Defect

The Defect

75 (71 ¹⁴) Health

 

Combat automaton which became self-aware. Ancient technology allows manipulation of Orbs.

The Defect is one of the 4 playable characters in the game. It starts with 75 (71 ¹⁴) max HP.

Starting Loadout

Starting Relic

Cracked Core - At the start of each combat, Channel 1 Lightning Orb. Can be replaced by Frozen Core.

Starting Deck

• Strike x4
• Defend x4
• Zap x1
• Dualcast x1

Defect Cards

A full list of Defect Cards can be found here.

Unique Relics

Rarity	Relic
Common	Data Disk
Uncommon	Gold-Plated Cables and Symbiotic Virus
Rare	Emotion Chip
Boss	Frozen Core (replaces Cracked Core), Inserter, and Nuclear Battery
Shop	Runic Capacitor

Unique Potions

Rarity	Potion
Common	Focus Potion
Uncommon	Potion of Capacity
Rare	Essence of Darkness

Unlocks

The Defect is unlocked by completing (doesn't have to be a win) a run with the Silent.

Unlock Number	Rewards
1	Rebound, Equilibrium, and Echo Form
2	TURBO, Sunder, and Meteor Strike
3	Hyperbeam, Recycle, and Core Surge
4	Gold-Plated Cables, Turnip, and Runic Capacitor
5	Data Disk, Symbiotic Virus, and Emotion Chip

Lore

When completing the Act 3 event Sensory Stone, you 'recall' what appear to be memories regarding the pasts of the characters. The [CONFUSION] dialogue option may recall the Defect right after they're implied to gain sentience, being approached by Neow.

CONFUSION

[OBJECTIVE] BALANCE must be ENFORCED
[DEFINE] BALANCE
[ERROR] BALANCE NOT FOUND
[DEFINE] BALANCE
[ERROR] BALANCE NOT FOUND
[WARNING] Large object aproaching

"I... ..am ....Neow.."

Trivia

• With a character sprite width of 229 and height of 212.37, the Defect is the smallest character in the cast visually.
• Is referred to as broken one by the Vampires in the Vampires event, as opposed to brother (Ironclad) or sister (Silent and Watcher)