Trial of Defense is one of the three routes that are available to choose from in Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny’s Trials mode. There are a total of eight stages and the goal is to get the highest score possible. As the name suggests, performing more defensive moves and counterattacks, such as Guaranteed Hits and Inserts, will greatly increase the score multiplier. The score multiplier goes up to a maximum of 1000%, and it resets back to 100% each stage.
| Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7 | Stage 8 | |||||||||
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| Character | CPU Type | Character | CPU Type | Character | CPU Type | Character | CPU Type | Character | CPU Type | Character | CPU Type | Character | CPU Type | Character | CPU Type | |
| Pattern 1 | Taki | Close Combat | Mitsurugi | Use Run | Dampierre | Close Combat | Rock | Close Combat | Yoshimitsu | Use Run | Kratos | Violence | Nightmare | Close Combat | Algol | Legend |
| Pattern 2 | Talim | Inserter | Seong Mi-na | Violence | Dampierre | Close Combat | Setsuka | Rampage | Yun-seong | Rampage | Kratos | Violence | Siegfried | Close Combat | Algol | Legend |
| Pattern 3 | Kilik | Violence | Maxi | Use Run | Dampierre | Close Combat | Xianghua | Inserter | Zasalamel | Rampage | Kratos | Violence | Nightmare | Close Combat | Algol | Legend |
| Pattern 4 | Cassandra | Close Combat | Astaroth | Impact | Dampierre | Close Combat | Tira | Use Run | Sophitia | Guard-Centric | Kratos | Violence | Siegfried | Close Combat | Algol | Legend |
| Pattern 5 | Ivy | Guard Break | Raphael | Rampage | Dampierre | Close Combat | Amy | Impact | Cervantes | Violence | Kratos | Violence | Nightmare | Close Combat | Algol | Legend |
| Pattern 6 | Hilde | Violence | Lizardman | Close Combat | Dampierre | Close Combat | Taki | Use Run | Voldo | Close Combat | Kratos | Violence | Siegfried | Close Combat | Algol | Legend |