# Defensive Duelist > [!info] Feat Details > | | | > |---|---| > | **Source** | Player's Handbook (2014) | > | **Categories** | Combat, Warding | > | **Prerequisite** | Dexterity 13 or higher | --- ## Description When you are wielding a finesse weapon with which you are proficient and another creature hits you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction to add your proficiency bonus to your AC for that attack, potentially causing the attack to miss you.