What does def/mr charge actually do?

[Daviangers]

With Pharoah Eddie changes coming in, can we finally get a confirmation on how the buffs really function? They seem useless

[Liu]

The lack of replies suggests nobody really knows ? I for sure don't ...
I've found this (https://ironmaidenlegacy.fandom.com/wiki/Status_Effects#Special_Status). I have no idea what it means in terms of mechanics. Has anyone ever bothered to compare a charged toon's damage with its non charged damage ? W CotD could be used for that since it's power move grants phys. charge. Speaking of W CotD - in the description it says "doubles the effectiveness of the next phys. ability used by 80%", whatever that means mechanically.

[Volrath]

It's basically meant to be used in combination with an ability that actually increases the MR or DEF. I'll use Viking Eddie as an example. He has a move that gives MR charge and an extra turn. After that you can cast his Call to Arms ability which raises MR and it will be a bigger boost. It's nice in his case since his damage is mostly based off his MR.

It would make more sense if you could see a character's current stats during a battle. As it stands it's hard to figure out exactly how much of a boost you've gotten.

[Alvorada]

Atk/magic charge increase the damage, but I can't precise how much.

As for the def/mr charge, it doesn't work alone, because you need a second buff (increase def/mr) to combine.

[Daviangers]

The confusion comes from the mr
/def up buff not saying anything different after its applied with charge. I guess the easiest way to test it would be def/mr scaling attacks, see if the damage goes up.

[Natasmai]

there is a description on the new pharoah eddie i think, it says it increases the next DEF (or MR) effect by 200%. So if you use an ability on the toon with DEF charge that increases DEF by 100 points, it would do 200 points instead? I think?