[Rain_Blade]

A puppetmaster's pet lacks good defense, yes. That's why it's your job to "protect" it by being the tank (the one who takes the hits for the party). As a pup, you'll be an evasion tank for your pet (make sure to get as many evasion gears as you can along with gear that will boost your dmg). Your puppetmaster is average and your pet is strong, yet has a very weak defense. You have attachments that can help you with that as well. Other pet jobs (such as Summoner and Beastmaster) have pets that have a higher defense in which their pet tanks for them in solo situations. The Summoner has weak damage and weak defense, but it's pet has high damage (compared to the Summoner) and high defense. The Beastmaster, from what I've seen and read about, is average while the pet has high melee damage and high defense.