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Holy Defense is a Defensive Stat in Elden Ring. Holy Defense shows your defense power and damage negation against holy attacks. Stats determine the strengths and weaknesses of your character. Defensive Stats are determined by your Attributes and Equipment.

See also Calculating Damage for a detailed explanation of how defensive and offensive stats are used to determine damage in Elden Ring.

Holy Defense Elden Ring Guide

  • Your defense power and damage negation against holy attacks.
  • Your body's defense power is determined by your attributes. Damage negation is determined by Armor and additional effects.

Elden Ring How to increase character Holy Defense

Holy Defense can be increased by increasing your Rune Level (soft caps 71, 91, and 161) and Arcane (soft caps 30, 40, and 60). Your total Holy Defense is the sum of the defense from your level and the defense from your Arcane:

Defense From Level

If... ...then defense from level is...
rune level < 72 40 + (rune level + 78) ÷ 2.483
72 ≤ rune level < 92 29 + rune level
92 ≤ rune level < 161 120 + (rune level − 91) ÷ 4.667
161 ≤ rune level 135 + (rune level − 161) ÷ 27.6

Defense From Arcane

If... ...then defense from Arcane is...
Arcane < 20 Arcane × 2
20 ≤ Arcane < 35 40 + (Arcane − 20) ÷ 1.5
35 ≤ Arcane < 60 50 + (Arcane − 35) ÷ 2.5
60 ≤ Arcane 60 + (Arcane − 60) ÷ 3.9

While no equipment directly affects your Holy Defense, your armor is your main source of Holy Negation. (See Calculating Damage for an explanation of how these stats differ.)

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