How high can your melee combat defence get in adventure quest?

Answer 1

(Updated as of 5/18/2012)

Unless there have been any new miscellaneous items added that have a higher melee defense than 10, then you can reach a maximum melee defense of 85 with the Golden Plate, Sackelberry Special, and Granemor's Captain Helm. The Golden Plate is an armor costing 500,000 gold with 50 melee defense if you are level 90+, although it can be purchased when you are level 85 by completing a quest that is located South->Alnaphar->click on the rainbow. The Sackelberry Special is a level 80-requirement shield costing 300,000 gold with a melee defense of 25, obtained by going to Twilly->Hello->The Frogzard Hunter->My Shop. The Granemor's Captain Helm is a guardian-only, level 60 misc. item with a melee defense of 10 costing a mere 3,000 gold. It is obviously found in Granemor, by clicking on a small lady that walks in the streets with a basket of apples called Pearapplos. Click "Buy some Pearapplos!", and it is in the misc. section. If you equip all of these in battle and meet the requirements, you should have 85 melee defense (they barely ever successfully hit for all monsters less than or equal to about 110, estimate), the highest possible.

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Maximum...

Ranged: 90 (Asgardian Plate, Siege Tower Shield, Head of Raydius Dragon)

Magic: 85 (Golden Plate, Spell Blocker, Helm of Drakonnan)