Combat Expertise
General feat
Combat Expertise is a D&D 3.5 feat (General) from WoW, p. 144. You can use your combat skill for defense as well as offense.
Prerequisite
Int 13.
Benefit
When you use the attack or full attack action in melee, you can take a penalty of as much as -5 on your attack roll and the same number (+5 or less) as a dodge bonus to your AC. This number may not exceed your base attack bonus. The changes to attack rolls and AC last until your next action.
Normal
Characters without Combat Expertise can fight defensively while using the attack or full attack action to take a -4 penalty on attack rolls and gain a +2 dodge bonus to AC.
Special
Warriors can select Combat Expertise as one of their warrior bonus feats.
Description
You can use your combat skill for defense as well as offense.