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# Defense and recovery

When defending yourself during combat, you reduce your SPD by 50% but avoid damage from incoming hits by 50% as well. Depending on the hit received, your STA is reduced and the recovery per second stops.

{% hint style="info" %}
To recover the STA spent you just have to keep still, just don't move the character. You recover 5 STA per second.
{% endhint %}

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