Melee Eternal Soldier - end game skills?

[Yukari]

It's ok, I released the alt.

but then I brought it back!

[Aidan]

I had a dream last night, and an epiphany, hah. Igor is, in fact, correct.

Reason I and Yukari were both wrong is because we didn't consider those attacks which _would_ have been stopped by Defense, but were stopped by MotF instead. This would reduce the efficiency of Defense by 20%, and thus the final figures would be the same regardless of _when_ MotF was triggered.

(Yes, Igor said the exact same thing, but I find it easier to follow when laid out in words instead of numbers)

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Now for whether MotF is a good skill to take, in case a future ES wannabe enters the thread. The efficacy of MotF depends on the difference between your opponent's accuracy and your defense.

Tentacles are the most accurate pets at a 65% to hit, and ES skills let them get up to 30% defense. This means MotF accounts for about 7% defense against tentacles provided you have all the ES defense skills.

All other pets will actually suffer lower accuracy deficits (5-6%).

The only time MotF is remotely feasible is when you decide to skip both Master of the Flow and Dodge + Evasion. You are better off buying the Reflex thingy for the same amount of defense in this case (8 - 10%).
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