Quote Originally Posted by Grimwald View Post
Defense and Vit are ignored by almost all bosses. dLVL pretty much nerfs your defense and vit to where you're relying on your innate damage reduction abilities and passives. Luckily, VIT is an important component of your core stats anyways, so at least you're getting somewhat of a return. It's safe to assume most bosses are 4-6 levels higher than you.




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Yes, and the effect is worse for VIT than it is for DEF (because you get less def back from VIT than you do from straight DEF materia) and is exactly why I stress DEF materia over VIT for PLD.