Defense
From BGWiki
Defense is compared to Attack to determine the Attack/Defense Ratio used in the pDIF equations. It is associated with the Vitality stat. Unfortunately, increasing Defense slightly (through Armor or something) is not a very efficient way to reduce damage taken.
Base Defense (before Armor and buffs) follows different formulas depending what level you are:
- Level 1-50: floor(VIT/2) + Level + 8
- Level 50-60: floor(VIT/2) + 2×Level - 42
- Level 61-90: floor(VIT/2) + Level + 18
- Level 90-99: floor(VIT/2) + Level + 18 + floor( (Level - 89)÷2 )
Defense holds a special place in the heart of Blue Mages, both for their easy access to massive defense buffs (like Cocoon or Harden Shell) and for those reminiscent of when Cannonball was a relevant endgame spell.
