I mean when are you ever going to stand still? And seems sometimes even on attacking while standing in place it drops to 0 as well.
Just one more reason teleport rules this game. Whirlwind works too.
Did you know you can WALK to keep defense?
All the time when you use your skills.
Yes, defense is important.
wouldnt say useless, but not as important as damage reduction and with diminishing returns. even if you consider it being used when you stand still, a doom knight in hell has 6k ar. for you to reduce his chance to hit you to 10%, you’d need 60k defense (neglecting the lvl aspect in the formula). thats alot. and even then, mobs come in big sizes. doom knight mobs can easily have 20 monsters in chaos. 20 monsters hitting you = 2 hits (dmg is about 50-150 per hit). in lld pvp it is usefull though.
you know you can walk instead of run, and your defense wont be useless? By the way, block works almost in the same way. But yes anw, defense isnt really that important as a stat