Understand Focused Defense
Useful when…
- Increase the listed parry angle on a melee weapon.
- Use when parrying is part of how you handle melee combat.
What does it do?
Focused Defense grants +5 Parry Angle at rank 0, +15 at rank 2, and +20 at rank 3.
Compatibility and slot
It is a standard melee Exilus mod with Vazarin polarity, base drain 4, and maximum rank 3. No named exclusions are listed. The supplied drop listings include a level 30–40 Cambion Drift bounty, Rotation B, and Lua/Pavlov Spy Rotation B.
Alternatives serve different goals
The comparison candidates do not increase parry angle: Amalgam Organ Shatter adds critical damage and heavy attack wind-up speed; Auger Strike adds Puncture; Berserker Fury adds attack speed after a melee kill. Consider those when their listed offense is more valuable to your setup than Focused Defense’s parry benefit.
Rank cost
The three rank steps cost 10, 20, and 40 Endo, plus 483, 966, and 1,932 Credits. Rank 2 gives +15 Parry Angle; the final step adds 5. That smaller final increase may not be worth the last step if you are conserving fusion resources.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Uses an Exilus slot for a parry-angle increase rather than a listed damage bonus.
- The supplied details do not specify a unit for Parry Angle.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Treating Parry Angle as damage or damage reduction; neither effect is stated.
- Assuming the number is degrees when no unit is provided.