FAQ Breakdown - Frequently Asked Questions by the beginners

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Minions == the non-boss storyline monsters? Except for in Kingdom of Darkness you should either 1-hit them or 2-hit them with halfway decent armor, so I don't know if many people see the need to figure out the exact attack and defense values of the various minions. (decompiling the game to see if you can find a table with the exact values would probably be less of a PITA than trial and error...)

maybe for you but not for the newcomers...

besides discovering the rule will help you in defeating the bosses

so discovering the rule it's surely worth to. we tend to calculate the aggregate of attack and defense. What if in case the defense count actually more in this rule?
Resources spent to craft armors with good attack discovering that the one that has a better defense will win easier?