Defiant Stance

Stance. Heal yourself. Absorb all incoming strikes for a period of time. — In-game description

Defiant Stance

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Slot

Healing

Type

Stance

Training cost

2 Hero points

Game link

API

21815

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Defiant Stance

Stance. Heal yourself. Absorb all incoming strikes for a period of time.

 Healing: 1,853 (0.4)^?

 Defiant Stance (4s): All incoming attacks heal you.

 Defiant Stance (3s): All incoming attacks heal you.

— In-game description

Related traits

Strength

• Restorative Strength — Using a heal skill grants might.

Defense

• Thick Skin — Gain protection when you use a healing skill.
• Last Stand — Stances grant vigor and barrier when activated, and they have increased duration.

Tactics

• Shrug It Off — Use "Shake It Off!" when you use a healing skill. Removing a damaging condition from an ally heals them.

Discipline

• Stalwart Focus — Increase your incoming healing effectiveness and healing to other allies.

Bladesworn

• River's Flow — Incoming healing increased. Healing yourself increases flow rate. Regeneration effects do not trigger flow rate increase

Notes

• While the stance is active, incoming condition and strike damage will heal the warrior for the full amount otherwise dealt.
  • Poisoned will heal the warrior while continuing to reduce heal effectiveness.
• Effects that negate incoming damage, such as Endure Pain will prevent Defiant Stance from turning incoming strikes into healing.
• When activated, the Warrior will emanate a large blue glow that shrinks down to a small white glow, indicating the stance being active.
• Enemies attacking the warrior will see green healing numbers pop up rather than damage numbers.
• Agony and falling damage are unaffected by Defiant Stance.
• Underwater activation time is a 1/2 second.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 08, 2024	Increased the casting time by approximately 0.5 seconds.
September 10, 2024	(Competitive split) Reduced the duration from 4 seconds to 3 seconds in PvP only.
July 10, 2018	The baseline duration of this stance has been increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Decreased the recharge from 35 seconds to 30 seconds.
December 10, 2013	Defiant Stance has been added to the game.