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Added in 1.0.0
Removed in 8.0.1

Returns the defense of the unit without armor, and defense value of their armor.

For NPCs and pets, it will return a baseDefense value, though armorDefense will be 0.

For other player targets than "player", it will return 0 for baseDefense and 0 for armorDefense.

baseDefense, armorDefense = UnitDefense(unit);

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Arguments

unit

string : UnitId - Only "player" is supported

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Returns

baseDefense, armorDefense

baseDefense

number - The unit's defense without armor. Includes the warrior talent Anticipation.

armorDefense

number - The defense gained from the unit's armor.

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Example

local  baseDefense, armorDefense = UnitDefense("player");

Result

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Description

Returns the defense statistics of the player.