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Defense - Best Characters and How to Get

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Honkai Star Rail - Defense - Materials and Best Characters

Defense is a 3-Star Preservation Path Light Cone in Honkai: Star Rail. Check out this guide for Defense's best characters, stats, ascension materials, and how to get it!

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Defense Stats and Ability

Defense Effects and Overview

Defense
Star Rail - Defense Light Cone
Rarity ★★★
Path
Star Rail - The Preservation The Preservation
Ability Revitalization
When the wearer unleashes their Ultimate, they restore HP by 18%/21%/24%/27%/30% of their Max HP
Rating
Star Rail - B The Preservation

Rating is based on Superimposition 1.

Light Cone Tier List

Defense Stats

Lv. HP ATK DEF
1 43 12 12
20 166 46 46
30 282 78 78
40 416 115 115
50 550 153 153
60 684 190 190
70 818 227 227
80 952 264 264

Defense Superimpose Levels

Lv.1
Lv.2
Lv.3
Lv.4
Lv.5
Ability Effect
When the wearer unleashes their Ultimate, they restore HP by 18% of their Max HP.
Ability Effect
When the wearer unleashes their Ultimate, they restore HP by 21% of their Max HP
Ability Effect
When the wearer unleashes their Ultimate, they restore HP by 24% of their Max HP
Ability Effect
When the wearer unleashes their Ultimate, they restore HP by 27% of their Max HP
Ability Effect
When the wearer unleashes their Ultimate, they restore HP by 30% of their Max HP.

Defense Best Characters

All Recommended Characters

Recommended Characters for Defense
Star Rail - Trailblazer (Fire) ItemTrailblazer (Fire) Star Rail - Fu Xuan ItemFu Xuan

Explanation

Since Defense is a 3-star Light Cone it has average base stats. Defense's ability allows the wearer to restore some HP whenever they use their Ultimate. This Light Cone isn't useful for characters who already provide a lot of shielding to themselves such as Gepard. However, it can work for tanks such as Fu Xuan.

Is Defense Worth It?

Use Temporarily

Defense is a good Light Cone to use temporarily if you need to improve the survivability of your Preservation characters when progressing the game!

Defense Ascension Materials

Total Ascension Materials

Ascension Material Total
Star Rail - Thief Thief's Instinct
12
Star Rail - Endurance of Bronze Item Endurance of Bronze
2
Star Rail - Oath of Steel Item Oath of Steel
6
Star Rail - Usurper Usurper's Scheme
10
Star Rail - Safeguard of Amber Item Safeguard of Amber
9
Star Rail - Conqueror Conqueror's Will
8
Star Rail - Credit Item Credit
231000

Lvl. Light Cone Ascension Materials
20 ➔ 30
Star Rail - Thief Thief's Instinct x4
Star Rail - Credit Item Credit x4000
30 ➔ 40
Star Rail - Endurance of Bronze Item Endurance of Bronze x2
Star Rail - Thief Thief's Instinct x8
Star Rail - Credit Item Credit x8000
40 ➔ 50
Star Rail - Oath of Steel Item Oath of Steel x2
Star Rail - Usurper Usurper's Scheme x4
Star Rail - Credit Item Credit x16000
50 ➔ 60
Star Rail - Oath of Steel Item Oath of Steel x4
Star Rail - Usurper Usurper's Scheme x6
Star Rail - Credit Item Credit x40000
60 ➔ 70
Star Rail - Safeguard of Amber Item Safeguard of Amber x3
Star Rail - Conqueror Conqueror's Will x3
Star Rail - Credit Item Credit x80000
70 ➔ 80
Star Rail - Safeguard of Amber Item Safeguard of Amber x6
Star Rail - Conqueror Conqueror's Will x5
Star Rail - Credit Item Credit x160000

How to Get Defense

Pull From Any Banner

All Unlimited and Limited Banners
Honkai Star Rail - Stellar Warp
Stellar Warp 		Honkai Star Rail - Departure Warp
Departure Warp
Honkai Star Rail - Brilliant Fixation
Brilliant Fixation 		Honkai Star Rail - Excalibur Excelsior
Excalibur Excelsior
Honkai Star Rail - I Am the Bone of My Sword
I Am the Bone of My Sword 		Honkai Star Rail - Birth of a King
Birth of a King
Honkai Star Rail - Red Radiance of Fuyuki
Red Radiance of Fuyuki 		Honkai Star Rail - Ripples Rejoined
Ripples Rejoined
Honkai Star Rail - Coalesced Truths
Coalesced Truths 		Honkai Star Rail - Indelible Coterie
Indelible Coterie
Honkai Star Rail - Back to Fons et Origo
Back to Fons et Origo 		Honkai Star Rail - Blossom to the Beyond
Blossom to the Beyond
Honkai Star Rail - A Rainbow onto Twilight
A Rainbow onto Twilight

Defense can be obtained by pulling it from any Warp Banner!

All Warp (Gacha) Banners

How to Superimpose Defense

Superimposing Defense requires a copy of the same Light Cone to upgrade its ability.

Honkai: Star Rail Related Guides

Honkai Star Rail - Light Cones

All Light Cones

The Preservation Light Cones

The Preservation Light Cones
Star Rail - Inherently Unjust Destiny Light ConeInherently Unjust Destiny Star Rail - Moment of Victory Light ConeMoment of Victory Star Rail - She Already Shut Her Eyes Light ConeShe Already Shut Her Eyes
Star Rail - Texture of Memories Light ConeTexture of Memories Star Rail - Though Worlds Apart Light ConeThough Worlds Apart Star Rail - Concert for Two Light ConeConcert for Two
Star Rail - Day One of My New Life Light ConeDay One of My New Life Star Rail - Destiny’s Threads Forewoven Light ConeDestiny’s Threads Forewoven Star Rail - Journey, Forever Peaceful Light ConeJourney, Forever Peaceful
Star Rail - LandauLandau's Choice Star Rail - This Is Me! Light ConeThis Is Me! Star Rail - Trend of the Universal Market Light ConeTrend of the Universal Market
Star Rail - We Are Wildfire Light ConeWe Are Wildfire Star Rail - Amber Light ConeAmber Star Rail - Defense Light ConeDefense
Star Rail - Pioneering Light ConePioneering

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