Physical Defense, or just defense, is the resistance stat against physical attacks. Your current defense can be checked by going into the status window (Ctrl + A). Your base defense can be increased by spending points in the Durability or Physique stats. All armor can increase your defense, as well as certain onyxes. Upgraded body, pants, and helmets as well as gold statted pants increases your defense even further.
Physical Damage Formula[]
Physical Attack and Physical Defense are used for auto attack calculation, with the exception of Wands:
P.ATK − P.DEF ⋯
...and physical skills:
SKILL BASE × min(7.5, P.ATK⁄P.DEF) / 7.5 ⋯
Skill base refers to the base damage of the skill, which can be found either on the skill's page on the wiki or other sites. First you take your own attack and divide it by the target's defense. Then you multiply the solution by the skill's base damage, then divide it by 7.5. If the solution exceeds 7.5, it will go down to 7.5. The result is the initial damage the skill will do before any other damage modifiers are included.
Do note that this formula is not 100% guaranteed, as the actual damage values can vary (otherwise known as damage rolls).
Abilities that increase Physical Defense are:
Self-buff:
- Defensive Aura*
- Better-Blocker*
- Iron Curtain*
- Fortifying Force*
- Ready For Action
- Fighting Foresight*
- Fleecing Fan*
Team-buff:
Pet:
Enemy:
Guild:
- Knight's Shield (skill) (passive)
Abilities that reduce Physical Defense are:
Single-target:
Area-of-effect:
Self-inflicted:
Items that increase Physical Defense are:
*Only one of these marked skills or items can be active at a time.