Uy23e wrote:
defense below a certain amount is useless because you will be capped or nearly capped anyway and thus negligible effect.
Mhmm. If your attack is 1/25th of the aggressor's attack at your rank, you'll be capped on. Above that point, damage falls slowly to begin with (with them still capping sometimes) and then falls rapidly. The damage curve looks like this:
Of course, since decks are low, their damage is low and the actual damage reduction from defense will be lower. The % damage reduction will be the same, however. If you have 1/3 of the decks as someone else, but otherwise identical stats you'll take 1/3 of the damage.