Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-27327020-20160404174206/@comment-26242189-20160807182038

AidenBrooks999 wrote:

Yossipossi wrote: In the library in Snowdin, there's a book that explains that the ATK and DEF of a monster is determined by not only the monster's own strength, but by the attacker's will to hurt them. That's only for DEF

Snowdin's Library: (Orange Book)Because they are made of magic, monsters’ bodies are attuned to their SOUL. If a monster doesn’t want to fight, its defenses will weaken. And the crueler the intentions of our enemies, the more their attacks will hurt us. Therefore, if a being with a powerful SOUL struck with the desire to kill... Um, let’s end the chapter here...

And common sense. if you don't want to fight, obviously you're gonna be weaker However, in the book, even if a monster wanted to fight, but the human struck with the desire to kill, it would lower the monster's DEF.

Also, back on topic, CHECK stats don't define the actual ATK and DEF of a monster. The game files literally run the game. If I were to change the game files to a different ATK and DEF, CHECK stats would remain the same, as they are seperate and are only text, and nothing more.