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I try to have all the frames covered as well. I just was inspired to come up with more defensive approaches after seeing your take on Guild Orders. You used, for example, 2 Ignited Dragoons and a Nova Kaiser Dragoon against Icarus, in order to always have Wind Resistance Up. Inspired by that, I came up with the strategy of always having Defense Up, as it would mean less resources spent (2 hime slots against 3 Eidolons slots. The Eidolons could be better stat sticks, for example).
Yes, having those LB0 dragoons really tanked my stats. However, resistance, dmg cut and reflect stacks additively, such that you can theoretically hit 100% dmg immunity. Defense formula otoh is a quotient, so you can never achieve 100% dmg immunity - 100% def actually only mitigates 50% of dmg on its own. If you only need to mitigate around 20%-ish of dmg, def up works well enough. If you need higher levels though, resistance/dmg cut/reflect is usually the only viable way to do it.