Hardened Armor/history

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May 11, 2021

  • The Retaliation boon has been renamed Resolution.
  • This trait has been renamed from Spiked Armor to Hardened Armor.
  • Text on many damage-increasing profession traits, runes, and sigils has been clarified to indicate whether they increase outgoing strike damage, condition damage, or all damage, as appropriate.
Hardened Armor.png

Hardened Armor

Specialization
Warrior icon small.png Defense
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Minor
Game link
15 Recharge time
Hardened Armor

Gain resolution when you block or are struck by a critical hit. Strike damage taken is reduced by a percentage while you have resolution.

Damage.png Damage Reduced: 10%
Resolution.png Resolution (5s): Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%.

— In-game description

March 17, 2020

  • Spiked Armor: This trait now causes retaliation to grant a 10% damage reduction instead of up to 150 toughness.
Hardened Armor.png

Hardened Armor

Specialization
Warrior icon small.png Defense
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Minor
Game link
15 Recharge time
Hardened Armor

Gain retaliation when you block or are struck by a critical hit. Retaliation gives you damage reduction.

Damage.png Damage Reduced: 10%
Retaliation.png Retaliation (5s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source.

— In-game description

June 23, 2015

  • Spiked Armor: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic.
    • This trait has been moved to the Grandmaster minor tier.
    • Added: Gain retaliation when blocking an attack.
    • Added: Gain 150 toughness while you have retaliation.
    • Increased cooldown to 15 seconds.
Hardened Armor.png

Hardened Armor

Specialization
Warrior icon small.png Defense
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Minor
Game link
15 Recharge time
Hardened Armor

Gain retaliation when you block or are struck by a critical hit. Retaliation gives you bonus toughness.

Retaliation.png Retaliation (5s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source.
Attribute bonus.png Toughness: 150

— In-game description

December 10, 2013

  • Spiked Armor: Reduced the recharge from 15 seconds to 10 seconds.
Trait XII.png

Spiked Armor

Specialization
Warrior icon small.png Defense
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
10 Recharge time
Spiked Armor

Gain retaliation when struck by a critical hit.

Retaliation.png Retaliation (5s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source.

— In-game description

Original version

Trait XII.png

Spiked Armor

Specialization
Warrior icon small.png Defense
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
15 Recharge time
Spiked Armor

Gain retaliation when struck by a critical hit.

Retaliation.png Retaliation (5s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source.

— In-game description