Defender

Sprite

Attack

Accuracy

+64%

Type (Icon)Sword

Evasion Bonus +8% × ((Icon)Sword skill + 1)

Magic Penalty 50%

Value 10,000 gil

Found In Cyclone 5F

Dropped By Emperor

The Defender is one of the best weapons in the game, especially since you get it shortly before recruiting Leon. The main advantage of this sword is its 8 evasion, putting it behind only two shields in that stat. Wielding the Defender with a shield can raise the evasion of even the most heavily-armored fighter, and it can even be used in the off hand as a sort of shield (though doing this will prevent your shield skill from rising, obviously). Because the Dragon Shield and Aegis Shield both have very nice resistances, you'll probably want to use them in the long run, but the Defender is a very effective weapon nonetheless. It's even powerful offensively when you first find it.

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Monsters: Which drop Defender – 1 shown

Bosses must be defeated as part of the plot; rare monsters appear in trap rooms for the current map or area; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game, but are optional Name	The probability that the monster will drop this particular item when it is defeated Drop Chance	The rank of the monster; the rank of any given encounter is determined by the lowest rank of any monster in that encounter; rank is used to determine how quickly skills progress toward the next level Rk	The monster's starting and maximum hit point total HP	The monster's starting and maximum magic point total MP	Each physical hit will deal between one and two times this amount of damage to the target, reduced by the target's defense Att	The number of attacks the monster makes when it attacks physically, and the accuracy of each of those attacks Acc	The status ailment or other effect, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; if a monster inflicts multiple status ailments, all are inflicted at once; drain attacks always drain 1/16 of the target's total hp or mp, as appropriate, and have an opposite effect against undead creatures Effect	Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount Def	The number of evasion chances the monster has when attacked physically, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Eva	The number of magic defense chances the monster has when targeted with a spell or ability, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Mag. Def.	A monster's fear score is the base chance that it will flee from combat on its turn; this chance is increased when the party has more total HP than all remaining enemies Fear	The average gil value of the money or items this monster can drop when defeated Avg. Drop	The families this monster belongs to; Undead creatures are damaged by healing spells and reverse the effects of drain attacks used against them; some weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against certain monster families (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Family	The elements this monster is weak against; spells of these elements always have their maximum effect and deal double damage; elemental weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against monsters weak against any of their elements (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against) Weakness	The elements this monster resists or absorbs; spells of resisted elements are always fully resisted and deal half damage, whle spells of absorbed elements have no effect and heal the target; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed Resists/Absorbs
Emperor	5%	6	1,290	190	70	6×80%	-	50	1×65%	4×40%	−170%	10,505 gil	-	-	-

Treasures: Containing Defender – 1 shown

The map where the treasure is found Map	The specifics of where this treasure can be found Notes	The monsters guarding this treasure, which will attack when the treasure is opened Guarded By
Cyclone 5F	South area (treasure route)	-

Ice Brand Sun Blade

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