"Hold the Line!"

This article is about the Guardian shout. For other similarly named content, see Hold the Line.

Shout. Grant protection and regeneration to allies. — In-game description

"Hold the Line!"

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Shout

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

9152

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"Hold the Line!"

Shout. Grant protection and regeneration to allies.

 Protection (6s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Protection (4s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Regen (6s): 780 Heal

 Number of Targets: 5

 Count Recharge: 20 seconds

 Radius: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Valor

• Altruistic Healing — Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally.

Honor

• Pure of Voice — Shout skills convert conditions to boons on allies.

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue — Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 08, 2024	Increased the ammunition from 1 to 2.
June 27, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 25 seconds to 20 seconds.
July 07, 2020	Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced protection duration from 6 seconds to 4 seconds.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This skill has been unsplit from PvP and will use the increased 6-second duration in all game types.
June 20, 2017	The protection duration of this skill has been increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds in PvP only.
April 19, 2016	The recharge time of this skill has been reduced from 35 seconds to 30 seconds.
July 07, 2015	Fixed an issue that prevented this shout from playing its voice-over audio.
April 30, 2013	This shout now converts a condition only if the Pure of Voice trait is equipped.
February 26, 2013	This shout's range has been reduced to 600, making it consistent with other shouts. It now properly affects allies within its full radius.
August 28, 2012	Game release: "Hold the Line!" has been added to the game.

Trivia

• At certain point, this skill was bugged and the guardian would not shout "Hold the Line!". Instead, players would shout race-specific voice lines, most assuredly meant for other content. Those voice lines were never actually implemented in the game. An incomplete list of these historical quotes may be found here.
  • Nowadays, guardians always shout "Hold the Line!" when using this skill.