Updated 15 Sep 2026
Affixes/Magic Defense

Magic Defense is a suffix that turns up on Off Hand and Relic. It gives magicDefense: +8 to +13 at its lowest step, +220 to +300 at its best — and you need item level 116 before the best one can appear at all.

It comes up at weight 5 when the game rolls affixes, never doubles up with another affix that does the same job (magicDefense), and it is what puts the Warded, the Hexbane, the Runebound, the Nullheart and the Unwritten in an item's name — so you might pick up a Wand of the Warded.

No Unique carries it at a fixed number.

Every step

10 steps · lowest to best
TierNeeds item levelGivesSuffix wordReads as
T11+8 to +13the WardedWand of the Warded
T26+14 to +21the WardedWand of the Warded
T314+22 to +30the HexbaneWand of the Hexbane
T424+32 to +43the HexbaneWand of the Hexbane
T536+45 to +61the RuneboundWand of the Runebound
T655+62 to +85the RuneboundWand of the Runebound
T775+86 to +117the NullheartWand of the Nullheart
T892+118 to +160the NullheartWand of the Nullheart
T9105+161 to +219the UnwrittenWand of the Unwritten
T10116+220 to +300the UnwrittenWand of the Unwritten

Where you will see it

200 bases it can land on

Uniques that lock it in

None