Defense vs Melee

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Attribute Unit Animation Attack Damage Death Two weapons Fires Magic Arrows Explosive Arrows Piercing Attack Attack Rating AR vs Demons AR vs Undead % Attack Rating Defense Enhanced Defense Defense per hit % Defense Defense vs Melee Defense vs Missile Target Defense Ignore Defense Block Not consume charges Not consume Quantity Quantity on Crit Chance to Cast On Attack On Striking When Struck Defense vs. Melee grants the user additional defense against melee attacks, thereby increasing the effective defense used when calculating enemy chance to hit. It is applied separately to other integer defense bonuses, after % Defense but before -% Target Defense. [1] It is also applied after the Berserk defense debuff, so defense is not 0 against melee attacks when any of the items below are equipped while using Berserk. [2] Neither Defense displayed by character or mercenary screen, nor monster chance to hit displayed by character screen when cursor is over Defense field, take it into account. Body armor Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder +40 Haemosu's Adamant Cuirass 44 No +50 Darkglow Ring Mail 14 No Sword Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder +200 Swordguard Executioner Sword 48 No Boots Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder +(25-60) Hit Power boots 14 No Reference Librarian, Come and Get it: Attack and Defense Ratings (FAQtoids)