User blog comment:Mohamed7845/Ciara vs Quaid Who is Better/@comment-26053138-20151029202554/@comment-27109417-20151117033710

@The Zero of Faram and 68.134.7.227:

I would like to point out that there is a big difference between mitigation and defense buff (in this situation, taunt). Mitigation is a buff which can reduce any attack your team receives to a set amount. Even if the damage you receive ignores defense and/or is fixed damage, that damage can still be reduced depending on how much the mitigation mitigates. Defense buff can also reduce damage received based on your defense stats. However, if your team were to receive damages which ignore defense as well as fixed damages, defense buffs WILL NOT work.

Since generally, mitigation usually mitigates 50% damage (75% from certain UBBs), the damage your team receives WILL be reduced down to that amount. However, if you are receiving damage from attacks which don't ignore defense or aren't fixed damges, then depending on your defense stats as well as how much defense will be boosted from the buff, defense buffs can reduce more damage than mitigation. Keep that in mind. :)