Defender

A Defender is a character type that can play two different roles in Fortnite. They can be assigned to a Defender squad which will increase a Hero's defensive attributes in each of the four zones. They can also be called upon during a mission via a utility trap called a Defender Post. The Defender Post is only available to use if the player does not have a full team.

Defenders are available in five quality types: Common, Uncommon,, , and. The better the quality of the defender, the higher they can be ranked. Unlike Survivors, Defenders do not come in multiple personality types and will not need to be mixed and matched in a Squad, as Defender Squads can only have one of each weapon type in it.

Types
Defenders are available in five weapon categories:

Arming
In order to provide a Defender weapons and ammo, both must be dropped near the Defender. The player must be relatively close. The Defender will then pick up and equip the items. Subsequent use of the weapon will lower its durability, and the ammo used is not recoverable.

If the Defender pad is destroyed during the course of gameplay, the Defender disappears and its weapon and ammo are returned to the player. Once re-summoned, the Defender must have their items dropped near them once again.

Best Gun Defender Perks
Rate of fire and reload speed of course means that your defender will eat bullets, but it really does a lot to increase their overall DPS.
 * Weapon Damage
 * Rate of Fire
 * Crit Chance
 * Reload Speed

Best Melee Defender Perks
Your Bruiser is going to be up close and personal with a lot of husks and since they won’t move like a player, they will take quite the beating. Health and shield are essential to keep them alive so you don’t have to keep running over to revive them. The major benefit of using a melee defender is actually that they are a good distraction to keep husks off your fort, so you actually want them to take a beating.
 * Weapon Damage
 * Shield / Shield Regen
 * Health / Health Regen
 * Crit Chance

Tips/Notes

 * Defenders are best used in Storm Shield defenses and Fight the Storms.
 * Defenders can be mighty useful when they're blocked in a 1 by 1 with a pyramid on their head while using a weapon perk that increases stand-still damage.
 * During combat, Defenders will not die. They will enter a revivable state once their hit points drop to zero.
 * Using Defenders does not lock out players from joining a group. If another player is found, one of the Defenders is de-summoned and the new player takes its place.
 * Levelling a few core Defenders (rather than all owned) is preferable, as XP used is also XP that could go to a player's Hero otherwise. Higher-level Defenders are more useful on missions; lower levels tend to be much weaker.