In master mode, should i focus on defense or on damage?

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Just wanted to know which one is better.

[Diesel]

damage/dodge because enemies do to much damage that items like master ninja gear and brain of confusion end up saving you from getting one shotted by a lot of enemies that do 200+ damage

[Vitaser]

depends on what charachter you run. If it's hardcore you have to go in defence. If it's regular playthrough you can go on damage and just be good on dodges.

[Xouless (Benji)]

max damage with hallowed armor, pretty safe imo. gives a lot of room for error. good for ppl with slow reflex that know the pattern but too bad at the game to actually dodge them (like me)

[Fumo Bnnuy n Frends]

damage and movement speed. Won't need dodge if they can't touch you and damage will make sure they die for sure.

[wcc]

I know people say on Master Mode everything is too deadly so you're better of with surprime dodging skills and max damage, but I can't really agree with that. Even on Master Mode many spammy boss attacks won't kill you instantly, not even remotely, so relying on a high defense is not such a bad options as some comments might suggest. That said, I could not really compare how max damage competes against max armor since reforging is way too tedious to just swap between both setups. In fact I accept either +4 def, +4 dam or +4 crit, whatever I get first.