Talk:Piercing and Resistance/@comment-24.36.105.145-20150207061311/@comment-28362610-20160509210708

all gear counts when either attacking or defencing, pierce only counts when attacking and resistance only counts when defending.. After you add up all attack stats, all defence stats, and apply 70% of defence to attack and vice versa, then you multiply by pierce amounts to see what total attack is...

on the duke blade thing, which offers no resistance, BUT if you have your attack rune attached to it, that does offer 70% defence, so an attack rune of 500 attack counts as 350 defence. If the restribution hammer can't make that up then best to use the sword with the attack rune..