Demonic Defiance

Gain resistance and remove a damaging condition when you use a Legendary Demon skill. — In-game description

Demonic Defiance

Specialization

Corruption (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Demonic Defiance

Gain resistance and remove a damaging condition when you use a Legendary Demon skill.

 Resistance (2s): Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective.

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Does not grant allies additional  Resistance from   Pain Absorption; this trait only affects yourself.
• Does not remove conditions before the healing from   Empowering Misery, meaning you can still have your healing reduced by  Poisoned.

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Corruption

• Demonic Resistance — Incoming strike damage is reduced while you have resistance on you.
• Fiendish Tenacity — Invoke Torment grants resistance. Resistance heals you every interval.

Salvation

• Resilient Spirit — Periodically gain barrier for each unique boon you have.

Herald

• Shared Empowerment — When applying a boon to an ally, also apply might to nearby allies.
• Reinforced Potency — Gain concentration and deal increased strike damage for each active boon you have.
• Elevated Compassion — Heal allies when you grant them boons. Grant boons to allies when your upkeep cost is equal to or higher than the threshold. An ally can only be affected by this skill once per interval.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	This trait will now also remove a damaging condition when it triggers.
October 04, 2022	Increased resistance duration from 1 second to 2 seconds in PvP only.
July 28, 2020	Reduced resistance duration from 2 seconds to 1 second in PvP only.
July 26, 2016	This trait will now apply resistance to the player prior to the heal effect of Empowering Misery taking effect.
December 15, 2015	This trait's functionality now has a 5-second internal cooldown.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Demonic Defiance has been added to the game.