Eth's -25% defense

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Malice weapon runeword at -100 and Soul Drainer gloves at -50 to monster defense per successful hit are pretty cool, if you can apply enough of them to make a difference ('sin blade fury is a neat way to malice things)... this is sticky, aka a "tag"

Definitely one of the coolest things about Malice. Very nice for dealing with bosses, particularly if you can keep your cronies alive to take advantage of it as well.

I'm wondering how long this effect lasts. Is it similar in (erratic) duration to PMH? How does the game decide when to shut these off?...or forget to sustain them, as seems more likely.