How do you feel about Defense?

[Hunter360x]

I think defence is a great skill to have...99 def is better than 99 hits imo.

 

 

 

Hunter

[Str4lif3]

I was planning on getting 99 defence. I would like to get 99 defence first but...getting 99 str first then attack will help me get defence to 99 faster. I dont know what to do, anyone can help me? Or I could just stay 90-90-90 then get attack/str/def 91, then 92 etc..

 

 

 

Defence is also usefull in minigame such as barrows, castle war, fight pits/cave.

[unkn0wnwarrior]

I like all 3 of Attack, Strength, and Defence equally. They are all trained the same way and all contribute to my total and combat levels.

[nicrune007]

Now im leaving my 75 att str and training def because i found out that it was soooo useful.. combined with ranged

[Lakitsym_Rose]

One of my least favorite skills to train.. But then again.. I'm 4 Defence... :-k

[Adamfostas]

I feel that it should be spelt with a 'c'.

[Slayer_Jesse]

def is awesome, most ppl say "OMG!" when i tell them my def lvl(84 atm). goes to show yah how neglected def is -.-

[sk8_tolivv]

I personally don't really like defence at all.

 

 

 

I would much rather be able to hit hard and constantly than just taking, possibly, less damage.

[DRUMINATOR17]

Well its the last one im getting up for a reason, and thats prolly the same reason that most other slayers / any other players that "max out" combat or in my case just get it to 1 away from 99 :wink:

[Jimmyd17]

Favourite combat skill. It goes hand in hand with magic, hits and range. Also like the fact that I could get 99 and defence, hits, range and mage and only gain like 4-5 combat levels.

 

 

 

 

 

Cape's pretty nice too... :

[Outsanity]

Def.. is just a skill that you get to wear armor.. most people stop after 75

 

 

 

WRONG.

 

 

 

Defense allows you to be hit less often as you level. And you're ignorant if you ignore its use.

 

 

 

I fought a friend in several duels one time as an experiment. We both had 99 Attack, Strength and Hp...but I had 99 Defense and he had 80. I owned him EVERY time. We had the same armor and weapons, as well. I hit him almost every time while he would hit a lot of 0s.

 

 

 

Try it yourself.

[bambino]

that's the whole point of defence, to not get hit, obviously you'd win everytime, your stats where just better ;).

 

 

 

Now make it interesting and put a 99 atk, 99 str, 75 def against a 75 atk, 99 str, 99def, and later against a 99 atk, 75 str, 99 def

 

 

 

that's already a tad more interesting if you ask me :).

 

 

 

The problem with defence is that it's only usefull in harder fights or player versus player fights. It doesn't benefit you at all when you are training, since you usually train on monsters that won't hit all that much and all that high.

[Robert_Rdam]

Working on 99 def atm, because I wanne be like Xbow. :oops: :wink:

 

But getting hit less pays off in everything you do, slayer Kq and whatever. :D

[tintin113]

Well, I am a complete all rounder (atk 75, str 75, def 74, range 75, mage 74,) so I try to keep all my combat stats about the same, but it does seem that having a high defence gives a definite bonus when fighting any monster.

[Chazimcgee]

Alot of people dont liek defence becasue of the effect. The effect of high defence is not as noticable as alot of big red splashes on your enemy and its alot less satisfying imo but defence is extremely useful

[Kriseo]

I love def :

 

If its high monsters act like this: :mrgreen: :wall:

 

...............................................(me)..(monster)

 

 

 

and i dont pk so i dont really care about KO-ing))) :thumbsup:

[apcrump]

best skill in the game

[Bauke]

For me, def is equal to att and str. I always fight controlled.

[Mstrgmr]

I love defense. Getting hit less is a major plus to me

[ewan]

FUNNY HOW MANY PEOPLE SAY THEY LOVE IT YET CAN'T EVEN SPELL IT! IT'S DEFENCE PEOPLE, NOT DEFENSE.

[JamieMcMe]

I like defence. Before I did Dragon Slayer I had around 35 att, 35 def and 29 strength. I think my chain of favourite combat stats goes as follows...

 

 

 

Hp + Prayer > Defence + Range > Attack > Magic > Strength

 

 

 

So yeah, Hopefully my first combat 99 would be hp!

[armadillo48]

Def Noobs :roll:

[Dharockslayer]

Although I see the use of defence. I just dislike training it.

 

With attack and strength you will be able to hit high and more often, something that in my opinion far outweighs the benefits of defence.

 

 

 

Because, what person would ever risk 100m for an armour that has great defence in the wildernis. Nobody, because there is still a chance he will get a major beating. Fine you could take torags or something better then third age, but you get the idea.

 

 

 

A person with 99 defence could get hit over 70 if he is unlucky. Defense needs a real good armour set with a bonus simular but opposite of veracs, being able to not be penetrated by weaponry sometimes. So the person fighting you would not hit allot. Only then can I see defence being a greater factor in pvp.

 

 

 

Probably won't train it past 75 untill a level 80 armour comes out, then Ill just train it again.

[Umega]

Before I started aiming for 99 attack, I trained attack, strength and defense equally. I like defense, I'll go for 99 after I've got my 99 attack, while my strength will be last. :P

[meili]

Def is good but only up to the point that you can wear the best items. At high levels, def is useless. I'd rather have the str and att levels.

 

 

 

P.S. I have 99 def.