Defender's Dogma

Blocking an attack causes justice to reach its maximum charge and reduces the cooldown of Spear of Justice. — In-game description

Defender's Dogma

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Specialization

Dragonhunter (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Minor

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

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Blocking an attack causes justice to reach its maximum charge and reduces the cooldown of Spear of Justice.

  Recharge Time Reduced: 1 second

  Recharge Time Reduced: 1 second

— In-game description

Notes

• "Maximum charge" is a state of Spear of Justice's "Number of Attacks to Trigger" counter. The next attack by the Dragonhunter will trigger Justice.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 11, 2021	This trait now uses the correct icon. Reduced internal cooldown to 1 second in PvE only. This matches the current cooldown in PvP and WvW.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced Justice recharge from 3 seconds to 1 second. Reduced internal cooldown from 3 seconds to 1 second.
August 28, 2018	Blocking attacks now reduces the cooldown of Spear of Justice by 3 seconds (to a limit of no more than once every 3 seconds) in addition to its current effect.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Defender's Dogma has been added to the game.