Bomb Defense Up

 is an ability in. gear has a 5× chance of rolling this ability, while gear has a 1/2× chance.

reduces the damage taken from enemy sub weapons. s, s, s, s, and s have their damage reduced by up to 50%. s have their damage reduced by up to 40%.

reduces the damage taken from special weapons by up to 35%. is known to affect, , , and.

The ability offers players strong means of increasing survivability. For example, just one sub slot of the ability will prevent the player from being splatted by two near-miss shots.

Gear
is the main ability of:

Stacking
The number of hits a weapon needs to splat the player with every threshold for Bomb Defense Up is shown in the following table. Amounts of Bomb Defense that do not cause a change are not shown in the table.

Other notable thresholds:
 * Main: 0, Sub: 3 &mdash; Survives one direct plus two distant blasts.
 * Main: 0, Sub: 4 &mdash; survives a  near blast.
 * Main: 1, Sub: 4 &mdash; Survives a direct plus two near blasts.

Percent change for s:

Percent change for other bombs:

Percent change for special weapons: