Originally Posted by Deke
Armor Penetration.
There seems to be a metric tonne of this on the gear that we're seeing (unfortunately at the expense of hit it seems). My initial view of armor pene is that it is one of the least desirable stats available to rogues, is this still the case post the boss armor buff?
I know that there is never a 'magic answer', but is there a rough estimate of the value of ArP we can get without using a spreadsheet?
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It is the least desirable of our offensive stats, bar strength. With poisons doing more damage than ever and Envenom being the main finisher for Assassination, ArP got even less attractive. The recent change has increased it's relative worth somewhat, as 1 point of ArP will now give a greater benefit on higher armour targets, but on the other hand, it's still greatly outscaled by even hit and crit, not to mention agility and AP.
The item budget needed for ArP is very low though, only double the armour value one, so while it's on our gear a lot, it shouldn't prove a replacement of our more useful stats.