Defense Question

[Kurgan2]

Despite playing for a long time, I never really looked into the way Defense functions. What I mean is, say you have 40% defense vs Ranged, 20% defense vs Fire, and someone throws a ranged fire attack at you - Do you add them, making 60% defense, do you roll them both separately, or does only the higher one take effect?

[Amatyr]

The highest defense you have that could be applied to the attack is the one that affect the mob's to-hit percentage.

 

So in that example, you'd get 40% vs Ranged.

[Kurgan2]

Thanks, just what I needed to know.

[Rylas]

The highest defense you have that could be applied to the attack is the one that affect the mob's to-hit percentage.

 

So in that example, you'd get 40% vs Ranged.

 

Yup. This is why people aim for S/L defense, since so many attacks in the game have a S/L component attached to them. Pure F/C/E/N types aren't as common.