Protection
- Tank
- Phys. Dmg
- Spell Dmg
- Healing
- CC
- Mobility
Stalwart defenders with unbreakable spirit who excel at the front lines of battle. The Ravenguard's preferred archetype, Protection users defend allies while crushing enemies. Their legendary morale on the battlefield is a powerful force that influences both friends and foes alike.
- Melee Weapon
- AoE
- Healing
- Self-shield
- Self-heal
- Protect
- Damage Resist
- Damage Reflect
- Taunt
- Slow
- Stun
- Interrupt
- Attack Debuff
- Defense Buff
- CC Resist
Protection Skill Tree
Protection Passives
Devout Protector
Receive 10% less damage when equipped with any shield.
Divine Purpose
Raises your Health Regeneration by 30%.
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. This skill can be activated once every 20 seconds.
Strong Footed
Reduces the duration of slows, stuns and snares by 30%.
Undying Will
Whenever your health is below 20%, raise your (Defense Power) by 200% for 6 seconds. This effect can occur once every 2 minutes.
Protection Spells
| Effect | |
|---|---|
 BashProtection Instant Range 1sq Cost 1% Mana Cooldown 1s Skill Points 1 | 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. |
 ProvokeProtection Instant Range 1sq Cost 4% Mana Cooldown 15s Skill Points 2 | Forces all targets in a medium area to attack you, causing very high threat, reduced for enemies that were already attacking you. All taunted enemies cannot change their target for 4 seconds. |
 Smiting SmashProtection Instant Range 1sq Cost 3% Mana Cooldown 20s Skill Points 2 | 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. |
 Spirits ResolveProtection Instant Range 1sq Cost 10% Mana Cooldown 20s Skill Points 2 | Place a shield of 300% (Defense Power) on yourself for 4 seconds. |
 RevengeProtection Instant Range 1sq Cost 6% Mana Cooldown 30s Skill Points 3 | 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 30% (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. |
 SafeguardProtection Instant Range 6sq Cost 7% Mana Cooldown 30s Skill Points 3 | Focuses your protective will on a party member. 50% of the damage taken by selected party member is redirected to you for 10 seconds.
Reduces 10% of all incoming damage (except the redirected damage) for the duration of the effect. |
 Shield ThrowProtection Instant Range 4sq Cost 3% Mana Cooldown 20s Skill Points 3 | Throws a spiritual shield at the target, dealing 30% (Weapon Power) weapon damage and interrupting any channeling from the target. |
 Banner Of ProtectionProtection Instant Range 4sq Cost 5% Mana Cooldown 30s Skill Points 4 | Place a banner on the ground. Increases (Defense Power) by 5% for 15 seconds to party members within a large area around the banner.
Increases (Defense Power) by additional 3% per 10 Aether consumed. |
 Blessed EarthProtection Instant Range 1sq Cost 7% Mana Cooldown 30s Skill Points 4 | Deals 7.5% (Weapon Defense) + 7.5% (Spell Defense) + 5% (Adaptative Damage) per second in a medium area, healing the caster 0.5% (Maximum Health) per second for every target hit for 6 seconds up to a maximum of 12 targets.
Increases damage by 2.5% (Weapon Defense) + 2.5% (Spell Defense) + 3% (Adaptative Damage) per 10 Aether consumed. |
 Spirit ShieldProtection Instant Range 1sq Cost 7% Mana Cooldown 60s Skill Points 4 | 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 7% per 10 Aether consumed. |
 UnbreakableProtection Instant Range 1sq Cost 10% Mana Cooldown 60s Skill Points 5 | Absorbs 90% of all damage received for 3.5 seconds. When it ends, 50% of the damage absorbed during Unbreakable is healed back to you over 5 seconds.
While Unbreakable is active, you move 30% slower and have your (Weapon Power) and (Spell Power) reduced by 90%. |
 UnchainedProtection Instant Range 1sq Cost 8% Mana Cooldown 60s Skill Points 5 | Removes any movement impairing effects, such as slows, stuns and snares and makes you immune to them for 6 seconds. |
Protection RavenCards
| Effect | |
|---|---|
 Direhorn DrakeUnchainedProtection | You regenerate 1.2/1.5/1.8/2.1/2.4/2.7% of your Maximum Health per second while Unchained is active. |
 Dwarf CommonerSpirits ResolveProtection | While the shield from Spirits Resolve is active, reflects 20/25/30/35/40/45% of received damage to targets around you. |
 Froll GladiatorSpirit ShieldProtection | Spirit Shield reflects 15/18/21/24/27/30% of the damage taken as (Spell Power) spell damage. |
 HogletSpirits ResolveProtection | While the shield from Spirits Resolve is active, increases your (Defense Power) by %d%. |
 Iceforge HallkeeperUnbreakableProtection | Unbreakable reduces healing received by %d% for its duration and no longer heals you when it ends, instead bursts around you dealing 100% of the absorbed damage as (Spell Power) spell damage. |
 Jackal MoonbladeSpirit ShieldProtection | Spirit Shield increases the healing you receive while it's active by 10/12.5/15/17.5/20/22.5%. |
 Lavacap MushroomBlessed EarthProtection | Blessed Earth doesn't heal you anymore, but its damage is increased by 15/18/21/24/27/30%. |
 Mindslave TaskmasterRevengeProtection | Your Revenge stuns the target for 1.5/1.7/1.9/2.1/2.3/2.5 seconds. |
 Minotaur ChampionProvokeProtection | For every enemy affected by Provoke, gain 5/6/7/8/9/10% (Defense Power) for 6 seconds, up to a maximum of 3 stacks. |
 Minotaur WardenShield ThrowProtection | Shield Throw will taunt the target for 4 seconds and give you a 100/110/120/130/140/150% (Defense Power) barrier for 8 seconds. |
 Morningfox CubSafeguardProtection | The target of Safeguard and you share 20/25/30/35/40/45% of the healing received by all sources for its duration. |
 Morningstar JudgeBlessed EarthProtection | You and your party members inside the area of Blessed Earth will receive increased healing from all skills by 10/12/14/16/18/20%. |
 Orc ChieftainProvokeProtection | Provoke increases the (Attack Power) of all targets hit by 5/7/9/11/13/15% but decreases their (Defense Power) by 5/7/9/11/13/15% for 6 seconds. |
 Orc NightstarBanner Of ProtectionProtection | Banner of Protection also grants 5/6/7/8/9/10% (Attack Power) to the caster and friendly targets within its area of effect. |
 Pirate FreebooterRevengeProtection | When you get hit for 10% or more of your health from a single attack or skill, reduce Revenge cooldown by 6/7.5/9/10.5/12/13.5 seconds. This effect can only occur once every 10 seconds. |
 Saurian ScaleshieldShield ThrowProtection | Shield Throw now bounces to 3 additional targets in a medium area, dealing 100/120/140/160/180/200% (Weapon Power) Weapon Damage. Bounces do not interrupt. |
 Shark GoldfinUnchainedProtection | For each movement impairing type cleansed, gain 5/6/7/8/9/10% bonus (Attack Power) for 6 seconds. |
 Skeleton PikemanUnbreakableProtection | Instead of only healing you, nearby party members will also be healed for 50/60/70/80/90/100% of the healing amount as well. |
 Skeleton SoldierBashProtection | Bash applies Fumble to targets for 12 seconds. This effect can stack up to 3 times. Fumble reduces the target (Attack Power) by 2/2.4/2.8/3.2/3.6/4% per stack. New stack will refresh the duration of Fumble. |
 Toad SentinelSafeguardProtection | Increase the (Defense Power) of your Safeguard target by 15/20/25/30/35/40% of your (Defense Power). |
 Troll ChampionSmiting SmashProtection | Smithing Smash now applies Overwhelmed for 8 seconds to targets hit by it. Targets affected by Overwhelmed will take 10/12.5/15/17.5/20/22.5% increased damage from Revenge. |
 WarhogBanner Of ProtectionProtection | Banner of Protection also raises the effectiveness of Health Regeneration of the caster and friendly targets within its area of effect by 65/80/95/110/125/140%. |
 Winterborn GuardianSmiting SmashProtection | Smiting Smash will apply Blessed Resonance to targets hit by it for 10 seconds, Blessed Resonance increases the damage of your Blessed Earth by 20/25/30/35/40/45%. |
 Zorian ShoreguardBashProtection | Whenever you use Bash there is a 5/6/7/8/9/10% chance for it to reset the cooldown of your Smiting Smash, allowing Smiting Smash to be cast at a value that's equal to consuming 50 Aether for free. |