Talk:Blackbeard Blackbeard Pirate Captain/@comment-110.54.236.41-20190228085206/@comment-32350744-20190228123616

Defense is not ignored, because it is applied directly to the characters defense. So even blackbeard cant punch through it. The only things that ignore defense are v1 laws special and similiar abilitys that mention it, aswell as fixed dmg like v2 laws. Until now there is no defense ignoring ability for normal attacks. Only defense down effects it.

Threshold however, is a good example for a buff that gets ignored, yes. Dmg reduction effects that do not boost the defense itself are all passed. Exception seems to be only death preventing abilitys FOR the enemy. The resilience buff for your crew is still ignored BY the enemy.