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'''This page archives an attribute that was changed during the development. This is for future curiosity and reference. This page is not to be updated with current info; see the [[Attributes]] article for the latest information.''' '''Defense''' is was one of the core [[attributes]] for [[characters]] in [[Diablo III]]. It governs governed the amount of damage a character takes took from all attacks, physical and magical. '''Each point of Defense gave:'''*+x [[Damage]] Reduction (based on [[class]])
Defense is '''''not''''' the same thing as [[Armor]]. The terms are confusingly similar in Diablo III, but Armor is what armor items grant. e.g. a buckler might have 8 armor while a tower shield might have 200. Armor helps increase a character's phyiscal damage reduction, while Defense reduces all damage.
* This stat has no secondary effects.</blue>
* Defense is a secondary attribute governed by [[Diablo II]]'s {{iw|Dexterity Dexterity}}.
==Development==
Defense is was a new attribute for Diablo III, comparable to the Armor bonus granted by [[Strength]], though you should note that higher Armor has a very different effect in D3 than it did in D2. See [[Attack_(Attribute)|Attack]] for more details on how Strength changed. Since the [[Attributes#Attribute changes in 2012|attribute overhaul in 2012]]<ref>[http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/4325959/Systems_Changes-1_19_2012#blog Core Attribute Changes]- Battle.net 19/01/12</ref>, Defense was removed from the game.
Item affixes such as +[[Armor]] and +Physical Resist will fill in for Defense.
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