Defense

Personally, I am too lazy and casual to bother hunting enchant(er)s. That, and having taken the time to rank my Defense to Rank 1, I greatly appreciate the worth of the skill. I am sure there is also enough time to simply move backwards to attack, since I always have the time to move back and load another defense. But oh well. Another question then: if you try to use Defense with a lance, and have "Automatic weapon slot conversion" enabled, does it change your weapon slots to use Defense (provided you are capable of using the skill with your other weapon slot)?