Invulnerability

"Invincibility" redirects here. For the Super Adventure Box power-up, see Invincibility (Super Adventure Box).

Immune to conditions and damage. — In-game description

Invulnerability

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Effect

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Immune to conditions and damage.

— In-game description

Invulnerability is an effect that prevents the target from taking damage, suffering conditions, or receiving control effects. Invulnerability also stops existing conditions from dealing damage while active. It does not prevent fall damage or environmental traps. A target with Invulnerability is marked by an "Invulnerable" message whenever Invulnerability prevents an attack or effect. Invulnerability triggers from certain skills and is also briefly applied to every player as they fall into downed state or recover with rally. The game also applies Invulnerability to important NPC targets during key story transitions and events, as well as to disallow exploits. Determined is a similar effect going by a different name, but it and Invulnerability are essentially the same.

Invulnerable targets destroy all projectiles they touch, including projectiles with pierce and nondamaging utility projectiles (e.g. Infiltrator's Arrow).

Certain NPC foes (but not all) may gain invulnerability protection if a player aggroes them and then moves to a position where the enemy cannot attack or approach. The foe may then reset itself, quickly regenerating health and eventually moving back to its original location. This mechanic prevents players from using terrain to attack from a position where enemies cannot reach them. Note that this mechanic is not universal, as a foe can be invulnerable to one player and still take damage from other sources.

Related effects

•  Resurrection — You're invulnerable. Granted to both player characters and NPCs after reviving them and makes them invulnerable for 1 second.

Location- or encounter-specific

•  Determined — Determined to survive and immune to damage. Found on some NPCs and in WvW on player characters in their starting areas.
•  Invulnerability — You are invulnerable. Applied to player characters during certain story instances.
•  Invulnerability — Invulnerable, but unable to attack. Applied to characters while inside the protective dome during the Defeat the fire shaman and his minions event in Iron Marches.
•  Nutrient — You have consumed nutrient and have gained some of the great jungle wurm's power! Absorbs one instance of drool. Part of the Triple Trouble meta event in Bloodtide Coast.

NPC effects

•  Blue Pylon Power — Immune to all damage and conditions. Can be stripped. Present on Vale Guardian in the Spirit Vale raid.
•  Determined — Determined to survive and can only be damaged by scrap cannon fire. Present on the world boss Claw of Jormag.
•  Logan's Protection — Shielded by Logan. Immune to all damage. Granted to Seraph Soldiers in during the Defending Shaemoor tutorial story instance.
•  Protective Shielding — Immune to damage. Aether grid attacks disrupt the shielding. Applied to the Legendary Brazen Gladiator in the Chaos Fractal
•  Righteous Indignation — Cannot be killed and deals more damage. Found in WvW on NPCs guarding an objective for 5 minutes after it was captured.
•  Shielded — Determined to survive and immune to damage. Found on Veteran Dominion Flame Shaman during the Eliminate the Dominion and their Flame Shaman before the ritual is completed event in Drizzlewood Coast.

Related skills

Weapon skills that grant invulnerability

•   Obsidian Flesh — Focus, when attuned to earth

Bundle skills that grant invulnerability

•   Fortify — Magnetic Shield (bundle)

Utility skills that grant invulnerability

•   Elixir S — Elixir
•   Mist Form — Cantrip

Elite skills that grant invulnerability

•   Renewed Focus — Meditation

Profession mechanic skills that grant invulnerability

•   Drink — Stolen skill
•   Distortion — Shatter
•   Bladesong Distortion — Bladesong

Racial skills that grant invulnerability

•   Take Root

Damage prevention skills

These skills do not apply   Invulnerability effect, instead they fully prevent strike damage but not conditions or control effects:

•   Signet of Stone — Signet Passive: Improves toughness for you and your pet. Signet Active: You and your pet take no damage from attacks. You and your pet are still susceptible to conditions and control effects.
•   Lesser Signet of Stone — Trait skill. Signet. You and your pet take no damage from attacks. You and your pet are still susceptible to conditions and control effects.
•   Defy Pain — You receive no damage from incoming attacks. You remain susceptible to conditions and controlling effects.
•   Unflinching Fortitude — Beast. Shrug off all movement-impairing conditions and become unflinching in the face of normal attacks.
•   Endure Pain — Stance. Take no damage from attacks. You are still susceptible to conditions and control effects.
•   Lesser Endure Pain — Trait skill. Stance. Take no damage from attacks. You are still susceptible to conditions and control effects.

Note: Enemy attacks still hit their target and apply on-hit or on-crit effects but their damage is reduced to zero (unlike with actual invulnerability).

Version history

Patch	Changes
July 10, 2018	Invulnerability effects will now stop conditions from applying damage.
December 03, 2012	Invisible & invulnerable players can no longer contest capture points in WvW. WvW capture points now follow the same rules as PvP capture points.
October 01, 2012	Surfacing while downed underwater no longer grants invulnerability. This change was made to stop players from exploiting the surface of the water to maintain permanent invulnerability.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Invulnerability has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The common symbol of  Determined resembles an ankh, the Egyptian hieroglyph for eternal life.

See also

•   Schematic: Invulnerable Dolyaks

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