Heavy Stander

Heavy Stander is one of the three types of Passive Defenses. It is essentially a skill that gives a monster the ability to ignore pain (and thus stun) from melee attacks to a certain extent.

Details

Heavy Stander is a passive ability innate to select monsters. Heavy Stander can randomly activate when the monster is being attacked by any melee attack. This includes attacking a monster when they have a skill loaded Example: Using a normal attack to stop a monster's Smash can still trigger their heavy stander. When active, the monster will flash red, and the player will hear a metallic noise. A message will also flash across the player's screen. Upon activation, Heavy Stander allows the monster to counterattack immediately, even in the midst of the player's attack cycle. Activation will interrupt the player's attack cycle if the player is using a normal attack. However, it is possible to continue attacking normally if the monster does not choose to retaliate. Activation on hits that normaly leave the target downed for extended periods (such as windmill with a slow weapon) will cancel the extended down period and allow the monster to stand normaly. There are three levels of Heavy Stander, each with their own unique effects.

Level	Damage Reduction %	Ping Occurrence %	Game Messages
1	0	10	My attack is being defended by a skill! My attack is very ineffective right now... That didn't feel right... My attack is a bit off the mark...
2	10~60*	50	This is not enough to stop the target... Can’t shake the target’s balance! That may have inflicted some damage, but the target still has its guard up.
3	100*	90	The target takes no damage at all! This attack is completely useless!

*Damage reduction for Heavy Stander is a constant effect, even if the "ping" is not activated.

Rank	F	E	D	C	B	A	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Damage Reduction (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20	30	40	60	100	100	100	100
Auto-Defend Rate (%)	0	10	20	30	40	50	50	50	50	50	50	60	70	80	90
Heavy Stander Level	1						2					3