Stability

This article is about the boon. For other uses, see Stability (disambiguation).

Stability

Effect type

Boon

Stacking

Intensity

Game link

“

Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared or taunted.

— In-game description

Stability is a boon that protects against control effects (full list above in description). Unlike stun break, stability does not remove effects already in place. However, many skills which grant stability also evoke the stun break effect. Stability stacks in intensity up to 25 times, and each incoming control effect removes a stack. In contrast, boon removal skills (boon strip/boon steal/boon corrupt) void all stacks of stability at once.

Stability does not trigger from or protect against movement impairing effects including  Crippled,  Immobile,  Chilled, and  Slow.

Related skills

See also: Boon#Related skills

Profession mechanics that grant stability

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   Full Counter
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   Rumble (tool belt skill for Thumper Turret)
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   Toss Elixir B (tool belt skill for Elixir B)
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   Consume Plasma (Thief Steal skill, stolen from mesmers)
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   Consume Plasma (From Plasma found by Forage (siamoth))
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   Overload Earth

Weapon skills that grant stability

• Tome
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     Tome of Courage
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       Chapter 1: Unflinching Charge
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       Epilogue: Unbroken Lines
• Celestial Avatar
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     Natural Convergence
• Reaper's Shroud
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     Infusing Terror
• Shield Generator
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     Force Dome
• Turtle Banner
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     Bomb Shell
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     Spirit Centaur

Utility skills that grant stability

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   "Stand Your Ground!"
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   Hallowed Ground
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   Fragments of Faith
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   Inspiring Reinforcement
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   Darkrazor's Daring
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   Balanced Stance
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   Dolyak Signet
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   Stomp
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   Shattering Blow
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   Elixir U
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   Dolyak Stance (with Leader of the Pack)
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   Blinding Powder
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   Armor of Earth
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   Power Break (with Mantra of Concentration)
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   Signet of Inspiration (randomly)
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   Well of Precognition
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   Well of Power
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   Trail of Anguish

Elite skills that grant stability

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   Portent of Freedom
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   Unhindered Delivery
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   Rampage
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   Elixir X
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   "Strength of the Pack!"
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   Tornado
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   Lich Form
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   Charge (sequence skill for Summon Flesh Golem, only grants stability to the Flesh Golem)
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   "Chilled to the Bone!"
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   Avatar of Melandru

Underwater skills that grant stability

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   Whirlpool

Skills that convert fear to stability

Primary article: Conditions#Skills that convert conditions into boons

Related traits

See also: Boon#Related traits

Traits that grant stability

•  Virtues
  •  Indomitable Courage — Virtue of Courage's active breaks stun and grants stability to nearby allies. Virtue of Courage's passive gains a shorter interval.
•  Dragonhunter
  •  Heavy Light — Deflecting Shot knocks back enemies on each hit. Gain stability when knocking back, launching, or pulling an enemy.
•  Retribution
  •  Unwavering Avoidance — Gain stability when successfully evading an attack.
•  Defense
  •  Last Stand — Cast Lesser Balanced Stance when you are disabled. Stances grant vigor when activated and have increased duration. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
•  Berserker
  •  Eternal Champion — Gain toughness while in berserk mode. Gain stability and might when breaking stuns.
•  Firearms
  •  Juggernaut — Gain might and stability while wielding a flamethrower. Might applied to you gains increased duration.
•  Scrapper
  •  Mass Momentum — Gain might while you have stability. Your Function Gyro applies stability to allies when cast.
  •  Kinetic Stabilizers — Gain stability and superspeed when disabling an enemy. Outgoing stun and daze durations increased. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
•  Holosmith
  •  Crystal Configuration: Eclipse — Corona Burst grants stability on each attack and creates a barrier for each target struck.
•  Nature Magic
  •  Fortifying Bond — When you gain a boon it is shared with your pet.
  •  Nature's Vengeance — Reduce health loss when spirits apply boons to allies. Spirit-activated skills affect a larger area and apply boons to allies.
•  Soulbeast
  •  Fresh Reinforcement — Entering beastmode grants you the boons affecting your pet.
•  Earth
  •  Earth's Embrace — Cast Armor of Earth when your health drops below the threshold.
  •  Rock Solid — Grant stability to nearby allies when attuning to earth. Note: This effect will not trigger when attuning to the same element.
•  Tempest
  •  Harmonious Conduit — Gain stability when starting an overload. Upon successfully completing an overload, gain increased damage.
•  Weaver
  •  Bolstered Elements — Gain stability when activating a stance. Activate Lesser Stone Resonance when struck while below the health threshold.
•  Chaos
  •  Bountiful Disillusionment — Gain stability when you use a Shatter skill. Gain an additional boon based on which Shatter was used.
•  Soul Reaping
  •  Foot in the Grave — Gain stability and break stuns
    [sic]
    when you enter shroud.
•  Scourge
  •  Feed from Corruption — When you remove or corrupt a boon from an enemy, gain that boon.

Traits that improve stability

•  Firebrand
  •  Stalwart Speed — When you grant aegis or stability, grant quickness. This can affect multiple targets simultaneously.
•  Retribution
  •  Determined Resolution — Take reduced damage while you have stability. Stability you apply lasts longer.
•  Scrapper
  •  Mass Momentum — Gain might while you have stability. Your Function Gyro applies stability to allies when cast.

Traits that specifically remove stability

•  Devastation
  •  Brutality — Gain quickness when you swap weapons. While you have quickness, your strikes remove stability. This removal effect can only occur once per interval on each target.

Traits that convert fear to stability

Primary article: Conditions#Traits that convert conditions into boons

Related equipment

See also: Boon#Related equipment

See also

• Defiance Bar
•  Indomitable

Notes

• Only one stack of Stability can be removed every .75 seconds.
• The final stack removed does not provide a .75 second window of immunity to control skills and the target will still be affected by all incoming control attacks.
• Stability does not prevent the activation of traits that trigger when disabled, such as Autodefense Bomb Dispenser, even though the character is not disabled. This may not be true for all traits of this kind^{[verification requested]}.

Version history

Patch	Changes
April 19, 2016	The frequency at which stability can be removed by control effects has been increased from 0.05 seconds to 0.75 seconds. A brief effect will now play on the character when stability is removed via control.
July 07, 2015	Fixed a bug that caused skills that convert boons to conditions to not properly convert stability to fear.
March 16, 2015	This boon has been changed from a duration stack type to an intensity stack type. Crowd-control effects will remove one instance of stability apiece each time they are applied.
May 20, 2014	Updated the description to include "pull" in the list of things that are ignored.
October 22, 2012	Updated the stability boon to stack duration up to 3 times. The icon for stability has changed.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Stability has been added to the game.

Trivia

• Prior to the October 22 2012 update, stability had effect monitor icon of retaliation, while retaliation had its own icon.
• Stability has changed from duration to intensity stacking with March 16 2015 update, while many skills have been updated to reflect this change.

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Effects (stacking)