Stability

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

Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted. — In-game description

Stability

Effect type

Boon

Stacking

Intensity

Game link

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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

Weapon skills that grant stability

•   Relentless Whirl — Hammer
•   Grinding Stones — Dagger, when attuned to air and earth
•   Glacial Drift — Scepter, when attuned to air and water
•   Lava Skin — Sword, when attuned to fire and earth
•   Lahar — Staff, when attuned to water and earth
•   Molten Burst — Trident, when attuned to fire and earth

Bundle skills that grant stability

•   Chapter 1: Unflinching Charge — Tome of Courage
•   Epilogue: Unbroken Lines — Tome of Courage

Transform skills that grant stability

•   Natural Convergence — Celestial Avatar
•   Natural Convergence — Celestial Avatar
•   Mind Shock — Enter Shadow Shroud
•   Infusing Terror — Reaper's Shroud

Healing skills that grant stability

•   "We Heal As One!" — Command
•   Perilous Gift — Cantrip

Utility skills that grant stability

•   Hallowed Ground — Consecration
•   "Stand Your Ground!" — Shout
•   Fragments of Faith — Trap
•   Inspiring Reinforcement — Legendary Dwarf Stance
•   Inspiring Reinforcement — Legendary Dwarf Stance
•   Darkrazor's Daring — Legendary Renegade Stance
•   Awakening — Legendary Alliance Stance, Kurzick
•   Reaver's Rage — Legendary Alliance Stance, Luxon
•   Banner of Tactics — Banner
•   Stomp — Physical
•   Dolyak Signet — Signet
•   Balanced Stance — Stance
•   Shattering Blow — Rage
•   Elixir U — Elixir
•   Glyph of Equality — Glyph
•   Dolyak Stance — Stance
•   Blinding Powder — Deception
•   Well of Bounty — Well
•   Armor of Earth — Cantrip
•   "Eye of the Storm!" — Shout
•   Stone Resonance — Stance
•   Mantra of Concentration — Mantra
•   Signet of Inspiration — Signet
•   Well of Precognition — Well
•   Well of Power — Well
•   Trail of Anguish — Punishment

Elite skills that grant stability

•   Signet of Courage — Signet
•   Mantra of Liberation — Mantra
•   Rampage — Physical
•   Plague
•   "Strength of the Pack!" — Command
•   Forest's Fortification — Cantrip
•   Tornado — Cantrip
•   Whirlpool — Cantrip
•   Charge
•   Lich Form — Spectral
•   "Chilled to the Bone!" — Shout

Profession mechanic skills that grant stability

•   Crashing Courage — Virtue
•   True Nature — Legendary Dragon Stance, Consume
•   Full Counter — Burst
•   Rumble — Tool belt, Thumper Turret
•   Toss Elixir B — Elixir, Tool belt, Elixir B
•   Defense Field — Tool belt, Bulwark Gyro
•   Crisis Zone — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Consume Plasma — Stolen skill
•   Detonate Plasma — Stolen skill
•   Throw Enchanted Ice — Stolen skill
•   Overload Earth — Overload, when attuned to earth

Skills that convert fear or taunt into stability

Primary article: Boon#Skills that convert conditions into boons

Racial skills that grant stability

•   Avatar of Melandru

Common skills that grant stability

•   Bastion
•   Become the Wolf
•   Boar's Resilience
•   Bomb Shell — Turtle Banner
•   Channeled Agony
•   Consume Plasma — Plasma
•   Dragon Surge
•   Dragon's Pounce
•   Force Dome — Shield Generator
•   Force Dome — Shield Generator
•   Force Dome — Shield Generator
•   Force Dome — Shield Generator
•   Force Dome — Shield Generator
•   Panic Button — Invigorator Rifle Prototype
•   Pillow Pounce — Dropped Items
•   Roar of Applause
•   Spirit Centaur — Centaur Banner
•   Stealth 2.0

Related traits

See also: Boon#Related traits

Traits that grant stability

• Indomitable Courage (Virtues) — The active effect of Virtue skill 3 breaks stun and grants stability to nearby allies. Its passive effect gains a shorter interval.
• Heavy Light (Dragonhunter) — Gain stability when disabling an enemy. Deal increased strike damage to disabled foes. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
• Glaring Resolve (Invocation) — Gain stability and heal yourself when you break stuns.
• Spirit Boon (Invocation) — Invoking a legend grants boons to nearby allies based on the legend that was invoked.
• Brave Stride (Strength) — Movement skills grant stability when used.
• Eternal Champion (Berserker) — Gain toughness while in berserk mode. Gain stability and might when breaking stuns.
• Dragonscale Defense (Bladesworn) — Gain boons when entering Dragon Trigger.
• Juggernaut (Firearms) — Gain might and stability while wielding a flamethrower. Might applied to you gains increased duration.
• 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.
• Mass Momentum (Scrapper) — Gain might while you have stability. Your Function Gyro applies stability to allies when cast.
• Applied Force (Scrapper) — Gain stability when you gain might at or above the threshold. Might grants bonus power.
• 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.
• Enhancing Impact (Untamed) — Disabling a foe grants you boons based on your current state.
• Rock Solid (Earth) — Grant stability to nearby allies when attuning to earth. Note: This effect will not trigger when attuning to the same element.
• Harmonious Conduit (Tempest) — Gain stability and swiftness when starting an overload.
• Staunch Auras (Catalyst) — Gain stability when you gain an aura.
• Bountiful Disillusionment (Chaos) — Gain stability when you use a Shatter skill. Gain an additional boon based on which Shatter is used.
• Feed from Corruption (Scourge) — When you remove or corrupt a boon from an enemy, gain that boon.
• Implacable Foe (Harbinger) — Gain stability when entering Harbinger Shroud. Gain ferocity based on your vitality.

Trait skills that grant stability

•   Shards of Faith (Hunter's Determination) — Trap. Lay a trap that deals damage and unleashes multiple fragments into the area when triggered. Each fragment grants aegis to allies, as long as they don't already have aegis.
•   Lesser Balanced Stance (Last Stand) — Stance. Gain stability and swiftness on an interval. Become immune to critical hits.
•   Armor of Earth (Earth's Embrace) — Cantrip. Protect yourself with earth armor and gain protection and stability.
•   Sand Shards (Dune Cloak) — Strike nearby foes, removing a boon from them. Gain a copy of any boon removed.

Traits that improve stability

• Stalwart Speed (Firebrand) — When you grant aegis or stability, grant quickness. This can affect multiple targets simultaneously.
• Mass Momentum (Scrapper) — Gain might while you have stability. Your Function Gyro applies stability to allies when cast.
• Object in Motion (Scrapper) — Deal increased strike damage while you have stability, swiftness, or superspeed. This damage increase compounds for each boon you have.

Traits that specifically remove stability

• Brutality (Devastation) — 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.
• Head Butt — Rage. Stun your target and stun yourself. Gain adrenaline and extend berserk duration if you hit. This skill removes all stability and deals increased damage if stability was removed.

Traits that convert fear or taunt into stability

Primary article: Boons#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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