Low Defense is Zero Defense

A Low Defense is Useless

• Armor has a zero effect when lesser than the enmy armor penetration

• Magic Defense has a zero effect when lesser than the enmy magic penetration

• Beyond that point:

** 0% less damage when lesser than enemy penetration

** 25% less damage when 1000 above enemy penetration

** 50% less damage when 3000 above enemy penetration

** 75% less damage when 9000 above enemy penetration

Do Not Build Useless Stats

• Most of heroes have either a max armor or max magic defense so low that they will always be way below the penetration of most of their opponents. There is often no benefit in increasing them

• Physical characters typically have an insufficient magic defense, while magic ones have an insufficient armor. Tanks are the exception

• Some powerful heroes have low penetration, so you may want to go an extra-mile against them: Helios, Yasmine, Lara, or to a lesser extent Dante

• Augustus is quite peculiar because he focuses the hero with the lowest magic defense

How to Check?

Go to a hero page such as Dante and click on his armor score, you will see a calculator like this: