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→Defense vs. Armor vs. Resistance
* Defense is one of the four core character attributes/stats. It applies to all damage. It grows as your character levels up, and can be added as a bonus from items, gems, skills, and more.
* Armor is a value on all types of armor items. It only reduces damage from physical attacks.
* Resistance can be found as a bonus on certain equipment items. There are five different elementsPlayers can acquire [[Fire]], [[Cold]], [[Arcane]], [[Poison]], and five corresponding [[Lightning]] resistance stats , each of which reduce reduces damage from those elementsits corresponding damage type.
While Defense does increase when your character levels up, the Defense formula has built-in penalties for leveling up which counteract the Defense bonuses. For the most part, this means that Defense bonuses from level-up are largely superficial.
