A look at Combat Stats, and the math behind it, in the World of Warcraft

This is likely the question many of you will be asking yourselves when you first load up World of Warcraft and look at some of your equipment. I know I did. When you first explore your character sheet there is a lot of information there that is not really explained in other places. In addition many of the numbers have changed since the initial release, so the original manual is of little use.

Lets start with a short explanation of what each of the major combat rating stats are and what they do.

Expertise - Expertise replaces the old weapon skill bonus. This stat lowers the percentage chance that your melee attacks will be dodged or parried.

You can read the whole guide here: What's with all these crazy numbers.