Armor Penetration Info....

[THECames]

The following link takes you to a Hunter Blog.  This resonated with me as something I could really follow.  So, I figured I would pass it along.

http://www.qqpewpew.com/2009/05/11/new-information-about-armor-penetration/

As for me personally, I have switched to a Frost DPS setup as I am using Frost as my Tank/PvP setup and find it easier to move back and forth between similar specs.  So, for frost ArP is lower in value than for Blood.  Been pondering whether ArP is a better deal for Frost or Unholy and I sit here undecided.  Clearly better for Unholy than for the ITx6 spec.

[Flood]

I wouldn´t go for ArP neither for frost or unholy.

As IT6 you do 2 OBs in ~20secs. FS, IT & HB don´t get anything from ArP as far as I know. So only these 2 OBs and melee profit from ArP.

As Unholy you use SS, which deals shadowdmg. The only strikes affected by ArP should be BS & PS (& melee ofc). PS doesn´t count full here when using Glyph of SS. ArP affects your strikes dmg before necrosis counts. Necrosis deals a static 20% dmg plus to your whitehits, so it´s dmg should increase slightly.

There´s a lot of ArP gear to find in Ulduar, but in my opinion other stats like haste, crit ect. are much better for frost/unholy. Blood hast the big advantage of blood gorged and most of it´s attacks are influenced by ArP.

EJ values armor penetration close to Agi. Seems like it´s just not a 'go for it-stat'.




...please consider that I haven´t followed the whole hunters blog. Maybe everything written above is just bulls**t.

[THECames]

Flood,

I agree with what you are saying.  I was just pondering aloud whether a Unholy or a Frost spec would get more from ArP.  It is basically unavoidable in ulduar to get some amount.  Think of it as staring at the sky, chewing on a piece of grass contemplating large crits.

[Nev]

Going to go out on a limb and say frost if you're running Uh pres.