Physical Defense | Elden Ring Wiki

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

Physical Defense Elden Ring Guide

• Your Physical Defense and Physical Negation against physical attacks.
• The former is calculated via attributes, while the latter is calculated via defensive gear and active and passive effects.

Elden Ring How to increase character Physical Defense

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

Related Equipment & Items in Elden Ring for Physical Defense

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

• The Bull-Goat Set has the highest total Physical Negation but is extremely heavy.
• All variants of the Dragoncrest Shield Talisman increase your Physical Negation. (10/13/17)
• The Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman gives a 20% bonus to Physical Negation.