Talk:Jabberwock/@comment-60.241.16.230-20130716183748/@comment-124.183.113.156-20130716232947

Your example is flawed. You're not meant to take the face value. Here''s a better example.

You have 100k ATK and opponent has 120k DEF.

You need get +20% to your ATK. The outcome is you have 120k ATK and he has 120k DEF which puts you both on an even footing.

Alternatively, you can reduce his DEF by 20%. You will have 100k ATK and he will have 96k DEF. You beat his DEF by 4k as a result.

From that example you can see that -20% DEF is superior to +20% ATK. Therefore -X% DEF to your opponent is always better than +X% ATK to yourself. It's simple mathematics really.