DEF

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Blue-Eyes White Dragon
A card, with the DEF visible in the lower-right corner ("Blue-Eyes White Dragon")

DEF, short for Defense Points[Notes 1] (Japanese: しゅりょく Shubiryoku, lit. "Defense Power"),[Notes 2] is one of the two primary stats of monsters in Duel Monsters (including the TCG/OCG) and Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel, alongside ATK. When a Defense Position monster is attacked, its DEF is used during damage calculation.

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

Card layout[edit]

In the Series 1 and 2 layouts (only ever used in Japan), the DEF of a Monster Card is displayed in the lower of the ATK/DEF boxes, located in the lower-right corner of the card, to the right of the card text box.

From the Series 3 layout onward, the DEF of Monster Cards is displayed in the lower right corner of the card text box below a horizontal line, to the right of its ATK.

Gauges[edit]

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

Trivia[edit]

  • The highest original DEF outside the anime or manga is 5000.
  • The highest printed value of an DEF increase effect belongs to "Number iC1000: Numeronius Numeronia", which gains 100,000 DEF.
    • However, the 100,000 DEF are effect-related.

In other languages[edit]

"DEF" in languages other than English
Language NameRomanizedTranslated
French DEF
German DEF
Italian DEF
Portuguese DEF
Spanish DEF
Japanese しゅりょくShubiryokuDefense Power
しゅびりょく (kana)
守備力 (base)
Korean 수비력Subiryeok
Chinese (Traditional) 守備力Shǒubèilì
Chinese (Simplified) 守备力Shǒubèilì
"Defense Points" in languages other than English
Language Name
French Valeur de Défense
German Verteidigungspunkte
Italian Punti Difesa
Portuguese Pontos de Defesa
Spanish Puntos de Defensa

Notes[edit]

  1. 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.
  2. Abbreviated as しゅ Shu in the card text of Trap Monsters and cards that Summon Tokens.