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Defense Down is a Status Effect in Monster Hunter World (MHW).
Defense Down Effect
- Lowers your Defense by depending on the source, either by 10% or 20%.
- The effect can be recognized by this symbol:
- Use the Iron Skin skill to counter it.
- Can be removed with Adamant Seeds.
Monsters that inflict Defense Down
- Barnos
- Deviljho
- Behemoth (Extreme)
- Acidic Glavenus
- Savage Deviljho
AnonymousCan someone explain this to me in plain English? What is 'defense down'?
- Anonymous
Only really have to worry about this when facing Jho, who already has ridiculously high physical damage even in his calm state. Defense Down can be countered by eating Adamant Pills, which overrides Defense Down by applying its own positive buff.
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Apparently, the magnitude of Defense Down varies between sources. Acidic Glavenus's only applies ~10%, and its physical damage is already pretty low. However, receiving Defense Down removes any Defense Up buffs from items, including Mega Armorskin. Use Iron Skin if you feel the need to keep these buffs up, e.g. if you are fighting Deviljho. You can also cure it using defense buffing items, but you can go through a large stock of them quite quickly if you're not careful.
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