The Threat Formula
otherwise known as Gingamok’s Rule of Thumb.
0.6-0.7% hit = 1% crit = 29 block value = 49 AP
Gingamok says:
It is not always accurate and is biased heavily to a scenario where you are using a 5-sunder devastate spam between revenge and shield slam. The shorter the fight the better block value is, the longer the fight the better hit, crit, and AP are.
Now Gingamok admits that this formula is biased, but I wouldn’t let that stop you from using it as a nice guide when selecting what to wear to increase your threat. If we break down this formula against all common tanking stats, we can derive an Equivalent Threat Points (ETP) list.
Equivalent Threat Points (ETP)
- 1 Hit Rating = 10 ETP
- 1 Crit Rating = 4.76 ETP
- 1 Agility = 3.45 ETP
- 1 Block Value = 3.57 ETP
- 1 Strength = 4.17 ETP
- 1 Attack Power = 2.08 ETP
Food for Thought: A few examples
- [item]Royal Cloak of Arathi Kings[/item] = 268.42 ETP
[item]Farstrider Defender's Cloak[/item]= 135.66 ETP- [item]Band of the Exorcist[/item] = 246.88 ETP
[item]Dath'Remar's Ring of Defense[/item]= 139.23 ETP
July 26th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
so.. I need to re-focus on AP. my “threat gear” AP is like 700 something.
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July 26th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Well what I’d like people to take away from this is that here’s another perspective on generating threat. We all know how effective just throwin’ on DPS gear and wailing on things in Defensive stance is and now this is some numbers to back up why that is the case.
That being said… if you aren’t alive, you can’t generate threat
Agility and Block Value are still very important because they double as both threat and mitigation/avoidance stats.
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November 28th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
so how does expertise factor in?
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January 28th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Expertise contributes in the same way as +hit, except since you’re always facing a creature you gain reduced dodge & parry from your enemy. This increase is essentially valued as twice that of +hit (removing two avoidance is better than just one).
That’s simplified somewhat, but I think clear.
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February 6th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
One of my favorite tank rings is found in Heroic mana tombs - Crystal Band of Valor. 27stam, 16 hit, 22 def.
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April 28th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
So what is exp worth in “ETP” ?
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April 28th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Um, posted before I read. I see it now.
What about parry though?
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