Target Defense

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 Chance to Cast On Attack On Striking When Struck -% Target Defense (-% TD) reduces target Defense by a percentage of the total when calculating Chance to Hit for melee and ranged attacks: -50% TD halves Defense (equivalent to doubling Attack Rating of the attacker without modifying target Defense). -% TD applies only to attacks made by the user, including Blade Shield. -% TD on a weapon applies only to attacks (including Dragon Talon, Dragon Tail and Dragon Flight) made using that weapon. [1] Defense reduction is halved (if -100% TD is supplied, only -50% TD is effectively applied) when applied to the following: Hostile player Hostile mercenary [2] Super Unique Boss [3] [4] Target Defense cannot be reduced below 0, so < -100% TD is redundant against anything other than the above, and < -200% TD is always redundant (< -150% TD is beyond reach in the unmodified game). [5] Not taken into account by character screen when calculating chance-to-hit displayed when cursor is over Attack Rating field. Weapon Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder -25% Eth Rune in socket 15 No -25% Breath of the Dying weapon 69 No Melee weapon Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder -25% Malice melee weapon 15 No -25% Fury melee weapon 65 No -50% Wind melee weapon 61 No Axe Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder -25% Kingslayer axe 53 No -25% Grief axe 59 Yes -25% Cranebeak War Spike 63 No -33% Razor's Edge Tomahawk 67 No -33% Death Cleaver Berserker Axe 70 Yes -33% Executioner's Justice Glorious Axe 75 Yes Claw Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder -25% Shadow Killer Battle Cestus 78 Yes Dagger Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder -50% Fleshripper Fanged Knife 68 No Hammer Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder -25% Stone Crusher Legendary Mallet 68 No -50% Lawbringer hammer 43 Yes Polearm Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder -25% Obedience polearm 41 Yes -50% Grim's Burning Dead Grim Scythe 45 No Scepter Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder -25% Holy Thunder scepter 24 No -33% Heaven's Light Mighty Scepter 61 Yes -33% The Redeemer Mighty Scepter 72 No -50% Lawbringer scepter 43 Yes Spear Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder -20% Steel Pillar War Pike 69 No -50% Razortine Trident 12 No Staff Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder -25% Memory staff 37 No -50% Serpent Lord Long Staff 9 No Sword Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder -25% Kingslayer sword 53 No -25% Grief sword 59 Yes -50% Lawbringer sword 43 Yes Missile weapon Value Source Min Rlvl Ladder -25% Zephyr missile weapon 21 No Reference CtH questions (Technical Discussion) Eth runes (Technical Discussion) Librarian, Come and Get it: Attack and Defense Ratings (FAQtoids)