Defence and Offence

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Defence noun - (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring.

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Offence is an antonym for defence.

Offence noun - The team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score.

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Defence is an antonym for offence.

Nearby Words: offensive, offend, offender, offensively

good	good defence	good offence
high	high defence	high offence
physical	physical defence	physical offence
strong	strong defence	strong offence
Other adjectives: actual, main, personal, new, major, extra, magical.

Overhead/Upper increases offence and defence, with focus on offence, Seigan/Clear increases the same, but with focus on defence, and Iai/Drawing increases speed.

Source: Stance System
Also strictly better than Rifleman, their long-range scopes combined with their limited numbers make them best deployed to strike at valuable targets (such as commanders, squad leaders and machine gunners) instead of aiding frontline offence or defence with much greater risk to the individual.

Source: Video Game / Red Orchestra
Tales of Graces: Sophie has some of the best physical defence and offence stats in the game, fairly high HP, and is insanely fast.

Source: Lightning Bruiser / Video Games

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