What is defense stat?

"jawa7778;d-229138" wrote:
Hey everyone. So Sith Empire Trooper has a unique that gives him 100% defense, but I can't find an actual stat called defense. Characters have a stat called Armor, but nothing called defense? Are armor and defense the same thing?

The quick answer is sort of.

I believe that defense is the general underlying stat that drives Armor and Resistance. Armor decreases the damage taken from physical damage attacks, Resistance decreases damage from special damage attacks. Similar to how offense impacts Physical offense and Special offense.

Now, as for improving defense stats: there is a diminishing return to increases due to how it is calculated. In this case you are doubling their defense stat, but that will not change his Armor form 40% to 80%. I wish i had a better technical understanding of exactly what that doubling would do, but maybe someone else has more info.