Assist and Defend against

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Assist verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Defend against is an antonym for assist.

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Assist is an antonym for defend against in topics: prevent, keep from happening or continuing.

SNK Boss: In the Japanese version, Hilda Rize is ridiculously overpowered, due to having a powerful assist and a projectile focus that no other characters can reliably counter or even defend against, but this is balanced by her AI being easily confused.

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