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Defense is a avoidance skill used by all classes. This skill is of particular importance to Fighters. It demonstrates how well you avoid physical attacks. This raises your basic avoidance roll (dodge) chance.
In oder to raise the skill you need to get hit by melee weapons.

• Category:Defense (Equipment) - Equipment that modifies the Defense skill.
• Category:Defense Skill Adornments - Adornments that modifies the Defense skill.
• Category:Buff (Spell Type) - some buffs increase or decrease the Defence skill too

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See Also: Stat Growth

In most RPG games, not necessarily limited to Final Fantasy games, stats, or statistics are used to represent how strong a character is. Stats are represented by numbers and are used in engagements to determine how much damage a character takes by an opponent, or deals to an opponent. As a character levels up, they get increases in each stat. Different jobs and races gain stats differently. For example, Paladins speeds are slow, while Ninjas and Assassins are fast.

Types of Stats

• Level: A units level is the defining point of the character, it denotes how much it has in the other stats. For example, a unit with a low level is considerably weaker than a high level unit. Levels are usually measured one at a time, unless a considerable amount of experience/Ability Points are gained at one time. Level also affects how much damage the user deals along with the other stats in most Final Fantasy games. As the unit gains levels, the unit will gain more power in the below stats.
• HP (Hit Points): Hit Points are used to determine if a character is able to fight. When attacked, the total damage dealt is subtracted from the current HP. When the characters current HP is 0, the characters faints and is unable to fight. Some items like Potions and most White Mage skills can restore HP. Phoenix Downs can revive a fainted unit, usually with half their max HP.
• MP (Magic/Mana Points): Magic or Mana Points are used when a character uses magic, or special skills. Black, White, Blue, and Red Mages usually use these to utilise their skills. In some games, they are restored periodically. Sometimes items or rest stops are required to restore them.
• Exp. (Experience Points): Experience points are gained to raise the character's levels. To level a character by one, a certain amount of Exp. is needed. This amount is rarely constant, as it grows each time the character levels. Enemies grant Exp to the party when defeated, and generally, Bosses may either give a huge amount of it, or none. The Exp. received after a battle is usually shared by the whole party, reason why if a character fight a monster alone, he would receive the same experience as all of the characters together.
• AP (Ability Points): Ability Points are gained when a battle is complete and won. In most games, AP is used and gained to allow characters to master abilities. Generally, the stronger an opponent/group is, both in level and class (e.g.: Minions VS. Bosses), the more AP the character gains. In some games, AP is used as an alternative to Experience Points: when they reach a certain point, the character levels up by one. Also in some games, like Final Fantasy X, a character is required to attack or otherwise uses an Action to gain AP.
• Attack Power: Also known as Vigor, Attack Power is used to indicate how strong a characters Attack is. It is compared to the opponents Defense to determine how much damage is caused, if any.
• Defense Power: Defense Power is used to indicate how well defended you are against physical attacks. The higher Defense Power a character has, the less damage he/she takes.
• Magic Power: Magic Power is used to indicate how strong a characters magic skills are. It is compared to the opponent Magic Resistance to determine how much damage is dealt, if any. For White Mages, it determines how much HP is restored.
• Magic Defense: Also known as Spirit or Magic Resistance, Magic Defense is used to determine how well protected you are against magic-based attacks. The stronger it is, the less damage you will take. In some games, Defense and Resistance are combined as one stat.
• Speed: Speed determines how fast a characters turn will come up in battle, and how often. Time Mages can be used to alter Speed for one battle, with skills such as Stop, Slow, Haste, and Quick (sometimes 'Quicken').
• Hit Rate: This stat, also known as Accuracy, will determine how often a units attacks will connect with the target. Status ailments like Blind can reduce this stat.
• Evasion: This stat will indicate how often a unit can avoid an attack from an opponent. The higher an evade stat is, the less a unit will be hit.
• Magic Block: This stat will indicate how often a unit can avoid a magic attack. In some games, Magic Block and Evade are combined as one stat.
• Accuracy: Accuracy is a measurement of how often a unit will hit. It is generally compared versus a target's evasion.
• Magic Accuracy: Magic Accuracy, in the games where it is present, determines the likelihood that a unit will successfully inflict damage or effect an enemy with a negative status effect.
• Absorb: A stat, which affects how much damage a character will take when hit by an enemy.
• Agility (Agl.): A stat, which affects the stat Evade%. It is affected by the heaviness of the character’s armor. Additionally, Agility helps dodging enemy attacks.
• Luck: Can effect many things, such as when a critical attack will land.
• Vitality: Has been in some Final Fantasy games with different meanings like: resistance to attacks, (like the defense stat), how much HP is gained during a level up, or resistances to status effects.

v · e · d Stats
Recurring Stats
Ability Points - Accuracy - Brave - Charge Time - Evasion - Experience Points - Defense - Health Points - Intelligence - Luck - MBlock - Magic Defense - Magic Points - Magic Power - Mind - Speed - Spirit - Stamina - Strength - Vitality
Final Fantasy VI
Vigor
Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-
Rank Points
Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-
Soldier Points
Final Fantasy XI
Charisma - Magic Accuracy - Tactical Points - Fame
Final Fantasy XII
License Points
Final Fantasy Tactics
Brave - Faith
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Judge Points
Vagrant Story
Risk

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From GuildWiki

Definition

A weapon with a name suffix "of Defense" is equipped with a weapon upgrade of the same name:

• Axe Grip of Defense
• Bow Grip of Defense
• Dagger Handle of Defense
• Hammer Grip of Defense
• Scythe Grip of Defense
• Spear Grip of Defense
• Staff Wrapping of Defense
• Sword Pommel of Defense

For more details, see: weapon upgrade

Effect

A weapon upgrade of Defense provides the following bonus to the weapon (the user respectively):

• Armor +4-5.

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From the RuneScape Wiki, the wiki for all things RuneScape

This article is about the defence skill. For information on training defence, see combat training.

Defence (written as "Defense" in RuneScape Classic; abbreviated as Def) is a skill that gives the player protection during combat. As a player raises their Defence level, opponents will deal damage less often, rather than deal less damage per hit. Defence levels also affect what kind of armour a player can equip ranging from level 1 for Bronze armour and Iron armour to level 78 for the all Ancient Warriors' Equipment. The current minimum requirement to be ranked (at rank 2,000,000) on the hiscores for Defence is level 55.

A small selection of players choose to focus exclusively on Defence and not train any other combat skills. These players are known as Defence Pures. It is suspected that the few players train as defence pures due to the limited appeal of long combat round between a defence pure and their opponent. However, many regular pures frown upon defence seeing that it does not lower damage received. Often, these pures will call someone who player-kills like this a "def noob". There are quite a few players who have achieved level 99 Defence without levelling Hitpoints at level 27 combat through the use of Soul Wars and various other levelling methods; for example, experience lamps and Penguin Hide and Seek.

Contents 1 Fighting defensively 2 Strategy 3 Experience 4 Defence bonuses 4.1 Other defence bonuses 5 Defence requirements 6 Maximum defence bonus 6.1 Maximum P2P defence bonuses 6.1.1 Best stab defence bonus 6.1.2 Best stab defence bonus without PvP armour 6.1.3 Best slash defence bonus 6.1.4 Best slash defence bonus without PvP armour 6.1.5 Best crush defence bonus 6.1.6 Best crush defence bonus without PvP armour 6.1.7 Best ranged defence bonus 6.1.8 Best ranged defence bonus without PvP armour 6.1.9 Best magic defence bonus 6.1.10 Best magic defence bonus without PvP armour 6.2 Maximum F2P defence bonuses 6.2.1 Best F2P melee and range defence bonus 6.2.2 Best F2P melee and range defence bonus using non degradable armour 6.2.3 Best F2P mage defence bonus 7 Temporary boosts 8 Trivia 9 See also

Fighting defensively

To increase a player's Defence level, the player must choose the "defensive" attack style. To do this, a player has to select the Combat Styles tab (image with the two swords one left of Stats tab), then select the combat style that says Defensive in parentheses when the mouse cursor is hovered over it. It is also useful to note that clicking the controlled style will also grant experience to the Defence skill, though it is not as efficient as it equally splits experience with the Attack and Strength skills. One-third of the experience is gained when using controlled, 1.33 experience per damage dealt by the player. Using defensive gives 4 experience per damage point the player deals.

Strategy

Having a high Defence level is key to any fighter's success. If a player wants to land strikes, one has to also be able to take them. Contrary to popular belief, Defence does not lower the amount of damage per hit; rather it makes your opponent's attacks less accurate.

Numerous players, especially melee-pure player killers, neglect their Defence in favour of training Attack and Strength or Strength alone. Most of these players leave their Defence at level 1, and wear iron armour to provide basic Defence. Defence is also sometimes raised to level 10 or 20, so as to enable the wearing of black armour/white armour or initiate armour respectively. Though this strategy gives a person high power in their attacks, some do not recommend it. They argue that even if a person in the wilderness boasts very high Attack and Strength levels, if they do not have the ability to wear (or do not possess) decent armour, a person of a comparable level with high Defence may kill them with little or no trouble. Although it should be noted that since the levels used on defence are put into Strength and Attack (as well as hitpoints), a pure of a comparable combat level could have a high enough attack level to fair with the person easily regardless of their Defence level, or be able to hit high enough to make up for not hitting as often. A pure would also most likely have higher hitpoints than the person with a higher Defence level as well.  It is becoming increasingly popular to train defence to at least level 40, as to enable the player to wear rune armour. Most of the time people go 5 beyond this level, maybe increasing their combat level by one, so that they can wear a berserker helm. These people are known as 'Berserker pures'.

Experience

A formula is used to calculate how much experience a player obtains when fighting defensively. If a player hits an opponent, whatever damage they deal is multiplied by 4 and given to the player's Defence skill. For example, if a player hits a 1, then they will receive 4 Defence experience.

Some experience is also given to a player's hitpoints level when they deal damage. If a player hits an opponent, whatever damage they deal is multiplied by 1.33 and given to their hitpoints. For example, if a player hits a 1, then they will receive 1.33 hitpoints experience, in addition to the 4 experience in defence.

If a player fights with the "controlled" attack style, then whatever damage they deal will be multiplied by 1.33 and given to the player's Defence, Attack, Strength, and hitpoints level.

Defence can also be trained by ranging in the "long range" attack style. For every hit dealt to the opponent, players receive 2 range experience, 2 defence experience, and 1.33 hitpoints experience.

Defence can also be trained by attacking with magic spells while autocasting spells with a defensive cast style. Doing so gives players 2 experience points to Magic and 2 to Defence, as well as the 1.33 to hitpoints.

Defence bonuses

Some weapons and armour give players "defence bonuses" against certain attack types. These bonuses can be seen in the equipment menu, to the right of the inventory menu. Defence bonuses give players advantages as well as disadvantages in combat.

Stab: Wearing melee armour lowers the chance of players stabbing with a weapon from dealing high damage. The higher this bonus is, the less often an opponent will deal damage by using the stab attack style. The maximum possible bonus attainable by players is 467.

Slash: Wearing melee armour lowers the chance of players slashing with a weapon from dealing high damage. The higher this bonus is, the less often an opponent will deal damage by using the slash attack style. The maximum possible bonus attainable by players is 472.

Crush: Wearing melee armour lowers the chance of players crushing with a weapon from dealing high damage. The higher this bonus is, the less often an opponent will deal damage by using the crush attack style. The maximum possible bonus attainable by players is 456.

Magic: Wearing ranged armour lowers the chance of magic attacks dealing high damage. The higher this bonus is, the less often an opponent will deal damage by using Magic. The maximum possible bonus attainable by players is 207. In addition, your passive magic defence is 70% of your magic level, and 30% of your defence level.

Ranged: Wearing melee armour lowers the chance of players using ranged weapons from dealing high damage. The higher this bonus is, the less often an opponent will deal damage by using Ranged attacks. The maximum possible bonus attainable by players is 466.

Summoning: Wearing most melee armours lowers the chance of players using Summoning Familiars from hitting.

Other defence bonuses

• Leather gloves, leather boots, and capes give slight defence bonuses.
• An Amulet of Defence gives a defence bonus of +7 against all attack types.
• An Amulet of Power gives a defence bonus of +6 against all attack types.
• An Amulet of Glory gives a defence bonus of +3 against all attack types.
• A Holy symbol gives a defence bonus of +2 against all attack types.
• An Amulet of Fury gives a defence bonus of +15 against all attack types.
• A Gnome Amulet gives a defence bonus of +13 against all melee attack types.
• A Berserker ring gives a defence bonus of +4 against the crush attack type.
• a Berserker ring (i) gives a defence bonus of +8 against the crush attack type.
• A Warrior Ring gives a defence bonus of +4 against the slash attack type.
• A Warrior Ring (i) gives a defence bonus of +8 against the slash attack type.
• A Seers' ring gives a defence bonus of +4 against the magic attack type.
• A Seers' ring (i) gives a defence bonus of +8 against the magic attack type.
• An Archers' ring gives a defence bonus of +4 against the ranged attack type.
• An Archers' ring (i) gives a defence bonus of +8 against the ranged attack type.
• An onyx ring (i) gives a defence bonus of +6 against all the attack type.
• A dragonstone ring (i) gives a defence bonus of +5 against all the attack type.
• The Beacon Ring from the quest What Lies Below gives a defence bonus of +1 against the magic attack type.
• A Lunar Ring from the quest Lunar Diplomacy gives a defence and attack bonus of +2 for magic.
• The gloves from the quest Recipe for Disaster give varying melee and ranged defence bonuses, ranging from +1 from the "leather" gloves to +12 from the "barrows" gloves. All Recipe for Disaster gloves give half the defence against magic as they would for the other attack types; i.e. "Barrows" gloves give +12 against melee and ranged attack types, while only providing a +6 defence bonus against magic.

Defence requirements

Defence levels required to equip different types of armour are as follows:

Type	Level	Notes
Bronze	1	Bronze armour is the weakest metal armour that players can make in all of RuneScape.
Iron	1	Iron armour is stronger than bronze armour.
Steel	5	Steel armour is stronger than iron armour.
Black	10	Black armour is stronger than steel armour.
Mithril	20	Mithril armour is stronger than black armour.
Adamant	30	Adamant armour is stronger than mithril armour.
Rune	40	Rune armour is stronger than adamant armour and is also the strongest armour free players can equip with the exception of Corrupt dragon equipment.
Granite	50	Due to Granite armours weight, an additional 50 strength is required to wear Granite armour, and is a members only armour.
Dragon	60	Dragon armour is stronger than rune armour. Dragon can only be equipped by members, and is expensive compared to Runite armour.
Corrupt dragon	60	Corrupt dragon armour provides the same bonuses as regular Dragon armour but is available to free players. It only lasts 30 minutes of combat, and is much less expensive than the non-corrupt version.
Third Age	65	3rd Age melee, range and mage armour obtained from Treasure trails used to be the rarest, currently obtainable, items in RuneScape until spirit shields. Currently a 3rd age melee set consisting of four separate pieces of the extremely rare armour is still 100m less than the most expensive spirit shield.
Crystal	70	Crystal equipment can only be equipped by members, and also requires 50 Agility, as well as the completion of the Roving Elves quest.
Barrows	70	Barrows is the strongest of all the melee and magic armours. Along with the required 70 Defence, 70 Ranged is needed for Karil's and 70 Magic is needed for Ahrim's Barrows armour, respectively.
Dragonfire Shield	75	The Dragonfire Shield is one of the best shields in the game when it is fully charged, surpassed only by some spirit shields.

^*The requirements are determined by a player's base defence level, boosts will not allow a player to wield armour higher than his base.

Maximum defence bonus

Maximum P2P defence bonuses

Best stab defence bonus

Item		Bonus	Requirements Table: View • Edit
	Statius's full helm[1]	+65	78 Defence (20 Defence for Corrupt version)
	Statius's platebody[1]	+154	78 Defence (20 Defence for Corrupt version)
	Statius's platelegs[1]	+110	78 Defence (20 Defence for Corrupt version)
	Lucky cutlass	+6	Completed Cabin Fever
	Dragonfire shield	+70	75 Defence
	Dragon gauntlets	+14	60 Defence
	Bandos boots	+17	65 Defence
	Fire cape	+11	Completed the TzHaar Fight Cave
	Amulet of Fury	+15	None
	Onyx ring (i)	+6	Mobilising Armies Rank of 300
Total		+468	75/78 Defence, completed Cabin Fever and the TzHaar Fight Cave, and a Mobilising Armies Rank of 300

1. ^ ^{a b c} All Ancient Warriors' Equipment comes in corrupt versions. Normal versions require level 78 in relevant skills and last for 1 hour. Corrupt versions require level 20 and last 15 minutes.

Best stab defence bonus without PvP armour

Item		Bonus	Requirements Table: View • Edit
	Torag's helm[1]	+55	70 Defence
	Torag's platebody[2]	+122	70 Defence
	Torag's platelegs[3]	+85	70 Defence
	Lucky cutlass	+6	Completed Cabin Fever
	Dragonfire shield	+70	75 defence
	Dragon gauntlets	+14	60 Defence
	Bandos boots	+17	65 defence
	Fire cape	+11	Completed the TzHaar Fight Cave
	Amulet of Fury	+15	None
	Onyx ring (i)	+6	Mobilising Armies Rank of 300
Total		+401	75 Defence, completed Cabin Fever and the TzHaar Fight Cave, and a Mobilising Armies Rank of 300

1. ^ Guthan's and Verac's helms both give the same stab defence bonus and require 70 Defence.
2. ^ Guthan's and Dharok's platebodies both give the same stab defence bonus and require 70 Defence.
3. ^ Verac's plateskirt and Dharok's platelegs both give the same stab defence bonus and require 70 Defence.

Best slash defence bonus

Item		Bonus	Requirements Table: View • Edit
	Statius's full helm[1]	+70	78 Defence (20 Defence for Corrupt version)
	Statius's platebody[1]	+145	78 Defence (20 Defence for Corrupt version)
	Statius's platelegs[1]	+106	78 Defence (20 Defence for Corrupt version)
	Lucky Cutlass	+6	Completed Cabin Fever
	Dragonfire shield	+75	75 Defence
	Dragon gauntlets	+15	60 Defence
	Bandos boots	+18	65 Defence
	Fire cape	+11	Completed the TzHaar Fight Cave
	Amulet of Fury	+15	None
	Warrior's Ring (i)	+8	Mobilising Armies Rank of 300
Total		+469	75/78 Defence, completed Cabin Fever and the TzHaar Fight Cave, and a Mobilising Armies Rank of 300

1. ^ ^{a b c} All Ancient Warriors' Equipment comes in corrupt versions. Normal versions require level 78 in relevant skills and last for 1 hour. Corrupt versions require level 20 and last 15 minutes.

Best slash defence bonus without PvP armour

Item		Bonus	Requirements Table: View • Edit
	Torag's helm[1]	+58	70 Defence
	Torag's platebody[2]	+120	70 Defence
	Torag's platelegs[3]	+82	70 Defence
	Lucky Cutlass	+6	Completed Cabin Fever
	Dragonfire shield	+75	75 Defence
	Dragon gauntlets	+15	60 Defence
	Bandos boots	+18	65 Defence
	Fire cape	+11	Completed the TzHaar Fight Cave
	Amulet of Fury	+15	None
	Warrior's ring (i)	+8	Mobilising Armies Rank of 300
Total		+408	75 Defence, completed Cabin Fever and the TzHaar Fight Cave, and a Mobilising Armies Rank of 300

1. ^ Guthan's and Verac's helms both give the same slash defence bonus and require 70 Defence, however Verac's helm gives a small prayer bonus.
2. ^ Guthan's and Dharok's platebodies both give the same slash defence bonus and require 70 Defence.
3. ^ Verac's plateskirt and Dharok's platelegs both give the same slash defence bonus and require 70 Defence, however Verac's plateskirt gives a small prayer bonus.

Best crush defence bonus

Item		Bonus	Requirements Table: View • Edit
	Statius's full helm[1]	+63	78 Defence (20 Defence for Corrupt version)
	Vesta's chainbody[1]	+145	78 Defence (20 Defence for Corrupt version)
	Vesta's plateskirt[1]	+112	78 Defence (20 Defence for Corrupt version)
	Maple blackjack (d)	+24	Completed Rogue Trader
	Elysian spirit shield[2]	+75	75 defence, 75 prayer, completed Summer's End
	Dragon gauntlets	+15	60 Defence
	Bandos boots	+19	65 Defence
	Fire cape	+11	Completed the TzHaar Fight Cave
	Amulet of Fury	+15	None
	Berserker ring (i)	+8	Mobilising Armies Rank of 300
Total		+487	75/78 Defence, 75 Prayer, completed Rogue Trader, Summer's End and the TzHaar Fight Cave, and a Mobilising Armies Rank of 300

1. ^ ^{a b c} All Ancient Warriors' Equipment comes in corrupt versions. Normal versions require level 78 in relevant skills and last for 1 hour. Corrupt versions require level 20 and last 15 minutes.
2. ^ The Divine spirit shield gives the same crush defence bonus. The Dragonfire shield gives +72 crush defence and also requires 75 Defence, but is much less expensive.

Best crush defence bonus without PvP armour

Item		Bonus	Requirements Table: View • Edit
	Torag's helm[1]	+54	70 Defence
	Third age platebody[2]	+113	65 Defence
	Torag's platelegs[3]	+83	70 Defence
	Maple blackjack (d)	+24	Completed Rogue Trader
	Elysian spirit shield[4]	+75	75 defence, 75 prayer, completed Summer's End
	Dragon gauntlets	+15	60 Defence
	Bandos boots	+19	65 Defence
	Fire cape	+11	Completed the TzHaar Fight Cave
	Amulet of Fury	+15	None
	Berseker ring (i)	+8	Mobilising Armies Rank of 300
Total		+417	75 Defence, 75 Prayer, completed Rogue Trader, Summer's End and the TzHaar Fight Cave, and a Mobilising Armies Rank of 300

1. ^ Guthan's and Verac's helms both give the same crush defence bonus and require 70 Defence.
2. ^ Torag's, Guthan's, and Dharok's platebodies all give +107 crush defence and require 70 Defence, but are much less expensive.
3. ^ Dharok's platelegs, Verac's plateskirt, and Third age platelegs all give the same crush defence bonus. Dharok's platelegs and Verac's plateskirt require 70 Defence and Third age platelegs require 65 Defence.
4. ^ The Divine spirit shield gives the same crush defence bonus. The Dragonfire shield gives +72 crush defence and also requires 75 Defence, but is much less expensive.

Best ranged defence bonus

Item		Bonus	Requirements Table: View • Edit
	Statius's full helm[1]	+71	78 Defence (20 Defence for Corrupt version)
	Statius's platebody[1]	+157	78 Defence (20 Defence for Corrupt version)
	Statius's platelegs[1]	+121	78 Defence (20 Defence for Corrupt version)
	Void knight mace	+2	42 Attack, 42 Strength, 42 Defence, 42 Ranged, 42 Magic, 42 Hitpoints, 22 Prayer
	New Crystal Shield[2]	+80	70 Defence, 50 Agility, Completed Roving Elves
	Dragon gauntlets	+14	60 Defence
	Rogue boots	+2	Completed the Rogue's Den
	Fire cape	+11	Completed the TzHaar Fight Cave
	Amulet of Fury	+15	None
	Archers' ring (i)	+8	Mobilising Armies Rank of 300
Total		+476	42 Attack, 42 Strength, 50 Agility, 70/78 Defence, 42 Ranged, 42 Magic, 42 Hitpoints, 22 Prayer, completed Rogue's Den , Roving Elves and the TzHaar Fight Cave, and a Mobilising Armies Rank of 300

1. ^ ^{a b c} All Ancient Warriors' Equipment comes in corrupt versions. Normal versions require level 78 in relevant skills and last for 1 hour. Corrupt versions require level 20 and last 15 minutes.
2. ^ A Dragonfire shield gives +72 ranged defence, but doesn't degrade and lose its stats.

Best ranged defence bonus without PvP armour

Item		Bonus	Requirements Table: View • Edit
	Torag's helm[1]	+62	70 Defence
	Bandos chestplate	+133	65 Defence
	Bandos tassets	+93	65 Defence
	Void knight mace	+2	42 Attack, 42 Strength, 42 Defence, 42 Ranged, 42 Magic, 42 Hitpoints, 22 Prayer
	New Crystal Shield[2]	+80	70 Defence, 50 Agility, Completed Roving Elves
	Dragon gauntlets	+14	60 Defence
	Rogue boots	+2	Completed the Rogue's Den
	Fire cape	+11	Completed the TzHaar Fight Cave
	Amulet of Fury	+15	None
	Archers' ring (i)	+8	Mobilising Armies Rank of 300
Total		+420	42 Attack, 42 Strength, 70 Defence, 42 Ranged, 42 Magic, 42 Hitpoints, 22 Prayer, 50 Agility, completed Rogue's Den, the TzHaar Fight Cave and Roving Elves, and a Mobilising Armies Rank of 300

1. ^ Guthan's helm gives the same ranged defence and also requires 70 Defence.
2. ^ A Dragonfire shield gives +72 ranged defence, but doesn't degrade and lose its stats.

Best magic defence bonus

Item		Bonus	Requirements Table: View • Edit
	Armadyl helmet	+10	70 Ranged, 70 Defence
	Morrigan's leather body[1]	+75	78 Ranged, 78 Defence (20 Ranged, 20 Defence for Corrupt version)
	Morrigan's chaps[1]	+46	78 Ranged, 78 Defence (20 Ranged, 20 Defence for Corrupt version)
	Master wand	+20	60 Magic
	Spectral spirit shield[2]	+30	65 Magic, 75 Defence, 70 Prayer, completed Summer's End
	Third age vambraces[3]	+9	65 Ranged, 40 Defence
	Silly jester boots[4]	+5	Started The Fremennik Isles
	Fire cape[5]	+11	Completed the TzHaar Fight Cave
	Amulet of fury	+15	None
	Seer's ring (i)	+8	Mobilising Armies Rank of 300
Total		+229	75/78 Defence, 70/78 Ranged, 65 Magic, 70 Prayer, Completed Summer's End and the TzHaar Fight Cave, Started The Fremennik Isles, and a Mobilising Armies Rank of 300

1. ^ ^{a b} All Ancient Warriors' Equipment comes in corrupt versions. Normal versions require level 78 in relevant skills and last for 1 hour. Corrupt versions require level 20 and last 15 minutes.
2. ^ A Mage's book only gives +15 magic defence and requires 60 Magic, but is much less expensive
3. ^ Black d'hide vambraces only give +8 magic defence and require 70 Ranged, but are much less expensive
4. ^ Infinity boots give the same magic defence and require 50 Magic and 35 Defence
5. ^ God capes only give +10 magic defence, but are easier to get

Best magic defence bonus without PvP armour

Item		Bonus	Requirements Table: View • Edit
	Armadyl helmet	+10	70 Ranged, 70 Defence
	Armadyl chestplate	+70	70 Ranged, 70 Defence
	Armadyl plateskirt	+40	70 Ranged, 70 Defence
	Master wand	+20	60 Magic
	Spectral spirit shield [1]	+30	65 Magic, 75 Defence, 70 Prayer, completed Summer's End
	Third age vambraces [2]	+9	65 Ranged, 40 Defence
	Silly jester boots [3]	+5	Started The Fremennik Isles
	Fire cape [4]	+11	Completed the TzHaar Fight Cave
	Amulet of fury	+15	None
	Seer's ring (i)	+8	Mobilising Armies Rank of 300
Total		+218	75 Defence, 70 Ranged, 65 Magic, 70 Prayer, Completed Summer's End and the TzHaar Fight Cave, Started The Fremennik Isles, and a Mobilising Armies Rank of 300

1. ^ A Mage's book only gives +15 magic defence and requires 60 Magic, but is much less expensive
2. ^ Black d'hide vambraces only give +8 magic defence and require 70 Ranged, but are much less expensive
3. ^ Infinity boots give the same magic defence and require 50 Magic and 35 Defence
4. ^ God capes only give +10 magic defence, but are easier to get

Maximum F2P defence bonuses

Best F2P melee and range defence bonus

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Image	Name
	Corrupt dragon med helm(1)	33	35	32	-1	34	0	0
	Corrupt dragon chainbody(2)	81	93	98	-3	82	0	0
	Corrupt dragon platelegs(3)	68	66	63	-4	65	0	0
	Talisman staff(4)	2	3	1	15	4	33	0
	Fighting boots/Fancy Boots	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
	Team cape(any)	0	1	1	0	2	0	0
	Amulet of defence	7	7	7	7	7	0	0
	Rune gauntlets(charged)	10	11	11	-1	10	2	0
	Corrupt dragon sq shield (5)	50	52	48	0	50	0	0
	Explorer's ring(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Total	252	270	264	13	254	35	1

• (1) The Corrupt dragon med helm will disintegrate after 30 minutes of wearing.
• (2) The Corrupt dragon chainbody will disintegrate after 30 minutes of wearing.
• (3) The Corrupt dragon platelegs or Corrupt dragon plateskirt will disintegrate after 30 minutes of wearing.
• (4) The Runecrafting staff is a reward from the Great Orb Project.
• (5) The Corrupt dragon sq shield will disintegrate after 30 minutes of wearing.
• (6) Any other jewellery will give similar defence bonuses - nothing.

Best F2P melee and range defence bonus using non degradable armour

Image	Name
	Rune full helm	30	32	27	-1	30	0	0
	Rune platebody (1)	82	80	72	-6	80	0	0
	Rune platelegs	51	49	47	-4	49	0	0
	Talisman staff	2	3	1	15	4	33	0
	Fancy Boots/Fighting boots	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
	Team cape (any)(2)	0	1	1	0	2	0	0
	Amulet of defence	7	7	7	7	7	0	0
	Rune gauntlets (charged)	10	11	11	-1	10	2	0
	Rune kiteshield	44	48	46	-1	46	0	0
	Explorer's ring	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Total	227	231	215	9	228	35	1

• (1) The Rune Chainbody has a higher crush defence and does not require the Dragon Slayer quest to be complete to wear.
• (2) A normal coloured cape has the same stats as a wilderness cape.

Best F2P mage defence bonus

Item		Bonus	Requirements Table: View • Edit
	Green d'hide coif	+4	40 Ranged, 40 Defence, 150 FoG Tokens
	Green d'hide body	+20	40 Ranged, 40 Defence, Completed Dragon Slayer
	Green d'hide chaps	+8	40 Ranged, 40 Defence
	Green d'hide vambraces	+2	40 Ranged, 40 Defence
	Amulet of defence	+7	None
	Talisman staves	+15	50 Runecrafting, 10,000 Runecrafting guild tokens
Total		+56	40 Ranged, 40 Defence, 150 FoG Tokens, Completed Dragon Slayer , 50 Runecrafting, 10,000 Runecrafting guild tokens

Temporary boosts

• Defence potion - Boosts Defence level by 3-12 (3 + 10% of your defence level, rounded down).
• Super defence potion - Boosts Defence level by 5-19 (5 + 15% of Defence level, rounded down).
• Saradomin brew - Boosts Defence level by 25%.
• Prayer - Protect from Melee, Protect from Magic and Protect from Missiles give great defence bonuses.
• Prayer - Thick Skin, Rock Skin, Steel Skin, Chivalry and Piety boosts defence level by 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% respectively.
• Ancient Curses - Leech Defence and Turmoil boost a player's defence level by 5%, then up to 10% after time, and 15% + 10% of the opponent's level respectively.
• Excalibur special attack - Excalibur is a reward from the Merlin's Crystal quest. Its special attack temporarily boosts a player's Defence level by 8 points. The special attack uses 100% of the Special bar.
• Enhanced excalibur special attack - Enhanced excalibur is obtained by bringing a Excalibur to Lady of the Lake on the peninsula in Taverley after completing all the Hard tasks of the Seers' Village Achievement Diary. Its special attack raises a player's Defence level temporarily more than the original Excalibur, also healing the player up to 20 hitpoints (4 hitpoints every 2 seconds for 10 seconds). The special attack uses 100% of the Special bar.
• Draynor Manor Cabbage - +1 or +2 boost
• The special move of the War tortoise familiar raises defence by 8.

The maximum boost can be achieved using the best armour, Saradomin brew (+25%) and the Turmoil prayer (+29% at maximum) or Mystic Might (For defending against magic, gives +15% mage defence/attack).

Trivia

The American English language as well as all English languages except British English have kept the Anglo-French spelling for defence as it is.

Defence is not often used by Pures except for Defence Pures.

See also

• Quest experience rewards - Defence

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From SWG Wiki

This stat combines with a player's agility

From TibiaWiki

Defense Formula.

To calculate the average damage a creature will make to you, you have to use this formula:

Attack of Creature:
Defense:
Armor:
Skill:
Defense factor:

now use this formula:

= average damage

here are the defense factors:
Attack position: 5
Balanced Position: 7
Defense Position: 10

See also formula page.

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From Yu-Gi-Oh!

DEF (commonly referred to as Defense Points) are the points that determine a monsters defense or toughness when defending against your opponent's Monster Cards. If a Monster attacks another with an ATK that is greater than the DEF of that Monster, the Defense Position monster is destroyed, but the owner of the Defense Position Monster takes no damage to his/her Life Points, unless the attacking Monster has an ability (called "Piercing") where the difference between ATK and DEF is dealt as Battle Damage.

If the same situation is reversed, where the ATK is lower than the opponent's monster's DEF, both monsters remain on the field, but the owner of the ATK monster loses Life Points equal to the difference between the ATK and DEF values.

From City of Heroes Wiki

Contents 1 Definition 2 Mechanics 2.1 Attack Tags 2.1.1 Positional Tags 2.1.2 Delivery Tags 2.1.2.1 Toxic Attacks 2.1.3 Tagging Schemes 2.2 Defense Tags and Stacking 2.2.1 +DEF(All) and Other Little White Lies 2.2.1.1 +DEF(all but X) 2.3 Sources 3 See Also

Definition

Defense

Defense to an attack makes it less likely to hit its target(s) but does not reduce its potency. If the power does not hit, then none of its effects apply. In most games, this is referred to as evasion.

Mechanics

"Every attack power is classified based on how the attack is delivered, and based on the type of damage it delivers, and every defense power has an associated type or types that represents what types of attacks that defense power is effective against." –Arcanaville

Attack Tags

There are ten possible tags an attack can have. These tags fall into two conceptual categories: positional and delivery.

Positional Tags

Three tags reflect the range and targeting nature of the attack, and are known as positional or vector tags:

• Melee Attack (includes both single-target and area attacks)
• Ranged Attack (single-target only)
• AoE Attack (also includes placed patches, non-melee cones, and non-melee PBAoEs)

Delivery Tags

The other seven tags reflect the primary method used to deliver the attack's effects:

• Smashing Attack (for powers that work through blunt physical impact)
• Lethal Attack (for powers that involve sharp objects or high-speed force)
• Energy Attack (for powers that involve radiation, electricity, or some other untamed energy)
• Negative Energy Attack (for necromantic powers and powers that weaken life)
• Fire Attack (for powers whose effects are caused by flames or high heat)
• Cold Attack (for powers whose effects are derived from extreme cold)
• Psionic Attack (for powers involving mental manipulation)

Although the names are similar, delivery tags and damage types are different things with different meanings. Damage types come directly from a power's effects, and each instance of damage has exactly one type and is applied separately against its appropriate Resistance. Delivery tags are conceptual and were added by hand. Attacks can have multiple tags, and all the tags apply to the attack as a whole, which either entirely hits or entirely misses.

Toxic Attacks

Although there are attacks that primarily cause toxic damage, there is no Toxic Attack delivery tag. There is no current way to specify that an attack works by using poisons or caustic chemicals. Attacks that would have this tag simply lack it.

Tagging Schemes

Generally, an attack will have exactly one positional tag and either one or two delivery tags.

One fact to highlight about positional tags is that attacks are not classified as melee vs. ranged separately from single-target vs. area. A short-range attack that can hit multiple targets will be tagged as either a Melee Attack or an AoE Attack, but not both. Which tag it gets depends less on its range and damage and more on game balance and whether it looks like a melee attack.

Example: Blazing Aura is an 8' radius PBAoE. Fire Sword Circle is a 10' radius PBAoE. Blazing Aura is tagged as an AoE Attack, while Fire Sword Circle is tagged as a Melee Attack.

Attacks that cause damage of all or mostly one type tend to get the matching delivery tag. An attack that causes two types of damage may get tagged for both or only one. A power that cause no damage may get no delivery tag, or it may get one appropriate to the power's concept or secondary effects.

Examples:

• Every Energy Blast attack deals a mix of smashing and energy damage, and has both the Smashing Attack and Energy Attack delivery tags.
• Every Fire Blast attack carries only the Fire Attack delivery tag, even though some deal only fire damage and some cause a mix of fire and smashing.
• The Dark Blast set has the Smashing Attack tag only on attacks that do smashing damage, but it has the Negative Energy Attack tag on all its attacks, including one that causes purely smashing damage and one that causes no damage at all.

Remember, tags are arbitrary. The developers can give an attack any tags they want, regardless of its effects and other properties. They have added – and removed – tags from powers for conceptual and balance reasons. It's not possible to intuit correctly every attack's tags merely by looking at what it does.

Defense Tags and Stacking

Defense bonuses carry tags as well, to specify what styles of attack they work against. Each Defense bonus applies only versus attacks whose tags match one or more of its own. There is one additional type of Defense bonus called Base Defense, or DEF(Defense), which applies against all attacks regardless of tagging.

Every time an attack is made against a target, the game checks the target's total Defense bonus against each of the attack's tags separately. Once the game has those separate totals, it uses only the best one in its calculations that determine whether the attack hits. The important result of this rule is that, for any given attack, Defense buffs only stack when they all have one of that attack's tags in common.

Example: Deflection Shield gives a Defense bonus against Melee Attacks, Smashing Attacks, and Lethal Attacks. Glacial Armor gives a Defense bonus against Energy Attacks and Negative Energy Attacks. A Tanker with both these buffs is ambushed by a nasty Council Vampyri who tries to hit her with Siphon Life. That power is tagged as a Negative Energy Attack and a Melee Attack. Our Tanker will only be protected by one of her two Defense buffs. Lucky for her, it will be whichever is larger.

+DEF(All) and Other Little White Lies

Some powers are described as providing Defense against all attacks. It's usually summarized as +DEF(All), or just +DEF. There are many subtly different ways that powers like this might be created. All of them behave differently in various rare circumstances, and almost none of them actually protect against every single attack in the game.

1. The power provides Defense against all tags. This is the most common implementation. A defensive power built this way applies against all attacks except completely untagged ones, such as those made by the Hamidon.
2. The power provides Defense against all positional tags. These powers give no protection against attacks with no tags or with only delivery tags, like Mind Control attacks.
3. The power provides Defense against all delivery tags. A power built this way offers no mitigation against untagged attacks or against attacks with only a positional tag. This includes most primarily Toxic damage attacks, like Hydra spit and Zombie vomit, and many non-damaging control powers like Web Grenade and Seeds of Confusion.
4. The power provides a Base Defense bonus. This kind of Defense applies to all attacks, period. Very few powers have the pure "defense" defense type, but Personal Force Field is an example.

+DEF(all but X)

Some powers are labeled +DEF(all but Psionic). These powers are like +DEF(All) powers in category #3 (and occasionally #1), only without the Psionic Attack tag. Those few powers that fit category #1 actually will provide protection against psionic attacks that have a positional tag.

Some powers are described by players as +DEF(all but Toxic). This is a misnomer, caused by confusion over the fact that the Toxic Attack tag doesn't exist, or sometimes used for clarity and simplicity while discussing effects with other players. These powers are actually +DEF(All) powers from categories #1 or #3. In particular, a +DEF(all but Toxic) power that fits category #1 will protect against attacks that do mostly Toxic damage if those attacks have positional tags (and most of them do).

Sources

• Arcana's Guide to Defense v1.4 - Updated for I7

See Also

• Protection
• Attack Mechanics