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
- Specialization
- Defense
- Tier
- Grandmaster
- Type
- Minor
- Game link
“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 Reduced: 10%
- 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
- Specialization
- Defense
- Tier
- Grandmaster
- Type
- Minor
- Game link
“Gain retaliation when you block or are struck by a critical hit. Retaliation gives you damage reduction.
- Damage Reduced: 10%
- 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
- Specialization
- Defense
- Tier
- Grandmaster
- Type
- Minor
- Game link
“Gain retaliation when you block or are struck by a critical hit. Retaliation gives you bonus toughness.
- Retaliation (5s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source.
- Toughness: 150
— In-game description
December 10, 2013
- Spiked Armor: Reduced the recharge from 15 seconds to 10 seconds.
Spiked Armor
- Specialization
- Defense
- Tier
- Grandmaster
- Type
- Major
“Gain retaliation when struck by a critical hit.
- Retaliation (5s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source.
— In-game description
Original version
Spiked Armor
- Specialization
- Defense
- Tier
- Grandmaster
- Type
- Major
“Gain retaliation when struck by a critical hit.
- Retaliation (5s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source.
— In-game description