Defense Skill
From Basin Wiki
Each point of +Defense adds 0.04% to Parry, Dodge, and Block.
This means +25 Defense will grant you an extra 1% Parry, Dodge, and Block. The formula has been tested to be the same for both Hunters and Paladins. It's probably constant across all classes. Rogues are most likely to have a differing formula.
Defense has additional rumored effects: The following four effects of Defense were supposedly posted by a CM on WoW's European forums. A link to the official post would be nice.
- Increases the chance of being missed by an attack.
- Increases the chance to dodge, parry, and block.
- Decreases the chance of being affected by a critical hit.
- Decreases the chance of being affected by a "crushing blow". Creatures that are higher level than your character can land crushing blows that deal increased melee damage. The chance of a crushing blow increases as the level difference between you and the opposing creature increases. Players never deal "crushing blows", only creatures.
