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Best Warrior Defense Paladins vs Dawn Warriors

I have been playing Dawn Warrior into 4th job and realize that they have great defense capabilities. I have seen some bossing videos and it seems like they are taking regular damage even though there are so many buffs that reduce their defense. Can someone explain to me how Dawn Warrior defense works and why they aren't considered to have almost the same defense as my Paladin.

February 17, 2014

7 Comments • Newest first

LoveDocABC

Thank You guys, I think the %HP attack explanation gave me the answer. I guess Paladins are still Gods.

Reply February 20, 2014
VietUA

@SirKibbleX2: An attack that does a % of HP rather than a set number based on defense. Say, Hilla has that full map attack if you don't enter the barrier that can do a good 90% of your HP away.

Reply February 18, 2014
GICalibre

%HP attacks dont hurt paladins as much because shield of light negates 25% of that attack

Reply February 18, 2014
SlyOne

[quote=LordAnubiS]what do u mean by ruin? LOL u dont know what u r talking about dude.

OT: Paladins are the defense definition by excellence, i mean we can pass the defense cap, we can easily cap both physical and magic defense, we have achilles, divine shield, shield mastery, sacrosanctity(god mode), we can tank %hp attacks and we can even share some defense with our party, so DW are nowhere near Pallies in defense terms, i mean dont get me wrong theres no other class as tanky as we are, there are more powerful classes but not as defensive as a Pally [/quote]

Oh I think he meant Dawn Warriors lol

But @OP, Dawn Warriors only have a mere 25% damage reduction. Just some thousand more defenses and that's pretty much it. Paladins have way over 50% I'm sure of it though I don't know the exact number but it's pretty high up there.

Reply February 17, 2014 - edited
LordAnubiS

[quote=zeck96]%HP bosses dude, they ruin paladins.[/quote]

what do u mean by ruin? LOL u dont know what u r talking about dude.

OT: Paladins are the defense definition by excellence, i mean we can pass the defense cap, we can easily cap both physical and magic defense, we have achilles, divine shield, shield mastery, sacrosanctity(god mode), we can tank %hp attacks and we can even share some defense with our party, so DW are nowhere near Pallies in defense terms, i mean dont get me wrong theres no other class as tanky as we are, there are more powerful classes but not as defensive as a Pally

Reply February 17, 2014 - edited
zeck96

%HP bosses dude, they ruin paladins.

Reply February 17, 2014 - edited
nhan1st

You're comparing an emperor to a commoner. Defense means nothing at %hp bosses. Also, paladin has a higher defense cap than DW.

Reply February 17, 2014 - edited