I've been playing protection Paladin since P1 now and I noticed that some items the total avoidance is higher then what is actually converted.

I'm using the avoidance macro to calculate as well as a weak-aura to do the same calculation. These all seem to be working just fine.

However when I'm switching items that supposed to have a higher avoidance based on RatingBuster, the results of the avoidance calculators show the item is worse. Maybe there is a different calculation on avoidance for Prot-Paladins?

Here is my avoidance without the eterium bracers, that supposed to have much higher avoidance, right?

And here with the "upgrade"

Either the avoidance summary is "wrong" or I misunderstood it. In that case I'd like to request that maybe we get a "Total Avoidance % Summary", that would show me the exact avoidance I would get per item, so I can easily see if an item would be an actual upgrade.

Cheers

Shield block chance isn't included in Avoidance Summary by default, but there is a checkbox to include it.

Some players refer to shield block as "mitigation" rather than "avoidance" because you're not actually avoiding the attack.

Mitigation = reducing damage (block, armor, improved righteous fury)
Avoidance = avoiding damage (dodge, parry, miss)

Honestly this difference of terminology was used more in 2007 than 2022 (many players even call dodge mitigation now), so I wouldn't mind changing the default.

Thanks for the clarification!
I also did now find the checkbox, which resolves my issue. Cheers!