Resistance

This article is about the boon. For the rune, see Superior Rune of Resistance.

Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective; stacks duration. — In-game description

Resistance

Effect type

Boon

Stacking

Duration

Max. duration

30 seconds

Game link

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Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective; stacks duration.

— In-game description

Resistance is a boon that temporarily neutralizes negative effects caused by nondamaging conditions. For example, when a character affected by Fear has Resistance applied to them, they'll no longer be forced to run away from the casting enemy. When resistance ends, the character will resume running in fear if the condition is still in place. However, Resistance doesn't negate the reduced healing effectiveness effect from the damaging condition Poison.

Conditions negated by Resistance

Crowd Control conditions neutralized by Resistance
Icon	Name	Description
	Blinded	Next outgoing attack misses; stacks duration.
	Chilled	Movement speed decreased by 66%; skill cooldown increased by 66%; stacks duration.
	Crippled	Movement speed decreased by 50%; stacks duration.
	Fear	Involuntary retreat; unable to act; stacks duration.
	Immobilized	Unable to move; stacks duration.
	Slow	Skills and actions are slower.
	Taunt	Involuntarily attack foes.
	Vulnerability	Damage and condition damage taken are increased; stacks intensity.
	Weakness	Endurance regeneration decreased by 50%. 50% of hits are Glancing Blows (50% damage). Stacks duration.

Anomaly:

 Poisoned additionally has the effect of reducing incoming healing, Resistance does not negate that effect.

• Although  Fear is negated, it will still deal damage from Necromancers with  Terror equipped.

Related skills

See also: Boon#Related skills

Weapon skills that grant resistance

•   Symbol of Luminance — Spear
•   Rock Barrier — Scepter, when attuned to earth
•   Singularity Shot — Rifle

Bundle skills that grant resistance

•   Chapter 4: Stalwart Stand — Tome of Courage

Healing skills that grant resistance

•   Healing Signet — Signet
•   "We Heal As One!" — Command

Utility skills that grant resistance

•   "Save Yourselves!" — Shout
•   Roiling Light — Physical
•   Pain Absorption — Legendary Demon Stance
•   Darkrazor's Daring — Legendary Renegade Stance
•   Battle Dance — Legendary Alliance Stance, Kurzick
•   Banner of Tactics — Banner
•   Berserker Stance — Stance
•   Featherfoot Grace — Meditation
•   Utility Goggles — Gadget
•   Signet of Renewal — Signet
•   Frost Spirit — Spirit
•   Nature's Binding — Cantrip
•   Signet of Inspiration — Signet
•   Elixir of Ignorance — Elixir

Elite skills that grant resistance

•   Drop Urn of Saint Viktor — Legendary Alliance Stance, Kurzick
•   Forest's Fortification — Cantrip
•   Elixir of Ambition — Elixir

Profession mechanic skills that grant resistance

•   Ancient Echo
•   Spiritual Reprieve — Beast
•   Consume Plasma — Stolen skill
•   Detonate Plasma — Stolen skill
•   Steal Resistance — Stolen skill

Skills that convert immobilize into resistance

Primary article: Boon#Skills that convert conditions into boons

Common skills that grant resistance

•   Consume Plasma — Plasma
•   Rally Missile 2.0 — Rocket Jump\Parachute 2.0
•   Shell Wall — Turtle Banner

Related traits

See also: Boon#Related traits

Traits that grant resistance

• Stoic Demeanor (Firebrand) — Retain Courage passive while it is on cooldown. Grant boons to nearby allies when you disable, immobilize, or slow an enemy. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Vanguard Tactics (Willbender) — Activating Courage grants resistance. Shadowstepping grants resolution and protection.
• Demonic Defiance (Corruption) — Gain resistance and remove a damaging condition when you use a Legendary Demon skill.
• Fiendish Tenacity (Corruption ) — Invoke Torment grants resistance. Resistance heals you every interval.
• Serene Rejuvenation (Salvation) — Increase healing to other allies. Legendary Centaur skills apply boons in an area.
• Spirit Boon (Invocation) — Invoking a legend grants boons to nearby allies based on the legend that was invoked.
• Aggressive Agility (Devastation) — Movement skills grant resistance.
• Bold Reversal (Renegade) — When you use a heal skill, gain resistance.
• Restorative Strength (Strength) — Using a heal skill grants might.
• Resilient Roll (Defense) — Gain resistance when you dodge.
• Roaring Reveille (Tactics) — Warhorn skills apply additional boons. Your concentration is increased.
• Bloody Roar (Berserker) — Deal increased strike damage while in berserk mode. Gain resistance when entering berserk mode.
• Revenge Counter (Spellbreaker) — Full Counter deals additional damage and grants resistance. Copy conditions on yourself to targets you hit with Full Counter.
• Mecha Legs (Inventions) — Gain resistance when you dodge.
• Purity of Purpose (Alchemy) — When you would cleanse a condition from an ally, convert it into a boon instead. This can affect multiple targets simuntaneously.
• Fortifying Bond (Nature Magic) — When you gain a boon, it is shared with your pet.
• Fresh Reinforcement (Soulbeast) — Entering beastmode grants you the boons affecting your pet.
• Guarded Initiation (Acrobatics) — Movement skills grant resistance.
• Traversing Dusk (Specter) — Heal allies in the area around you when you shadowstep. Gain shadow force for each ally in the radius. Wells grant resistance on their initial impact.
• Earth's Embrace (Earth) — Gain resistance after using a healing skill.
• Spectacular Sphere (Catalyst) — Your jade sphere is larger and grants quickness and an additional boon based on your current attunement to nearby allies when activated.
• Bountiful Disillusionment (Chaos) — Gain stability when you use a Shatter skill. Grant an additional boon to nearby allies based on which Shatter is used.
• Temporal Enchanter (Inspiration) — When you cast a glamour, allies near the glamour gain resistance and superspeed.
• Mental Defense (Inspiration) — Shatter skill 4 grants boons and breaks allies out of stuns.

Trait skills that grant resistance

•   Lesser Utility Goggles (Reactive Lenses) — Gadget. Gain resistance, clear blindness, and remove damaging conditions.

Traits that improve resistance

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

Traits that convert immobile into resistance

Primary article: Boons#Traits that convert conditions into boons

Related equipment

See also: Boon#Related equipment

Relics that grant resistance

• Relic of the Astral Ward — Gain a Signet of the Astral Ward after using a signet skill. Using a signet skill while this signet is active consumes it to remove conditions from nearby allies and grant them resistance.
• Relic of the Cavalier — Grant yourself aegis, quickness, swiftness, resistance, and might when striking an enemy with your mount's engage skill.
• Relic of Resistance — Gain resistance after using a healing skill.

Version history

Patch	Changes
October 05, 2021	Fixed a bug causing duration-stacking boons to be affected by a hidden stack limit of 9, which in some cases could come into effect before stacking to that boon's expected duration cap. This resulted in some boons having a lower total duration than expected. This hidden stack limit has been removed for duration-stacking boons that also have a maximum duration—alacrity, fury, protection, quickness, resistance, resolution, swiftness, and vigor.
May 11, 2021	Nondamaging conditions currently on the player are ineffective. Stacks duration.
May 08, 2018	This boon now converts to 3 seconds of chill when it is corrupted.
February 06, 2018	Resistance now converts to 2 seconds of immobilize.
October 18, 2016	The duration-based boons Protection, Quickness, Regeneration, Resistance, Retaliation, and Vigor will now only stack up to 5 times instead of 9.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Resistance has been added to the game.

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