DEF

Japanese

守（しゅ）備（び）力（りょく）

Japanese (ruby)

しゅびりょく

Japanese (base text)

守備力

Japanese (romanized)

Shubiryoku

Japanese (translated)

Defense Power

English

DEF (Defense Points)

Other names
French: DEF (Valeur de Défense) German: DEF (Verteidigungspunkte) Italian: DEF (Punti Difesa) Korean: 수비력 (守備力) Subiryeok Portuguese: DEF (Pontos de Defesa) Spanish: DEF (Puntos de Defensa) Traditional Chinese: 守備力 Shǒubèilì / Sau2 bei6 lik6 Formerly: 防守力 Fángshǒulì^{[Notes 1]} Simplified Chinese: 守备力 Shǒubèilì

DEF, short for Defense Points^{[Notes 2]} (Japanese: 守（しゅ）備（び）力（りょく） Shubiryoku, lit. "Defense Power"),^{[Notes 3]} are the points that determine a monster's defense when defending against other Monster Cards.

If a monster attacks a Defense Position monster, and the attacking monster's ATK is greater than the defending monster's DEF, the defending monster is destroyed, but the controller of the defending monster takes no battle damage unless the attacking monster has a "piercing" effect where the difference between ATK and DEF is dealt as battle damage.

If the same situation is reversed, where the attacking monster's ATK is lower than or equal to the defending monster's DEF, both monsters remain on the field, but the controller of the attacking monster takes battle damage equal to the difference between the ATK and DEF values.

Link Monsters, and Maximum Monsters in Maximum Mode, do not have DEF and thus cannot be changed to Defense Position.

Gauges[edit]

The following gauges are displayed to keep track of ATK in the anime.

The Dark Side of Dimensions
Japanese 5D's, Bonds Beyond Time
Dubbed 5D's
ZEXAL
ARC-V
VRAINS
SEVENS

Notes[edit]

↑ On old Chinese-printed Japanese copies of "Dark Magician" and "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".
↑ The full forms are used in the anime and mentioned in the official rulebooks as reference, but never in the actual TCG as proper terms.
↑ Abbreviated as 守（しゅ） Shu in the card text of Trap Monsters and cards that Summon Tokens.

[1] On old Chinese-printed Japanese copies of "Dark Magician" and "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".

[2] The full forms are used in the anime and mentioned in the official rulebooks as reference, but never in the actual TCG as proper terms.

[3] Abbreviated as 守（しゅ） Shu in the card text of Trap Monsters and cards that Summon Tokens.

[Notes 1]

[Notes 2]

[Notes 3]

v t e Monsters and Monster Cards
Level	?^† ???^† -8^† -7^† -6^† -5^† -4^† 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Rank	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Monster type	Normal Effect Pendulum Maximum Token
Monster card type	Fusion Ritual Synchro Dark Synchro^† Accel Synchro^† Delta Accel Synchro^† Limit Over Accel Synchro^† Xyz Link
Monster subtype	Tuner Special Summon Dark Tuner^† Armor^† Plus^† Minus^† Plus Minus^†
Ability	Toon Union Spirit Gemini Flip
Alignment^†	Black Magic Demon Magic Divine Earth Fire Forest Illusion Magic Thunder Water White Magic Wind
Attribute	DARK EARTH FIRE LIGHT WATER WIND DIVINE ?^† ???^†
Type	Aqua Beast Beast-Warrior Black Magic^† Creator God Cyberse Dinosaur Divine-Beast Dragon Dragon Magic^† Fairy Fiend Fish Human^† Illusion Magic^† Immortal^† Insect Machine Plant Psychic Pyro Reptile Rock Sea Beast^† Sea Serpent Spellcaster Thunder Warrior White Magic^† Winged Beast Wyrm Yokai^† Zombie ???^†
ATK	? ??? ???? X000 ∞ 0 1 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 666 700 750 800 850 900 920 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 1350 1380 1400 1450 1460 1500 1530 1550 1600 1610 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1930 1950 2000 2050 2100 2150 2200 2250 2300 2350 2400 2450 2500 2501 2510 2550 2600 2650 2700 2750 2800 2850 2900 2950 3000 3100 3200 3300 3400 3450 3500 3600 3700 3750 3800 4000 4200 4400 4500 4600 5000 10000 100000
DEF	? ??? ???? X000 ∞ 0 1 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 666 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 1350 1400 1450 1460 1500 1530 1550 1600 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1930 1950 2000 2030 2050 2100 2150 2200 2250 2300 2350 2400 2450 2500 2550 2600 2700 2750 2800 2900 2950 3000 3100 3200 3300 3400 3450 3500 3600 3700 3800 3850 4000 4100 4500 4800 5000 100000
Pendulum Scale	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11^† 12 13
Link Rating	1 2 3 4 5 6 7^† 8^†
Link Arrow	Top-Left Top Top-Right Left Right Bottom-Left Bottom Bottom-Right
Conventions	Conventions of 3000 ATK and DEF Level 4 ATK and DEF conventions
^† Does not exist in the OCG or TCG (ATK and DEF not marked) See also {{Card types}} and {{Card lists}}

v t e Card layout
Card properties	Card name Attribute Type Ability Property Level (Negative^†) / Rank Link Rating Link Arrow Pendulum Scale ATK / DEF MAXIMUM ATK
Card text	Material Effect Monster effect Pendulum Effect Flavor text
Print information	Edition Card Number Replica Speed Duel Logo Eye of Anubis Hologram
Other	Frame colors Artwork Legend Icon Password Limitation text Copyright notice
Card back	Card backing QR code

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