Silversworn

I'm still waiting for Hayato to get spanked by the nerf stick. All we have done is get stronger...

Just wait until the defense cap gets buffed to 99,999.
IIRC Hayato gains .5% damage buff for every 100 defense up to the current cap, 9999. That totals to +49.5% damage. Now that the defense cap will be boosted 10x, Hayato is open to a possibility to getting a whopping 495% passive damage buff if nothing is done. This is hypothetical only, since Hayato has no Defense % buffs and I don't think people would be willing to apply defense nebs to their armor.

Well, defense is still useless since it doesn't(and won't post-V) affect %HP attacks and we all know that's what Nexon has had a massive hard-on for in bosses ever since Unleashed.

Did you even read what AznboiE wrote?
Defense qua defense is useless. But for Hayatos, who get a damage buff from their defense, it's very valuable.

In regards to stacking defense% nebs on armor, it's pointless; even with the damage boost.

Honestly the one thing above all else that Hayato needs is its mastery fixed to alleviate that ridiculous gap between the low and high ends of their range.

The ridiculous gap is actually just a visual bug. Their mastery is working fine; Hayato's min range is a lot higher than it appears. These are the results of a battle analysis I did with Shinsoku months ago:

I had 420~663k range at the time, yet the min and max damage in these results (bottom two numbers) are a lot more consistent than my range would suggest. Another way to test this would be to spam Sanrenzan and take note of how stable the non-critical numbers are - it doesn't at all reflect the range in your stat window.

Here is my rendition of Piston:


He's very angry.

I really love anvils.