1k defense or higher is needed for mr

[⋆ Beetroot ⋆]

Anyone else agree? i feel like i die way too quickly with anything less than 1000 defense

[Kawalorn]

Nope. I was running around with a bit over 900 until they allowed us recently to upgrade armors further and I was doing fine. Health Boost was the only other skill I used for defense.

[Holografix]

You can do 900-920 defense and be safe.

[♋Phenex]

Not needed but can be helpful yes.

[cua_bien02]

It definitely gives you more breathing room yes, but not needed. I was running around 800 - 900 until the recent updates.

[Run Ha]

saw a video, speedrun, MR KT, CB, kaiser Y, no HB,

not a clean run, got hit hard a few times, still survive with 5-15% HP,,

you dont need that much def, maybe against AT you need 1k+ or HB.

but 1k def and HB is pretty safe to compensate lack of skill. like mine

[Nerevar]

there is no reason to not run hb3 now in mr anymore unless youre a speedrunner who resets like 50 times anyway to get good ai rng to begin with. as hb3 wont cost you ANY dmg skill on most weapons now with lvl 4 combo decos anymore. thus not running it is asking for trouble without good reason.

1k def isnt needed but helpful. 1111 defense is MAX before buffs for mr btw. it wont exceed that unless you run defboost skill (dont do that plz) or use armorskins. just have both charms in inventory. they are a free boost.

[CourtesyFlush09]

It's really, really not though.

[Maffeketel]

I'd have to disagree with you on this matter.

In my opinion anything over 850 is enough and going over 1000 defence, while helpful is definetly not a necessity. There are other factors to consider as well such as elemental resistances and the weapon that youre using. If youre using a highly defensive weapon then you can potentially keep your defence stat lower then normal since you have the option to block certain attacks.

It's certainly helpful, but dont forget to take a look at your elemental resistances as well!
AT Namielle will go right through your 1000 defence if your water and thunder resistances are low or even negative. 850 would be the bare minimum that you'll need in my opinion.

[Cherry Blossom ✿]

That max level armor upgrade update was a unnecessary. It makes people cart less maybe, but it also makes them careless about survavibility. I've seen a lot of melee weapon users with 1k def that still manage to get carted against T2s like tigrex.

[ChubbNutt]

1k defense wasn't really even a thing by the time I finished Iceborne.

[sedna16]

i only have 800-900 def

[Zero]

850 - 900 is the base average for decent survival in MR, not 1k

[Thighs & Glasses]

I still take quite a bit of damage if I get hit, at 1059.

Thankfully I can guardpoint most stuff.

[Kirino]

I mean you reach 1k anways with MR armor, I run brachy and nami armor for DBs and i get 1100

[Sanquin]

I only realised I could upgrade my armor further about 2 days ago. Now I run 1k def, but before that I only had like 870. Was still doing fine. If anything, it taught me to avoid attacks better as you can't be careless. This as a HH main which has no real defensive options apart from dodgo roll.

So no, 1k def isn't needed. Though if you have the armor spheres anyway there's no good reason not to get it.