Defiance Break

This article is about the list of skills with Defiance Break values. For the mechanic explanation, see Defiance bar.

Defiance Break is a property of skills with control effects that indicates how much a control effect reduces the defiance bar of an enemy NPC upon hit. The Defiance Break value is indicated in the skill's tooltip with a teal font. In some cases, the value might be missing from the skill's description or calculated incorrectly (see below for details).

Related skills

Weapon skills that cause defiance break

•   Shield of Absorption — Shield, Defiance Break: 150
•   Pull — Greatsword, Defiance Break: 150
•   Banish — Hammer, Defiance Break: 232
•   Line of Warding — Staff, Defiance Break: 150
•   Symbol of Luminance — Spear, Defiance Break: 150
•   Wrathful Grasp — Spear, Defiance Break: 150
•   Weight of Justice — Trident, Defiance Break: 200
•   Deflecting Shot — Longbow, Defiance Break: 150
•   Hunter's Ward — Longbow, Defiance Break: 150
•   Blazing Edge — Axe, Defiance Break: 150
•   Temporal Rift — Axe, Defiance Break: 150
•   Drop the Hammer — Hammer, Defiance Break: 300 (in PvE, PvP); Defiance Break: 200 (in WvW)
•   Surge of the Mists — Staff, Defiance Break: 150
•   Abyssal Blot — Spear, Defiance Break: 150
•   Reckoning Blast — Trident, Defiance Break: 150
•   Scorchrazor — Short bow, Defiance Break: 200
•   Pommel Bash — Mace, Defiance Break: 100
•   Tremor — Mace, Defiance Break: 300
•   Shield Bash — Shield, Defiance Break: 200
•   Backbreaker — Hammer, Defiance Break: 700
•   Staggering Blow — Hammer, Defiance Break: 150
•   Smoldering Arrow — Longbow, Defiance Break: 100 (in PvE)
•   Rifle Butt — Rifle, Defiance Break: 150
•   Snap Pull — Staff, Defiance Break: 150
•   Barbed Pull — Spear, Defiance Break: 150
•   Disrupting Throw — Spear, Defiance Break: 100 (in WvW, PvP); Defiance Break: 300 (in PvE)
•   Spear Swipe — Spear, Defiance Break: 382
•   Repeating Shot — Harpoon gun, Defiance Break: 150
•   Disrupting Stab — Dagger, Defiance Break: 250 (in PvE); Defiance Break: 200 (in WvW); Defiance Break: 250 (in PvP)
•   Magnetic Inversion — Shield, Defiance Break: 150
•   Static Shield — Shield, Defiance Break: 100
•   Throw Shield — Shield, Defiance Break: 100
•   Overcharged Shot — Rifle, Defiance Break: 232
•   Essence of Borrowed Time — Short bow, Defiance Break: 300
•   Roiling Skies — Spear, Defiance Break: 432 (in PvE); Defiance Break: 332 (in PvP, WvW)
•   Capture Line — Harpoon gun, Defiance Break: 150
•   Thunderclap — Hammer, Defiance Break: 100
•   Rocket Fist Prototype — Mace, Defiance Break: 100
•   Path of Scars — Axe, Defiance Break: 150
•   Oaken Cudgel — Mace, Defiance Break: 250
•   Wild Strikes — Mace, Defiance Break: 200
•   Call of the Wild — Warhorn, Defiance Break: 200 (in PvE, WvW); Defiance Break: 100 (in PvP)
•   Counterattack Kick — Greatsword, Defiance Break: 150
•   Hilt Bash — Greatsword, Defiance Break: 300
•   Point-Blank Shot — Longbow, Defiance Break: 300
•   Concussion Shot — Short bow, Defiance Break: 400
•   Counterstrike — Spear, Defiance Break: 300
•   Predator's Ambush — Spear, Defiance Break: 300 (in PvE); Defiance Break: 200 (in WvW, PvP)
•   Deft Strike — Sword, Defiance Break: 100
•   Overbearing Smash — Hammer, Defiance Break: 225
•   Thump — Hammer, Defiance Break: 200
•   Head Shot — Pistol, Defiance Break: 200
•   Pistol Whip — Sword, Defiance Break: 100
•   Tactical Strike — Sword, Defiance Break: 300 (in WvW, PvP); Defiance Break: 400 (in PvE); Defiance Break: 100; Defiance Break from Behind: 300 (in PvE); Defiance Break from Behind: 200 (in WvW, PvP)
•   Choking Gas — Short bow, Defiance Break: 100
•   Distracting Throw — Spear, Defiance Break: 150 (in PvE); Defiance Break: 100 (in PvP)
•   Tow Line — Spear, Defiance Break: 150
•   Hook Strike — Staff, Defiance Break: 200 (in WvW, PvP); Defiance Break: 400 (in PvE)
•   Malicious Tactical Strike — Sword, Defiance Break: 200; Defiance Break: 100
•   Malicious Hook Strike — Staff, Defiance Break: 400 (in PvE); Defiance Break: 200 (in PvP)
•   Earthquake — Dagger, when attuned to earth, Defiance Break: 200
•   Shocking Aura — Dagger, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 100
•   Transmute Lightning — Dagger, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 100
•   Updraft — Dagger, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 232
•   Dazing Discharge — Pistol, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 100 (in WvW, PvP); Defiance Break: 150 (in PvE)
•   Comet — Focus, when attuned to water, Defiance Break: 200
•   Gale — Focus, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 300 (in PvP); Defiance Break: 400 (in PvE, WvW)
•   Gust — Staff, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 150
•   Static Field — Staff, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 200
•   Unsteady Ground — Staff, when attuned to earth, Defiance Break: 150
•   Derecho — Spear, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 300
•   Harden — Spear, when attuned to earth, Defiance Break: 100 (in WvW, PvP); Defiance Break: 200 (in PvE)
•   Lesser Derecho — Spear, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 150
•   Twister — Spear, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 300
•   Undertow — Spear, when attuned to water, Defiance Break: 150
•   Air Bubble — Trident, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 200
•   Electrocute — Trident, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 100
•   Lightning Cage — Trident, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 100
•   Rock Anchor — Trident, when attuned to earth, Defiance Break: 200
•   Cyclone — Warhorn, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 150
•   Tidal Surge — Warhorn, when attuned to water, Defiance Break: 150
•   Katabatic Wind — Dagger, when attuned to air and water, Defiance Break: 150
•   Mud Slide — Dagger, when attuned to water and earth, Defiance Break: 200
•   Enervating Earth — Pistol, when attuned to air and earth, Defiance Break: 100
•   Earthen Synergy — Scepter, when attuned to air and earth, Defiance Break: 150
•   Gale Strike — Sword, when attuned to air and earth, Defiance Break: 200
•   Polaric Leap — Sword, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 100
•   Pile Driver — Staff, when attuned to air and earth, Defiance Break: 200
•   Absolute Zero — Trident, when attuned to air and water, Defiance Break: 100
•   Shock Blast — Hammer, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 150
•   Wind Storm — Hammer, when attuned to air, Defiance Break: 200
•   Magic Bullet — Pistol, Defiance Break: 450
•   Counter Blade — Sword, Defiance Break: 200
•   Into the Void — Focus, Defiance Break: 150
•   Phantasmal Mage — Torch, Defiance Break: 100
•   Illusionary Wave — Greatsword, Defiance Break: 150
•   Phantasmal Sharpshooter — Rifle, Defiance Break: 150 (in WvW); Defiance Break: 200 (in PvE)
•   Chaos Storm — Staff, Defiance Break: 100
•   Mental Collapse — Spear, Defiance Break: 300
•   Vortex — Spear, Defiance Break: 150
•   Illusion of Drowning — Trident, Defiance Break: 200
•   Tides of Time — Shield, Defiance Break: 100; Defiance Break: 100
•   Mirage Thrust — Sword, Defiance Break: 100
•   Wave of Panic — Trident, Defiance Break: 100
•   Addle — Spear, Defiance Break: 250
•   Deadly Catch — Spear, Defiance Break: 150
•   Sinking Tomb — Trident, Defiance Break: 200
•   Grasping Darkness — Greatsword, Defiance Break: 150
•   Oppressive Collapse — Torch, Defiance Break: 200
•   Vile Blast — Pistol, Defiance Break: 100 (in PvE); Defiance Break: 125 (in WvW, PvP)

Bundle skills that cause defiance break

•   Chapter 3: Heated Rebuke — Tome of Justice, Defiance Break: 150
•   Plank Smash — Wooden Plank, Plank (level 10 consumable), Pirate's Peg Leg, Pirate's Peg Leg (bundle), Plank (Tactician Megill), Splintered Gate Piece, Defiance Break: 150
•   Plank Spin — Wooden Plank, Plank (level 10 consumable), Pirate's Peg Leg, Pirate's Peg Leg (bundle), Plank (Tactician Megill), Splintered Gate Piece, Defiance Break: 150
•   Air Blast — Flamethrower, Defiance Break: 150
•   Magnet — Tool Kit, Defiance Break: 350
•   Deep Freeze — Frost Bow, Defiance Break: 400
•   Static Field — Lightning Hammer, Defiance Break: 200
•   Wind Blast — Lightning Hammer, Defiance Break: 232
•   Magnetic Shield — Magnetic Shield (bundle), Defiance Break: 150
•   Magnetic Surge — Magnetic Shield (bundle), Defiance Break: 200

Transform skills that cause defiance break

•   Kick — Rampage, Defiance Break: 150
•   Seismic Leap — Rampage, Defiance Break: 200
•   Throw Boulder — Rampage, Defiance Break: 200
•   Uppercut — Rampage, Defiance Break: 100
•   Holographic Shockwave — Engage Photon Forge, Defiance Break: 232
•   Lunar Impact — Celestial Avatar, Defiance Break: 150
•   Lunar Impact — Celestial Avatar, Defiance Break: 200
•   Mind Shock — Enter Shadow Shroud, Defiance Break: 150
•   Debris Tornado — Tornado, Defiance Break: 150
•   Dust Charge — Tornado, Defiance Break: 232
•   Executioner's Scythe — Reaper's Shroud, Defiance Break: 150 (in PvE); Defiance Break: 250 (in PvP, WvW)
•   Vital Draw — Harbinger Shroud, Defiance Break: 300
•   Voracious Arc — Harbinger Shroud, Defiance Break: 100
•   Voracious Dive — Harbinger Shroud, Defiance Break: 100

Utility skills that cause defiance break

•   Sanctuary — Consecration, Defiance Break: 150
•   Bane Signet — Signet, Defiance Break: 300
•   Hammer of Wisdom — Spirit Weapon, Defiance Break: 200
•   Heel Crack — Physical, Defiance Break: 200
•   Quick Retribution — Physical, Defiance Break: 200 (in WvW, PvP); Defiance Break: 300 (in PvE)
•   Call to Anguish — Legendary Demon Stance, Defiance Break: 150
•   Call to Anguish — Legendary Demon Stance, Defiance Break: 150
•   Darkrazor's Daring — Legendary Renegade Stance, Defiance Break: 200 (in WvW, PvP); Defiance Break: 600 (in PvE)
•   Reaver's Rage — Legendary Alliance Stance, Luxon, Defiance Break: 150
•   Banner of Strength — Banner, Defiance Break: 200
•   Bull's Charge — Physical, Defiance Break: 300
•   Kick — Physical, Defiance Break: 150
•   Stomp — Physical, Defiance Break: 232
•   Wild Blow — Rage, Defiance Break: 300
•   Detonate Cartridges — Defiance Break: 232
•   Deploy Mine — Gadget, Defiance Break: 200
•   Detonate — Defiance Break: 150 (in PvP, WvW); Defiance Break: 200 (in PvE)
•   Personal Battering Ram — Gadget, Defiance Break: 232
•   Slick Shoes — Gadget, Defiance Break: 200
•   Throw Mine — Gadget, Defiance Break: 200 (in PvE); Defiance Break: 150 (in PvP, WvW)
•   Electrified Net — Defiance Break: 200
•   Explosive Rockets — Defiance Break: 200
•   Thump — Defiance Break: 232
•   Blast Gyro — Well, Defiance Break: 300 (in PvE); Defiance Break: 200 (in PvP, WvW)
•   Force Signet — Signet, Defiance Break: 150
•   Call Lightning — Spirit, Defiance Break: 200
•   Spike Trap — Trap, Defiance Break: 232
•   Spike Trap — Trap, Defiance Break: 150
•   Glyph of Equality — Glyph, Defiance Break: 200
•   Glyph of the Tides — Glyph, Defiance Break: 150
•   Glyph of the Tides — Glyph, Defiance Break: 150
•   Exploding Spores — Cantrip, Defiance Break: 200
•   Pitfall — Defiance Break: 300
•   Seal Area — Defiance Break: 150
•   Scorpion Wire — Trick, Defiance Break: 150
•   Distracting Daggers — Physical, Defiance Break: 100
•   Palm Strike — Physical, Defiance Break: 200
•   Reflexive Strike — Physical, Defiance Break: 200
•   Binding Shadow — Cantrip, Defiance Break: 300
•   Shadow Gust — Cantrip, Defiance Break: 382
•   Well of Silence — Well, Defiance Break: 200
•   Arcane Wave — Arcane, Defiance Break: 200
•   Power Lock — Defiance Break: 100 (in PvP, WvW); Defiance Break: 150 (in PvE)
•   Signet of Domination — Signet, Defiance Break: 300
•   Well of Senility — Well, Defiance Break: 300
•   Mirage Advance — Deception, Defiance Break: 200
•   Psychic Force — Psionic, Defiance Break: 150
•   Sword of Decimation — Psionic, Defiance Break: 200
•   Spectral Grasp — Spectral, Defiance Break: 150

Elite skills that cause defiance break

•   Dragon's Maw — Trap, Defiance Break: 150
•   Heaven's Palm — Physical, Defiance Break: 450 (in WvW, PvP); Defiance Break: 550 (in PvE)
•   Jade Winds — Legendary Assassin Stance, Defiance Break: 300
•   Energy Expulsion — Legendary Centaur Stance, Defiance Break: 200 (in WvW, PvP); Defiance Break: 300 (in PvE)
•   Chaotic Release — Legendary Dragon Stance, Consume, Defiance Break: 232
•   Head Butt — Rage, Defiance Break: 400
•   Supply Crate — Turret, Defiance Break: 200
•   Supply Crate — Turret, Defiance Break: 200
•   Prime Light Beam — Exceed, Defiance Break: 232
•   Basilisk Venom — Venom, Defiance Break: 150
•   Impact Strike — Physical, Defiance Break: 200
•   Uppercut — Defiance Break: 232
•   Shadowfall — Well, Defiance Break: 300
•   Tornado — Cantrip, Defiance Break: 232
•   Whirlpool — Cantrip, Defiance Break: 150
•   Crashing Waves — Defiance Break: 150
•   Shocking Bolt — Defiance Break: 150
•   Tailored Victory — Defiance Break: 250
•   Signet of Humility — Signet, Defiance Break: 600
•   Gravity Well — Well, Defiance Break: 350
•   Charge — Defiance Break: 332
•   "Chilled to the Bone!" — Shout, Defiance Break: 500 (in PvE); Defiance Break: 700 (in PvP, WvW)

Profession mechanic skills that cause defiance break

•   Hunter's Verdict — Defiance Break: 150
•   Earthshaker — Burst, Hammer, Defiance Break: 450
•   Skull Crack — Burst, Mace, Defiance Break: 600
•   Whirling Strike — Burst, Spear, Defiance Break: 450
•   Gun Flame — Primal Burst, Rifle, Defiance Break: 100
•   Rupturing Smash — Primal Burst, Hammer, Defiance Break: 100
•   Skull Grinder — Primal Burst, Mace, Defiance Break: 100
•   Wild Whirl — Primal Burst, Spear, Defiance Break: 150
•   Full Counter — Burst, Defiance Break: 100 (in PvE, PvP); Defiance Break: 200 (in WvW)
•   Big Ol' Bomb — Tool belt, Bomb Kit, Defiance Break: 232
•   Launch Personal Battering Ram — Tool belt, Personal Battering Ram, Defiance Break: 100
•   Static Shock — Tool belt, A.E.D., Defiance Break: 200
•   Throw Vine — Tool belt, Seed Turret, Defiance Break: 200
•   Toss Elixir X — Elixir, Tool belt, Elixir X, Defiance Break: 300
•   Toss Elixir X — Elixir, Tool belt, Elixir X (underwater), Defiance Break: 300
•   Spare Capacitor — Tool belt, Shredder Gyro, Defiance Break: 200
•   Prismatic Singularity — Tool belt, Hard Light Arena, Defiance Break: 150
•   Core Reactor Shot — Tool belt, Mech Command, Defiance Break: 232
•   Crash Down — Defiance Break: 232
•   Jade Mortar — Tool belt, Mech Command, Defiance Break: 100
•   Sky Circus — Tool belt, Mech Command, Defiance Break: 232
•   Bop — Defiance Break: 200
•   Brutal Charge — Defiance Break: 200
•   Brutal Charge — Defiance Break: 300
•   Bumble — Defiance Break: 300
•   Charge — Defiance Break: 200
•   Heavy Shot — Defiance Break: 200
•   Prelude Lash — Beast, Defiance Break: 150
•   Slam — Defiance Break: 232
•   Tail Lash — Defiance Break: 150
•   Wing Buffet — Defiance Break: 232
•   Bone Crack — Stolen skill, Defiance Break: 200
•   Branch Bash — Stolen skill, Defiance Break: 150
•   Club Shock Wave — Stolen skill, Defiance Break: 200
•   Mace Head Crack — Stolen skill, Defiance Break: 300
•   Shoot Rifle — Stolen skill, Defiance Break: 382
•   Throw Enchanted Ice — Stolen skill, Defiance Break: 232
•   Throw Gear — Stolen skill, Defiance Break: 200
•   Throw Magnetic Bomb — Stolen skill, Defiance Break: 150
•   Throw Rock — Stolen skill, Defiance Break: 200
•   Throw Rock — Stolen skill, Defiance Break: 200
•   Throw Unstable Reagent — Stolen skill, Defiance Break: 150
•   Use Scepter — Stolen skill, Defiance Break: 200
•   Use Staff — Stolen skill, Defiance Break: 100
•   Use Trident — Stolen skill, Defiance Break: 150
•   Diversion — Shatter, Defiance Break: 100
•   Time Sink — Shatter, Defiance Break: 100
•   Bladesong Dissonance — Bladesong, Defiance Break: 100

Pet skills that cause defiance break

•   Bloodthirsty Charge — Juvenile Wallow, Defiance Break: 150
•   Brutal Charge — Canine, Defiance Break: 200
•   Brutal Charge — Porcine, Defiance Break: 300
•   Bumble — Juvenile Janthiri Bee, Defiance Break: 300
•   Charge — Rock Gazelle, Defiance Break: 200
•   Dazing Screech — Juvenile Black Moa, Defiance Break: 200 (in WvW, PvP); Defiance Break: 300 (in PvE)
•   Dazing Screech — Juvenile Pink Moa, Defiance Break: 200 (in WvW, PvP); Defiance Break: 300 (in PvE)
•   Dimension Breach — Juvenile Aether Hunter, Defiance Break: 232
•   Fang Grapple — Juvenile Fanged Iboga, Defiance Break: 150
•   Head Toss — Juvenile Rock Gazelle, Defiance Break: 232
•   Heavy Shot — Turtle, Defiance Break: 200
•   Icy Roar — Juvenile Polar Bear, Defiance Break: 300
•   Lashtail Venom — Juvenile Lashtail Devourer, Defiance Break: 100
•   Ley Energy Pulse — Juvenile Sky-Chak Striker, Defiance Break: 200
•   Lightning Assault — Juvenile Electric Wyvern, Defiance Break: 232
•   Slam — Turtle, Defiance Break: 232
•   Stunning Rush — Juvenile Armor Fish, Defiance Break: 200
•   Tail Lash — Devourer, Defiance Break: 150
•   Wing Buffet — Wyvern, Defiance Break: 232
•   Wing Buffet — Juvenile Phoenix, Defiance Break: 150

Racial skills that cause defiance break

•   Technobabble — Defiance Break: 300
•   Rocket Jump — Charrzooka, Defiance Break: 100
•   Rocket Spray — Charrzooka, Defiance Break: 150
•   Charge — Become the Bear, Defiance Break: 232
•   Dash — Become the Snow Leopard, Defiance Break: 150
•   Heavy Swipe — Become the Bear, Defiance Break: 150
•   Howl — Become the Wolf, Defiance Break: 150
•   Leap — Become the Wolf, Defiance Break: 200
•   Shriek — Become the Raven, Defiance Break: 300
•   Wind Blast — Become the Raven, Defiance Break: 150
•   Throw Vine — Tool belt, Seed Turret, Defiance Break: 200

Related traits

Traits that cause defiance break

• Unrelenting Criticism (Firebrand) — Defiance Break: 100
• Unyielding Dragon (Bladesworn) — Defiance Break: 100
• Flashbang (Explosives) — Defiance Break: 100
• System Shocker (Scrapper) — Defiance Break: 100
• Sleight of Hand (Trickery) — Defiance Break: 100

Trait skills that cause defiance break

•   Lesser Shield of Absorption — Defiance Break: 150
•   Magebane Tether — Defiance Break: 150
•   Magnetic Bomb — Defiance Break: 150
•   Rocket Punch — Defiance Break: 100
•   Lesser Chaos Storm — Defiance Break: 100