A question about defense
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joebartender,
Posted on: 2011-10-08 10:25 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
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It only picks the highest defense and uses that. So 30% defense in your example.
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Originally Posted by Tenma22
Just had a quick question on defense and how (or if) they stack
*example if I have 30% lethal defense and 20% ranged defense and I get hit with an attack that is ranged and lethal dmg do I then get 50% defense?* tried looking this up and some of the articles were a bit confusing , thank you in advanced for any help  |
No.
In short, the game checks all your defenses and chooses the highest applicable value.
In your example, since you have 30% lethal defense and only 20% ranged defense, the attack has a 80% (50%+30%) chance to miss you (unless the attacker has any accuracy or ToHit bonuses).
Since most attacks have both a type and a vector, it's usually sufficient to cap either typed OR positional defenses, you don't need both. A few psionic attacks don't have a vector, though, and there's no typed defense against toxic (and electrolytic) attacks.
10joy
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You would have 30% defense.|
Originally Posted by Tenma22
Just had a quick question on defense and how (or if) they stack
*example if I have 30% lethal defense and 20% ranged defense and I get hit with an attack that is ranged and lethal dmg do I then get 50% defense?* tried looking this up and some of the articles were a bit confusing , thank you in advanced for any help |
The game applies your highest applicable defense against the attack.
Against an even level minion with no tohit buff applied to them that would mean you have a 20% chance of getting hit by the attack in your example.
It is impossible to reduce any foes tohit chance to lower than 5%. Some foes like AV's that have a higher base acc mod can only be reduced down to ~7.5% before taking into account level difference.
More good info here for you: http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Attack_Mechanics
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Thank you for the speedy replies ^_^
And to add to things here:
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Defens..._Typed_Defense
It basically rehashes what's been said, but also adds in a few more details.
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Originally Posted by PapaSlade
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Just had a quick question on defense and how (or if) they stack
*example if I have 30% lethal defense and 20% ranged defense and I get hit with an attack that is ranged and lethal dmg do I then get 50% defense?*
tried looking this up and some of the articles were a bit confusing , thank you in advanced for any help