Defense, abbreviated in-game to DEF, is a stat that is generally used to calculate how much damage an Agent or Enemy will take.

Agent Stat Calculation

Most stats (ATK, HP, DEF, Impact, Anomaly Proficiency, Anomaly Mastery, Energy Regen) start with a base value, and can be further increased by bonuses. Base value is gained naturally when Agents and W-Engines are leveled, as well as from leveling up Core Passives.

Stat bonuses are divided into two categories: unconditional bonuses (e.g. stats from Drive Discs, secondary stats of W-Engines) and conditional bonuses (e.g. buffs provided by Agent skills, set bonuses of Drive Discs, buffs from eating at the Noodle Shop). When a character enters combat, all unconditional bonuses are first applied and stats are frozen. When additional in-combat bonuses are gained, they use the frozen stats as base.

In general, agent stats are calculated as follows:

${\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\text{Final Stat}}={}&({\text{Base Value}}\times (1+{\text{Percentage Bonuses}}_{\text{Unconditional}}\%)+{\text{Additive Bonuses}}_{\text{Unconditional}})\\&\times (1+{\text{Percentage Bonuses}}_{\text{Conditional}}\%)+{\text{Additive Bonuses}}_{\text{Conditional}}\end{aligned}}}$

For the remaining stats (CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, PEN, Pen Ratio, DMG Bonus), all bonuses are additive.

Sources of DEF

The following Drive Discs and W-Engines are sources of DEF:

Drive Discs

• Drive Disc Partition 3 is guaranteed to have a Main Stat of Flat DEF.
• Drive Disc Partitions 4, 5, and 6 can have a Main Stat of DEF%.
• Any Drive Disc Partition can have a Sub-Stat of Flat DEF and/or DEF%.

Icon & Name	Ranks	2-Piece Bonus	4-Piece Bonus
Soul Rock		Increases DEF by 16%.	Upon receiving an enemy attack and losing HP, the equipper takes 40% less DMG for 2.5s. This effect can trigger once every 15s.

W-Engines

Advanced Stat

There are 3 W-Engines:

Image	Title	Rank	Specialty	Attribute	Exclusive	Base Stat	Advanced Stat	Effect	Version
	(Identity) Base		Defense	—	—	Base ATK: 32-475	DEF: 12.8%-32%	Sinking Strike When attacked, equipper's DEF increases by 20~32% for 8s.	1.0
	(Identity) Inflection		Defense	—	—	Base ATK: 32-475	DEF: 12.8%-32%	Dazzle When attacked, reduces the attacker's DMG by 6~10% for 12s.	1.0
	Bunny Band		Defense	—	—	Base ATK: 40-594	DEF: 16%-40%	Pet the Bunny Increases Max HP by 8~12.8%. Increases the equipper's ATK by 10~16% when they are shielded.	1.0

Effect

There is 1 W-Engine:

Image	Title	Rank	Specialty	Attribute	Exclusive	Base Stat	Advanced Stat	Effect	Version
	(Identity) Base		Defense	—	—	Base ATK: 32-475	DEF: 12.8%-32%	Sinking Strike When attacked, equipper's DEF increases by 20~32% for 8s.	1.0

Sources of DEF Reduction

The following Drive Discs and W-Engines are sources of DEF Reduction:

Drive Discs

No Drive Discs match the category selection

W-Engines

There is 1 W-Engine:

Image	Title	Rank	Specialty	Attribute	Exclusive	Base Stat	Advanced Stat	Effect	Version
	Spectral Gaze		Stun	Electric	Trigger	Base ATK: 48-713	CRIT Rate: 9.6%-24%	Wind Seeker When the equipper hits an enemy with Aftershock, causing Electric DMG, the target's DEF is reduced by 25~40% for 5s. Passive effects of the same name do not stack. When this effect is triggered, if the equipper is not the active character, they gain 1 stack of Spirit Lock, up to a maximum of 3 stacks. This can trigger only once per use of a skill. Each stack of Spirit Lock increases the equipper's Impact by 4~6.4%, lasting 12s. The duration of each stack is calculated separately. At full stacks of Spirit Lock, the equipper's Impact increases by an additional 8~12.8%.	1.6

Sources of DEF Ignore

The following Drive Discs and W-Engines are sources of DEF Ignore:

Drive Discs

No Drive Discs match the category selection

W-Engines

There are 4 W-Engines:

Image	Title	Rank	Specialty	Attribute	Exclusive	Base Stat	Advanced Stat	Effect	Version
	Myriad Eclipse		Attack	Ice	Hugo Vlad	Base ATK: 48-713	CRIT Rate: 9.6%-24%	False Personas Increases CRIT DMG by 45~72%. When using an EX Special Attack, Chain Attack, or Ultimate to deal Ice DMG, the equipper gains the Absolute Zero Death Sentence effect for 3s. While Absolute Zero Death Sentence is active, the character ignores 25~40% of the enemy's DEF when landing a hit.	1.7
	Bellicose Blaze		Attack	Fire	Orphie Magnusson & Magus	Base ATK: 48-713	Energy Regen: 24%-60%	Flame-Devouring Choir Increases CRIT Rate by 20~32%. When the equipper triggers an Aftershock that deals Fire DMG, their attacks ignore 15~24% of the target's DEF for 8s. Can stack once every 3s, up to 2 stacks. Repeated triggers reset the duration.	2.2
	Cordis Germina		Attack	Electric	Seed	Base ATK: 48-713	CRIT Rate: 9.6%-24%	Sprouting Core Increases CRIT Rate by 15~23%. When the equipper deals DMG with a Basic Attack or EX Special Attack, they gain 1 stack of a buff. Each stack increases the equipper's Electric DMG by 12.5~20%, up to 2 stacks. Each stack lasts 40s. The duration of each stack is calculated separately. Can trigger once per use of a skill. At 2 stacks, the wearer's Basic Attack and Ultimate DMG ignore 20~32% of enemy DEF.	2.2
	Serpentine Seeker		Attack	Electric	Cissia	Base ATK: 48 - 713	Energy Regen: 24% - 60%	Bioengineered Venom CRIT Rate increases by 25~40%. When the equipper consumes at least 20 Energy in a single instance, every 20 Energy consumed grants 3s of a buff: when dealing Electric DMG, ignore 28~42% of the target's DEF. Repeated triggers extend the duration, up to a maximum of 30s. When entering combat, gain 10s of this buff. While the equipper is not the active character, the duration no longer decreases.	2.7

Other Languages

Language	Official Name
English	DEF
Chinese (Simplified)	防御力
Chinese (Traditional)	防禦力
Japanese	防御力
Korean	방어력 Bang'eoryeok
Spanish	Defensa
French	DÉF
Russian	Защита Zashchita
Thai	DEF
Vietnamese	Phòng Thủ
German	VTD
Indonesian	DEF
Portuguese	DEF

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