DEF and moves

[Thaal Sinestro]

Then I refer back to my question before you posted the quote from the stats page:

Do shields functionally help you prevent more damage, such as captain america blocking bullets with his shield? His DEF is like a two, MAYBE three, without it. If he gets shot in the face, he dies. That happened once. However, WITH a shield he can block bullets (roughly a five on your scale I think?)

So, the question is whether his DEF is 3 or 5 with the purchase of the shield? (Let's ignore that the shield is badass in this example. It is capable ONLY of blocking bullets)