Editing Defense (section)

===[[File:DefenseOld.png|20px]]Prior to the Frost Invasion Update===
There were two types of defense statistic. One was the ''Effective Defense'' and the other was ''Total Defense''.

''Total Defense'' was the actual defense number you see on an enemy. However, a tower's damage was rarely reduced by this number.

''Effective Defense'' was the actual number that was taken away from a tower's damage towards the enemy. Each point of ''Effective Defense'' melted damage by one point, with ''Effective Defense'' varying depending on the difficulty of the match. When calculating ''Effective Defense'', if the number was a decimal, ''Effective Defense'' is rounded up. However, the damage of towers could not be lowered below half.

====Match Multiplier====
{| class="wikitable pad-10 align-center" style="margin:0 auto;"
|-
!Mode
!Defense Multiplier
|-
|'''Normal'''
|Effective Defense = (Total Defense × 0.25)
|-
|'''Molten'''
|Effective Defense = (Total Defense × 0.35)
|-
|'''Fallen'''
|Effective Defense = (Total Defense × 0.5)
|-
|'''Hardcore'''
|Effective Defense = (Total Defense × 0.75)
|-
|'''[[Trick or Threat Town]]'''
|Effective Defense = (Total Defense × 0.5)
|}

====Countering Defense====
'''Defense''' could reduce the damage output of certain towers significantly, such as the [[Minigunner]] or [[Militant]]. Likewise, it least affected the damage output for towers that had high damage, such as the [[Ranger]] or [[Mortar]].

There were a couple of towers that could melt the ''Total Defense'' value of enemies, allowing your towers to deal more damage. Each defense melting tower could decrease ''Total Defense'' by a certain percentage. The defense removal could stack, so the [[Pyromancer]] and [[Electroshocker]] could together remove 70% ''Total Defense'', but 2 [[Pyromancer]]s could not remove 100% ''Total Defense''. Instead, only 50% ''Total Defense'' could be removed. The only towers that could not stack their defense melting was the [[Frost Blaster]] and [[Freezer]].

In addition, [[units]] ignored defense for their collision damage. However, for their other sources of damage (like ranged damage for the [[Crook]] and [[Humvee 3]], or melee damage for the [[Citizen 1]]), these damage values were affected by defense.

The following towers affecting defense are listed below.

{| class="empty-table pad-5" style="width:750px; text-align:center; margin:0 auto"
| class="align-center" |[[File:NewPyromancer0.png|150px|link=Pyromancer]]<br/>[[Pyromancer]]
|With each tick, the [[Pyromancer]] melted ''Total Defense'' of all enemies on fire by 1 at Level 2-4, and by 2 at Level 5.

Could only melt 50% of ''Total Defense''.
|-
| class="align-center" |[[File:NewFreezer0.png|150px|link=Freezer]]<br/>[[Freezer]]
|With each attack, the [[Freezer]] melted ''Total Defense'' by 1 at Level 3-4, and by 2 at Level 5.

Could only melt 20% of ''Total Defense''. Defense melting could not stack with the [[Frost Blaster]].
|-
| class="align-center" |[[File:NewElectroshocker0.png|150px|link=Electroshocker]]<br/>[[Electroshocker]]
|With each attack, the [[Electroshocker]] melted ''Total Defense'' of all enemies in a chain reaction by 1 at Level 5.

Could only melt 20% of ''Total Defense''.
|-
| class="align-center" |[[File:NewFrostBlaster0.png|150px|link=Frost Blaster]]<br/>[[Frost Blaster]]
|With each attack, the [[Frost Blaster]] melted  ''Total Defense'' by 1 at Level 3-5.

Could only melt 20% of ''Total Defense''. Defense melting could not stack with [[Freezer]].
|}