Resistance equipment
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Resistance gear is the major source of the Resistance stat. It has next to no general usefulness, and is usually used only in a raiding environment. Several bosses simply cannot be beaten without sufficient resistance of the appropriate type.
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Resistance Gear Quality
While leveling, resistance gear is usually not needed. There are some rare instances where it might be useful, but there hardly exists any low-level items with resistance. Prior to BC, the Molten Core was the first place which required high amounts of a resistance (Fire). Nearly every raid instance since then had one or more bosses which required some type of resistance - sometimes only on certain players (like the tank), sometimes on the whole raid.
Resistance equipment frequently has only two stats - a resistance and a high amount of stamina. In a wider sense, stamina can be interpreted as "resistance to all". The problems with resistance gear are that it's rarely used, hard to find or manufacture, and wearing it increases survivability in a certain environment, but nerfs most other character functions.
This tradeoff, survivability vs. efficiency, always needs thorough consideration when choosing resistance gear. The best advice is just not to worry about resistance gear until it's obviously needed, and then search for the best items available. Low-quality gear (like the green random BoE drops) is not really useful. It's much better to wear just one blue (or purple) item instead of a collection of greens. A similar example are warrior tanks using mail or leather resistance items instead of plate. Even in the most resistance-intensive fight there is always some physical damage, and tanks should not nerf their physical mitigation. Sure, if there's no other choice such a measure might do the job, but the instances are designed such that good gear is available when a certain resistance is needed.
Farming marks (like [Badges of Justice]) or materials (e.g. [Heart of Darkness]) for appropriate resistance gear is an unavoidable part of raid progression.
Resistance & Instances
5 Man
- Fire Resistance is helpful for Nazan in heroic Hellfire Ramparts
- Fire Resistance is helpful for all group members at the Nethermancer Sepethrea in Mechanar.
- Fire Resistance is helpful for all group members at the Wrath-Scryer Soccothrates in Arcatraz.
- Shadow Resistance is helpful on the tank for heroic Omor the Unscarred in Hellfire Ramparts.
- Shadow Resistance is helpful on the tank for heroic Zereketh the Unbound in Arcatraz.
- Shadow Resistance is helpful on the tank for heroic Pandemonius in Mana-Tombs.
- Arcane Resistance is helpful on the tank for Vexallus in Magisters' Terrace.
Raids
- Some fire resistance (mainly for the adds tank) is useful (but not required) for Jan'alai in Zul'Aman.
- Some shadow resistance is useful (but not required) for Hex Lord Malacrass in Zul'Aman.
- Nature resistance is helpful but not strictly necessary for the tanks of Kiggler the Crazed during High King Maulgar fight.
- Hydross the Unstable in Serpentshrine Cavern requires one maxed out frost resistance tank and one maxed nature resistance tank.
- Leotheras the Blind in Serpentshrine Cavern requires you to have a tank or warlock in high fire resistance gear for tanking the demon phase.
- Several bosses in Mount Hyjal (Kaz'rogal in particluar) are much easier with some shadow resistance spread over the raid.
- Mother Shahraz in Black Temple requires the whole raid to be kitted in maximum shadow resist gear.
- On several other bosses in the Black Temple, some amount of shadow resistance is useful too.
- Illidan Stormrage requires a warlock with capped shadow resistance.
Resistance & PvP
In theory, resistance could be quite useful in PvP. Unfortunately, most experienced PvP opponents wear large amounts of Spell penetration gear, which negates resistance. Therefore it's usually not a good idea to wear large amounts of resistance gear in PvP.
Knowing this, one might consider buffing stamina instead of resistance since stamina provides you with more hitpoints, therefore allowing you to soak more damage from both magical *and* physical attacks.
External links
- Shadow Panther - Rogue Fire Resist Gear
- Shadow Panther - Rogue Nature Resist Gear
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