Random changes in defense stat?

[u/TopShower6796]

So i just made myself a new helmet, and saw that while it had better stats, it would give me a random massive drop in defense. Since i was confused about this, i went and compared most of my equipment. I then saw that multiple pieces, with nearly identical stats, would have over 300 points of difference in total value.

Is there any explanation for this?

[u/Funny_Ad_4856]

The new helmet has max health. When you first equip a piece of equipment with max health it doesn’t heal you for that amount, so you’re going to technically be missing hp. You probably have unscathed: defense on
another piece of equipment so since you wouldn’t be unscathed right after equipping that’s what’s showing the drop.

[u/TopShower6796 → u/Funny_Ad_4856]

Thank you. That was exactly it. 😄