Rite of the Great Dwarf

Legendary Dwarf. Channel the power of the Rite of the Great Dwarf to turn yourself and nearby allies to stone to reduce incoming damage. — In-game description

Rite of the Great Dwarf

Profession

Revenant (skill list)

Slot

Elite

Type

Legendary Dwarf

Training cost

9 Hero points

Game link

API

27975, 56773

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Rite of the Great Dwarf

Legendary Dwarf. Channel the power of the Rite of the Great Dwarf to turn yourself and nearby allies to stone to reduce incoming damage.

 Rite of the Great Dwarf (5s): Gain 50% damage reduction. You are still susceptible to conditions and control effects.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 600

 Breaks Stun

— In-game description

Related traits

Retribution

• Versed in Stone — Rite of the Great Dwarf affects condition damage as well. When struck below the health threshold, cast the Rite of the Great Dwarf. Gain power based on your toughness.

Salvation

• Generous Abundance — Heal allies around yourself when using a Legend skill. Heal allies around Ventari's Tablet when using a Legendary Centaur skill. Dragon Facet skills and Ventari's Will cannot activate this trait.

Invocation

• Glaring Resolve — Gain stability and heal yourself when you break stuns.

Devastation

• Expose Defenses — Your first attack when entering combat applies vulnerability. This ability is refreshed when you use an elite skill.
• Notoriety — Might grants you more power and less condition damage. Gain might when using a legendary stance skill.

Notes

• Jalis occasionally shouts "The Great Dwarf's power is upon you all!" on use.
• When affected by  Versed in Stone, this skills states "You are still susceptible [sic] control effects", omitting the word "to".

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
May 08, 2018	The energy cost of this skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the lower 40-energy cost in all modes.
February 22, 2017	The cost of this skill has been reduced from 50 energy to 40 energy in PvP only.
May 03, 2016	Fixed a bug that caused this skill to reduce damage additively rather than multiplicatively while under the effects of a trait.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Rite of the Great Dwarf has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The Rite of the Great Dwarf was the ritual performed by King Jalis Ironhammer, utilizing the Hammer of the Great Dwarf that turned Deldrimor Dwarves into living stone in order to fight off the Great Destroyer and its spawn.