Reprogram

Reprogram is a rare Defect skill costing 1 Energy that trades 1 Focus for 1 Strength and 1 Dexterity. This permanent stat shift moves the Defect away from Orb reliance and toward traditional Attack and Block scaling. Each play of Reprogram incrementally transitions your strategy from Orb-based to stat-based.

Reprogram works best when you are not relying on Orbs. Claw benefits from the Strength to increase its already-scaling damage, and All for One retrieves 0-cost Attacks that all gain from Strength. Hyperbeam's Focus loss becomes less painful when you have already traded Focus via Reprogram. Boot Sequence and Leap benefit from the Dexterity for increased Block.

For the Defect, Reprogram enables an alternative build path that avoids Orb dependency. Against bosses like Doormaker and The Insatiable where Orb builds may be too slow, Reprogram provides immediate Strength and Dexterity scaling. Multiple copies rapidly build stats at the cost of Focus you may not be using anyway. Pair it with Claw and All for One for a Defect deck that plays more like the Ironclad.