Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding game mechanics here. What if we had these two scenarios introduced? A toon (Ex: Droideka) with insanely high defense that does not depend on health or protection for survivability. Could a toon have a defense so high that standard attacks like Wiggs, Chirrut, etc would feel like a wet noodle? Additionally, are there any toons with insanely high special attack right now? Does special attack damage factor in enemies' defense? I know DN's basic does ~6k in special damage and I believe EP is similar. What if high defense toons were released to counter the basic DPS we see in Rebels? I'm not sure how special attack factors in here, but could we release a Jedi or Sith with super high special damage that ignores defense as a counter to the aforementioned? Just brainstorming. Any insight on defense caps or how special damage is related would be helpful.

Defense exists in the game for both physical and special attacks. I'm not sure if the exact mechanics are known, but it essentially decreases damage dealt. I think the consensus is that it isn't as important as other things (like speed or crit dmg) as it only marginally improves survivability.

Well I can point one thing out to you. Defense is Armour and Resistance, just as Offense is Physical and Special. Defense lowers Physical damage and Resistance lowers Special, and you can see the various toons stats here: https://swgoh.gg/characters/stats/

Have you heard of Sith Trooper under zSavage? He is very annoying to kill.

defence doesn't matter to DN that's for sure. as has been mentioned, sith trooper has an incredible amount of armour. kylo of course is the other one that builds up after each hit.

I think that a solid defensive team could be zSavage, zBarriss, GK, zNihilus, and Sith Trooper. If you have the components, I think it would hold well. I would take on triple cleanse before this team any day. Three cleansers, a constantly taunting Sith Trooper with insane defense, and a Nihilus going to town unhindered.

Defense Heavy and Special Focused toons

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LegendSpade
8 years ago
"Atlas1;c-1142294" wrote:
@Steel_Memes gotcha. So only a specific ability, currently owned by Sidious only, can penetrate top tier defense. Well, perhaps we need more of those "ignore" abilities and stronger toons that render the DPS of Chaze/GK teams useless.

Currently it's a race for me to kill the opposing DN, and then I win easily.

I don't know if it's only Sidious, he's just the first I thought of. There may be more but I can't say. Armour and Resistance penetration are also stats that exist, but you can only view them from swgoh.gg
sainte5
8 years ago
It would be interesting to see a character that does %health/protection damage on their abilities also.
mdrewbullard33
8 years ago
"Dryff;c-1142312" wrote:
It would be interesting to see a character that does %health/protection damage on their abilities also.

I think Rex has this on his special. It's like 20% of the enemies health + base damage.
tuftedpaper85
8 years ago
Yes, Kyle Ren's defense stacks every time he takes damage. Whenever I run my resistance team against him, I can get a whole ton of turns in a row before he moves and those last few will hit for 1-2k on attacks that normally hit for 10-12k
JacenRoe
8 years ago
"Tuftedpaper85;c-1142346" wrote:
Yes, Kyle Ren's defense stacks every time he takes damage. Whenever I run my resistance team against him, I can get a whole ton of turns in a row before he moves and those last few will hit for 1-2k on attacks that normally hit for 10-12k

I can attest to that. In my GW run this morning I had hit a Kylo Ren so many times that Rey's 40k special was only doing 800-900 damage by the end. Good thing he never got a turn to hit me.

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