The Renaissance of Armor Penetration
So, Armor Penetration. What’s all the rage about? (My first Warrior pun!) There seems to be plenty of the stat floating around on our gear nowadays, so is it really worth investing in, both now and in the foreseeable future?
I’ll admit, the first time that I saw Armor Ignore back in the Burning Crusade, I was a little less than impressed. ”I can ignore 50 armor off of a boss with thousands of armor? Awesome.” Once I took a look at the math behind it, though, I realized just how good it was.
See, armor is great as a defensive stat – it reduces the incoming physical damage on a character or mob by a certain percentage, depending on the amount of armor present. Logically extending the armor mechanic, if you can reduce the amount of armor on a target, as the attacker, you can increase your damage output by removing their defenses!