Protection
Protection Class Builds
Protection Skill Tree
Passive Skills
Protection Passives
Devout Protector
Increases your (Weapon Defense) and (Spell Defense) by 30% but at the cost of 20% of (Weapon Power) and (Spell Power).
Divine Purpose
Whenever you receive healing from any source, your (Defense Power) is increased by 0.5% for 10 seconds up to 20 stacks. Every subsequent stack will refresh the duration.
Giant's Blood
Increases your health by 10%.
Guardian
When you are below 80% health, any damage received has a 5% chance to activate Guardian. Heals 1% of your total health per second for 10 seconds. Guardian can be activated once every 30 seconds.
Strong Footed
Reduces the duration of slows, stuns and snares by 20%.
Undying Will
Whenever your health is below 20%, raise your (Defense Power) by 200% for 6 seconds. This effect can occur once every 5 minutes.
Protection Spells
| Effect | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Banner Of ProtectionInstant Skill points: 4 | 4 sq | 5% | 20s | Place a banner on the ground. Increases (Defense Power) by 5% for 20 seconds to party members within a large area around the banner.
Increases (Defense Power) by additional 3% per 10 Aether consumed. |
 BashInstant Skill points: 1 | 1 sq | 1% | 1s | Swings your weapon with force, dealing 100% (Weapon Power) weapon damage.
Every third Bash deals 100% (Weapon Power) weapon damage to the main target and 50% (Weapon Power) weapon damage in a small area around you, causing 20% slow for 2 seconds to all targets. |
 Blessed EarthInstant Skill points: 3 | 1 sq | 7% | 30s | Deals 7.5% (Weapon Defense) + 7.5% (Spell Defense) + 5% (Spell Power) spell damage per second in a medium area, healing 3% (Healing Power) health per second for every target hit for 6 seconds.
Increases damage by 2.5% (Weapon Defense) + 2.5% (Spell Defense) + 3% (Spell Power) spell damage and increases healing by 2.5% (Healing Power) per 10 Aether consumed. |
 ProvokeInstant Skill points: 4 | 1 sq | 4% | 15s | Forces all targets in a medium area to attack you. All taunted enemies cannot change their target for 4 seconds. |
 RevengeInstant Skill points: 3 | 1 sq | 6% | 40s | Deals 100% (Weapon Power) weapon damage to the target. Adjacent creatures will receive 25% of the damage dealt to the target.
Increases the damage by 20% (Weapon Power) to the target creature and increases the damage dealt to adjacent creatures by 15% per 10 Aether consumed.
Taking damage for at least 10% of your Maximum Health will cause Revenge to use 50 Aether without consuming it for 5 seconds. |
 SafeguardInstant Skill points: 5 | 6 sq | 7% | 60s | Focuses your protective will on a party member. 50% of the damage taken by selected party member is redirected to you for 8 seconds. |
 Shield ThrowInstant Skill points: 2 | 4 sq | 3% | 20s | Throws a spiritual shield at the target, dealing 30% (Weapon Power) weapon damage and interrupting any channeling from the target. |
 Smiting SmashInstant Skill points: 2 | 1 sq | 3% | 15s | Deals 100% (Weapon Power) weapon damage to all targets around you, lowering their (Attack Power) by 10% and slowing them by 10% for 6 seconds.
Increases (Attack Power) reduction and slow effectiveness dealt to targets by 5% per 10 Aether consumed. |
 Spirit ShieldInstant Skill points: 3 | 1 sq | 7% | 60s | Increases your (Defense Power) by 10% for 8 seconds, but also decreasing your (Attack Power) by 10% for the same duration.
Increases (Defense Power) by additional 10% per 10 Aether consumed. |
 Spirits ResolveInstant Skill points: 2 | 1 sq | 10% | 3s | Heals 200% (Healing Power) health from yourself. |
 UnbreakableInstant Skill points: 5 | 1 sq | 10% | 75s | Absorbs 50% of all damage received for 5 seconds. When it ends, all damage received during Unbreakable is healed back to you over 5 seconds. |
 UnchainedInstant Skill points: 5 | 1 sq | 8% | 60s | Removes any movement impairing effects, such as slows, stuns and snares and makes you immune to them for 12 seconds. |