10-27-2017, 01:43 PM
Being one of the mentioned candidates, I have a reason behind Stein's lack of lingering wounds.
1: Survival made him capable of standing after taking that much damage.
2: Basic Regeneration, which helped mitigate lasting damage (IE would not bleed out.)
3: 5 Defense, which ups Regeneration, to also help recover from damage - this is why the shallower bullets were being ejected from his body.
4: Assuming these secondaries were low-level thugs with attacks no higher than 2, they could pierce skin but because of A, B and C one bullet was not very impactful.
5: Stein has Foresight, which allows him to adjust himself prior to being fired upon so that bullets miss crucial points that would disable him.
6: The fight ended pretty quick because of poor tactics on his opponents side, and Stein's particular effectiveness against ranged attacks. Had he not had his Palm Shields (designed to deflect projectiles) he would have been in some deep doodoo.
So to summerise; yes. Defense is pretty effective, especially against secondaries who already do slightly subpar damage to Primes. However, Defense's true badassery comes in the form of its compatible powers (much like any other stat) and complimenting moves. I'd say Stein took maybe a dozen bullets, all to nonvital areas, and non from an attacker with higher than a 2 in attack.
1: Survival made him capable of standing after taking that much damage.
2: Basic Regeneration, which helped mitigate lasting damage (IE would not bleed out.)
3: 5 Defense, which ups Regeneration, to also help recover from damage - this is why the shallower bullets were being ejected from his body.
4: Assuming these secondaries were low-level thugs with attacks no higher than 2, they could pierce skin but because of A, B and C one bullet was not very impactful.
5: Stein has Foresight, which allows him to adjust himself prior to being fired upon so that bullets miss crucial points that would disable him.
6: The fight ended pretty quick because of poor tactics on his opponents side, and Stein's particular effectiveness against ranged attacks. Had he not had his Palm Shields (designed to deflect projectiles) he would have been in some deep doodoo.
So to summerise; yes. Defense is pretty effective, especially against secondaries who already do slightly subpar damage to Primes. However, Defense's true badassery comes in the form of its compatible powers (much like any other stat) and complimenting moves. I'd say Stein took maybe a dozen bullets, all to nonvital areas, and non from an attacker with higher than a 2 in attack.