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→Defense vs. Armor vs. Resistance
* Resistance can be found as a bonus on certain armor items. There are five different elements, and five corresponding resistance stats which reduce damage from those elements.
While Defense does increase when you level 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.
In terms of damage reduction, +3 Defense, +50 armor, and +5 resistance all give the same damage reduction to their respective damage types, however, mixing Defense with armor or resistance gives greater overall reduction than any one of them on its own.