Character Weapon Ability Defense Mastery

Increases your physical resistance while reducing your ability to inflict damage. (Resistance Increase scales with Parry and Bushido or Ninjitsu skill, dependent on the weapon.) Requires Bushido or Ninjitsu skill.

Effect

When Active become into Defense Mastery Mode: The next successful Hit will give the Defense Mastery Effect on your Character for 3 seconds! Gain Physical Resistance between 50 to 80 and Lower the Damage Increase between -80 to -50 depending on the Character Skill Bushido or Ninjitsu!

Primary Weapons

Any Weapons with the Weapon Ability Defense Mastery as Primary Ability require at least 70 Weapon Skill, 70 Tactics and either 50 Bushido or Ninjitsu!

Secondary Weapons

Any Weapons with the Weapon Ability Defense Mastery as Secondary Ability require at least 90 Weapon Skill, 90 Tactics and either 50 Bushido or Ninjitsu!

Mana Cost

Base Mana Cost of Defense Mastery is: 30

Damage Scalar

100%

Formula

Modifier = (int)(30 * ((Math.Max( Bushido, Ninjitsu ) - 50) / 70))

PhysicalResistBonus = 50 + Modifier
PhysicalResistBonus Min/Max = 50/80

DamageIncreasePenality = 80 - Modifier
DamageIncreasePenality Min/Max = -80/-50

How to Activate

To Activate the Defense Mastery:

Gump Icon

Double Left Click on the Gump Icon and it will become Red!

UOSteam Hotkeys

In UOSteam, at the Tab Hotkeys, expend Combat, expend Abilities, there's Primary and Secondary that can assign a Hotkey!

UOSteam Macro

In UOSteam, at the Tab Macros, for the Primary Ability the macro line is: setability 'primary' 'on' and for Secondary Ability the macro line is: setability 'secondary' 'on'

Calculator Mana Cost

Here's a calculator for the amount of Mana it will Cost for using Defense Mastery!

Character Stat
Lower Mana Cost
Character Skills
Archery
Bushido
Fencing
Lumberjacking
Mace Fighting
Ninjitsu
Parrying
Poisoning
Stealth
Swordsmanship
Skill Total
For Character with Race Human: Click the checkbox to auto-fill at 20 each Skills - Jack of all Trade Racial Ability and edit the Skills to match your Character!
Base Mana Cost
Base Mana
Base Mana (With Skill Total Bonus)
Mana Cost

Note: Skill Total greater or equal to 300 remove -10 to Base Mana and Skill Total greater or equal to 200 remove -5 to Base Mana!
If a Weapon Ability is used within 3 Seconds after another Weapon Ability, the Requirement Mana Cost will Double!