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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);

("unit")

unit: String - The UnitId to get information from. (Works for "player" and "target")

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.

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

Returns the defense statistics of the player.

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-"unit" can be player or target and work as of 07-06-05
+{{wowapi}}
+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);
+----
+;''Arguments''
+:("unit")
+:;unit : String - The [[API TYPE UnitId|UnitId]] to get information from. (Works for <tt>"player"</tt> and <tt>"target"</tt>)
+----
+;''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.
+----
+;''Example''
+ local  baseDefense, armorDefense = UnitDefense("player");
+;''Result''
+----
+;''Description''
+: Returns the defense statistics of the player.