Defense Down

Description

Defense Down is a harmful status effect that disorients players until it wears off or is removed. Afflicted characters experience reduced Defense, sometimes significantly reduced (by a couple hundred points). Defense Down is a wind-based effect.

How the effect is inflicted/gained

Blue Magic

• Enervation (-10%)
• Frightful Roar (-10%)
• Seedspray (-8%)
• Corrosize Ooze (-5%)
• Benthic Typhoon (-10%)

Geomancy

• Indi-Frailty (-13%)
• Geo-Frailty (-13%)

Job Abilities

Angon (-20%)

[[Despoil (Will not always inflict this effect)]] (-20%)

• Jump (-20%, when under the effect of Spirit Surge)

Items

• Vitriol

Monster Abilities

• Adamantoises - Turtle Stomp
• Aerns - Impact Stream
• Cheese Hoarder Gigiroon - Deadeye
• Dhalmel - Sonic Wave
• Dvergr - Bilgestorm
• Fomors - Aegis Schism
• Giant Bats - Subsonics
• Gnoles - Fevered Pitch
• Khimaira - Tourbillion
• Mamool Ja Knight - Blazing Angon
• Meebles - Thrashing Assault
• Odin - Ofnir
• Phuabo - Aerial Collision
• Proto-Omega - Laser Shower
• Rafflesia - Seedspray
• Ruszors - Severing Fang
• Slugs - Corrosive Ooze
• Tauri - Frightful Roar
• Tonberries - Lateral Slash
• Trolls - Enervation

Weapon Skills

• Great Axe - Armor Break, Full Break, Metatron Torment
• Staff - Shell Crusher

Weapons/Ammo

• Bravura (Aftermath effect)
• Abaddon Killer (Aftermath effect)
• Acid Baselard / Corrosive Baselard
• Acid Bolt (-12.5%)
• Acid Claws / Corrosive Claws
• Acid Dagger / Corrosive Dagger
• Acid Knife / Corrosive Knife
• Acid Kukri / Corrosive Kukri
• Arcana Breaker
• Emeth Pick vs Dolls
• Guespiere
• Gungnir
• Melt Baselard
• Melt Claws
• Melt Dagger
• Melt Katana
• Melt Knife
• Melt Kukri
• Yoto / Yoto +1

How to remove the effect

• The White Magic spell Erase will remove this effect.
• The Paladin ability Rampart may overwrite Defense Down with its own Defense Boost.
• The Blue Magic spell Cocoon may overwrite Defense Down with its own Defense Boost.
• The Dancer ability Healing Waltz will remove this effect.