Cabal Online's Level Up Challenge

you can get 5 points that can be aded to your stats (STR, INT, DEX). With every point your stats are increased (atack, defence and so on) Higher level you will have better buff's and better set.

That's why you may be 150 and have the same equips as a 170 in cabal.The 170 will always take less damage than you in a dungeon. Not necessarily because of the difference of DEX/INT/STR but the fact that the mobs also have levels.

MobX has level X, the closest you are to the mob level (or over it) the less damage you take from it, hence the color of the mobs names. Another example: as level50 with a decent set you go to lug queens and you get some decent damage. As 100, you go there naked (probably less def than in first case) and you will get 25% or less damage than before.

Higher level will make mob's miss u more, do less dmg to you. From level 169 to level 170 (with rank up done), Quad did around 60-70 less dmg to our friend.

Each rank up grants you a big boost in defense against the mobs.Also like LastHour said, level also decreases mob's def. 1 lv = -1 to mob's def (bosses included). Mobs can vary in stats by a slight amount, that is not a bug.