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Ignore Target's Defense

In the game: Ignore Target's DefenseITDSame against players

How it works

Ignore Target's Defense makes your attacks treat the monster's Defense as zero when the game rolls whether you hit. With it, your Attack Rating hardly matters against normal monsters.

Your chance to hit is still capped at 95%, so attacks can still miss. It only affects whether you hit, not how much damage you deal. See also Target Defense Reduction.

Where it comes from

30 sources · every item, runeword, rune and affix that gives it

SlotAllWeapon (15)Runeword (12)Socketed (1)Affix (2)My levelMy classAnyAmazonAssassinBarbarianDruidNecromancerPaladinSorceressWarlockAt leastSortBy slotStrongest firstLowest level firstName

AllUniques 14Set items 1Runewords 12Runes & gems 1Affixes 2

30 sources

Source	Gives	Lvl
Weapon 15
Skewer of KrintizUnique · Sabre	Ignore Target's Defense	10
The DigglerUnique · Dirk	Ignore Target's Defense	11
The ImpalerUnique · War Spear	Ignore Target's Defense	31
SpineripperUnique · Poignard	Ignore Target's Defense	32
HexfireUnique · Shamshir	Ignore Target's Defense	33
Heart CarverUnique · Rondel	Ignore Target's Defense	36
Zakarum's HandUnique · Rune Scepter	Ignore Target's Defense	37
WarpspearUnique · Gothic Staff	Ignore Target's Defense	39
LightsabreUnique · Phase Blade	Ignore Target's Defense	58
GhostflameUnique · Legend Spike	Ignore Target's Defense	62
WidowmakerUnique · Ward Bow	Ignore Target's Defense	65
EaglehornUnique · Crusader Bow	Ignore Target's Defense	69
The Reaper's TollUnique · Thresher	Ignore Target's Defense	75
Natalya's MarkSet item · Scissors Suwayyah	Ignore Target's DefenseAssassin only	79
Arioc's NeedleUnique · Hyperion Spear	Ignore Target's Defense	81
Runeword 12
Crescent MoonRuneword	Ignore Target's DefenseWeapon	47
VenomRuneword	Ignore Target's DefenseWeapon	49
GriefRuneword	Ignore Target's DefenseWeapon	59
BrandRuneword	Ignore Target's DefenseWeapon	65
DestructionRuneword	Ignore Target's DefenseWeapon	65
FaithRuneword	Ignore Target's DefenseWeapon	65
FamineRuneword	Ignore Target's DefenseRotWWeapon	65
FuryRuneword	Ignore Target's DefenseWeapon	65
IceRuneword	Ignore Target's DefenseWeapon	65
Last WishRuneword	Ignore Target's DefenseWeapon	65
PhoenixRuneword	Ignore Target's DefenseWeapon	65
Hand of JusticeRuneword	Ignore Target's DefenseWeapon	67
Socketed 1
Jah RuneRune	Ignore Target's Defensein a weapon	65
Affix 2
Sof PiercingSuffix	Ignore Target's Defenserare onlyStaves And Rods	25
Sof PiercingSuffix	Ignore Target's Defenserare onlyStaves And Rods, Knife, Hand to Hand	25

Source: itemstatcost.txt (item_ignoretargetac) and properties.txt over the property codes of the game's item tables, the runeword lines and skills.txt (build 3.3.93847). Magic affixes are the ones that can spawn; a runeword's line includes what its runes add in that slot. “LoD 1.14d” is the value in classic Diablo II's last patch where it differs (uniques, set items, runewords' own bonuses, runes and gems; from blizzhackers/d2data); a D2R chip marks what 1.14d did not have. “Strongest” ranks items by the top of their roll range. · Report incorrect data