[dodge rating]].

Dodge generally goes into two pools that are added together: undiminished and diminished dodge. Your undiminished dodge includes your class's base dodge and the dodge your receive from your base agility. 

<div style="float:left; padding-right: 1em">
<math>\mbox{Dodge percent} = b + t + A_b + d</math>
:<math>b = \mbox{Base dodge}</math>
:<math>t = \mbox{dodge from talents}</math>
:<math>A_b = \mbox{dodge contributed from base agility}</math>
:<math>d = \mbox{diminished dodge}</math>}}
</div>

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=== Dodge from agility ===
Agility generates chance to dodge (dodge %). For level 80s, you can simply use the ''R<sub>d</sub>'' 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. 

<div style="float:left; padding-right: 1em">
<math>A_b = D_b / R_d</math><br />
<math>A_u = D_g / R_d</math>
</div>
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=== Dodge rating ===
<div style="float:left; padding-right: 1em">
<math>D_u = \frac{D_r}{R_d}</math>
</div>
Dodge rating is the final source of dodge chance, and all of this chance goes into the diminishing returns pool (''u''). It converts at a rate of 45.25 (''R<sub>d</sub>'') for level 80s of all classes. 
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=== Diminishing returns ===
<div style="float:left; padding-right: 1em">
<math>u = A_u + F_u + D_u</math>
</div>
The final step to solving ''d'' from the original equation is diminishing returns. Now we can total the pool that came from two sources of dodge impacted by diminishing returns: agility from gear and dodge rating. 

<div style="float:left; padding-right: 1em">
<math>d = \frac{u \cdot C_d}{u + k \cdot C_d}</math>
</div>
''C<sub>d</sub>'' is the cap for dodge, and ''k'' is a constant, and these both vary per class.
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== 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 [[Dodge#Talents|above]].
{| class="darktable sortable zebra" style="text-align:center"
! style="width:11em"| Ability 
! style="width:5em" | Class 
! style="width:8em" | Specialization
! Description
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[Army of the Dead]] || Death Kight || Unholy
| style="text-align:left"| 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/her> Dodge plus Parry chance.
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[Evasion]] || Rogue || N/A
| style="text-align:left"| Increases the rogue's dodge chance by 100% for 10 sec.
|- 
| style="text-align:left"| [[Overpower]] || Warrior || Arms
| style="text-align:left"| Instantly overpower the enemy causing 105% weapon damage. Cannot be blocked, dodged or parried. Overpower has a 60% increased chance to be a critical strike.
|-
| style="text-align:left"| [[Revenge]] || Warrior || Protection
| style="text-align:left"| Instantly attack an enemy and two additional enemies for (X + 64% of AP) damage. A successful dodge or parry will reset the cooldown on Revenge
|- 
| style="text-align:left"| [[Rune Strike]] || Death Knight || Blood
| style="text-align:left"| Strike the target for 160% weapon damage. This attack cannot be dodged, blocked, or parried.
|}

== Enchants ==
This is a listing of high-level enchantments that provide dodge. For a complete list of all enchantments, see the [[enchantments by slot]] article.
{| class="darktable sortable zebra"
! Slot !! Enchantment !! Effects !! Source
|-
| Shoulders
| [[Greater Ox Horn Inscription]] {{mop-inline}}
| +300 stamina, +100 dodge
| [[Inscription]] (570)
|-
| Shoulders
| {{ProfIcon|Inscription|size=16px}} [[Secret Ox Horn Inscription]] {{mop-inline}}
| {{ProfIcon|Inscription|size=16px}} +780 stamina, +100 dodge
| [[Inscription]] (600)
|-
| Bracer
| [[Major Dodge]] {{mop-inline}}
| +170 dodge
| [[Enchanting]] (525)
|-
| Legs
| [[Ironscale Leg Armor]] {{mop-inline}}
| +430 stamina, +165 dodge
| [[Leatherworking]] (575)
|}

== 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:

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 | poster = Ghostcrawler
 | date = 2009-07-13 20:50:43
 | body = 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 [[Druid|{{text|druid|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 "{{mob|Patchwerk}}" to decide if druids need to be nerfed or [[Death Knight|{{text|deathknight|DKs}}]] buffed or look at [[Protection|Prot]] [[Warrior|{{text|warrior|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.
 | title = Re: Avoidance Change
 | link = http://blue.mmo-champion.com/26/18315580997-avoidance-change.html
 }}

== Patch changes ==
* {{Patch 6.0.2|note=
**Dodge rating is no longer found on items.
**The amount of Dodge gained per point of Agility has been reduced by 25%.
**All characters now have a 100% chance to hit, 0% chance to be dodged, 3% chance to be parried, and 0% chance for glancing blows, when fighting creatures up to 3 levels higher (bosses included).}}
* {{Patch 5.0.4|note=Ranged attacks can now be dodged.}}
* {{Patch 4.2.0|note=Death Knights, Paladins, and Warriors no longer receive any bonus to their chance to dodge from Agility. Their base chance to dodge is now a fixed 5%.}}
* {{Patch 3.2.0|note=
**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 [[Melee diminishing returns|diminishing returns]]. Combined with other changes, this makes dodge rating and [[parry rating]] equally potent before diminishing returns apply. }}
* {{Patch 1.3.0|note=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.
*[[Dodge (Reign of Fire)]], TCG card

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