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No effect with Defense skill?
The above does not seem to be true. I have 117 Defense stat and 0 Protection, an Emerald Golem hit me for 120~ without Defense skill and 40 with, shieldless. With a Reading Book, which keeps me with the same amount of Defense stat, I also took 40 damage with Defense skill.
It was a very small test but if the above were true, my Reading Book Defense should not have protected me anywhere near the Shieldless Defense.
Given that the line was added in 2009, I'd guess it was referring to hidden shield stats. However, Defense skill has only partial involvement in that. The way it's worded makes it sound like the Defense skill does absolutely nothing for ineffectives.
You misunderstand. If an Ineffective Shield gave no defense stat from the skill, I would have taken 40 +65 damage.