The Defender is a Unique Sword from Diablo I that is found randomly. It does not have the damage or stat boosts to compete with harder hitting weapons.
Stats

The Defender
Sabre
- Damage: 1-8
- Armor Class: 5
- +5 Vitality
- -5 To Hit
- Requirements: 17 Strength
- Durability: 45
- Quality Level: 1
- Availability: Single Player and Multiplayer
Trivia
- It is rumored that if this sword is consecutively dropped and picked up, the To Hit increases to 65,000%.
Diablo I Unique Swords — Black Razor (Dagger) • Gonnagal's Dirk (Dagger) • Wizardspike (Dagger) • The Defender (Sabre) • Lightsabre (Sabre) • The Falcon's Talon (Scimitar) • The Executioner's Blade (Falchion) • Gryphon's Claw (Falchion) • Ice Shank (Long Sword) • Inferno (Long Sword) • Bonesaw (Claymore) • Griswold's Edge (Broad Sword) • Gibbous Moon (Broad Sword) • Shadowhawk (Broad Sword) • Doombringer (Bastard Sword) • The Grizzly (Two-Handed Sword) • The Grandfather (Great Sword)
Hellfire Unique Swords — Diamondedge (Long Sword) • Eater of Souls (Two-Handed Sword) • Shirotachi (Great Sword)
