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Any class can wear any type of armor, but certain classes will incur haste penalties if they equip armor that is too heavy for their class. Different armor slots also incur a higher penalty than others. For example head and chest items have higher penalties than waist or hand items. Haste penalties are applied to your global cooldown speed, or skill haste, and your casting haste. See the tables below for a complete haste penalty breakdown. Some items have a [[Reduced Weight]] property which drops their actual weight down one tier. This would allow a [[Wizards]] to wear leather armor without an armor penalty.

== Plate Class Penalties ==

[[Warriors]], [[Paladins]], [[Shadow Knights]], [[Clerics]], and [[Bards]] may wear all armor types without an armor penalty.

== Chain Class Penalties ==

[[Rangers]], [[Rogues]], and [[Shamans]] may wear up to chain without an armor penalty.

{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
! Armor Type
! Head, Chest
! Shoulders, Legs
! Bracers, Gloves, Belt, Boots
|-
| Plate
| 5%
| 3%
| 2%
|}

== Leather Class Penalties ==

[[Monks]] and [[Druids]] may wear up to leather without an armor penalty.

{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
! Armor Type
! Head, Chest
! Shoulders, Legs
! Bracers, Gloves, Belt, Boots
|-
| Chain
| 5%
| 3%
| 2%
|-
| Plate
| 11%
| 7%
| 5%
|}

== Cloth Class Penalties ==

[[Necromancers]], [[Enchanters]], [[Magicians]], and [[Wizards]] may wear only cloth without an armor penalty.

{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
! Armor Type
! Head, Chest
! Shoulders, Legs
! Bracers, Gloves, Belt, Boots
|-
| Leather
| 5%
| 3%
| 2%
|-
| Chain
| 11%
| 7%
| 5%
|-
| Plate
| 18%
| 12%
| 9%
|}