Armor

'''Armor''' is a defensive statistic in Wrath of the Lich King that reduces physical damage taken from attacks.

Armor is provided primarily by equipped items.

Purpose

The primary purpose of Armor is to reduce incoming physical damage.

Characters with higher Armor generally take less physical damage than characters with lower Armor.

Armor can be found on equipment such as:

The major wearable armor types are:

Different classes have access to different armor types.

Armor is especially important for:

because tanks intentionally receive large amounts of enemy damage.

At Level 80, Armor is an important part of defensive equipment progression.

Raid and dungeon gear generally provides increasing amounts of Armor as item quality improves.

The custom:

provides '''225 Armor''' in its documented configuration.