Retaliation

This article is about the historical effect obtainable by players. For other variants with the same name, see Retaliation (disambiguation).

Reflect incoming damage back to its source; stacks duration. — In-game description

Retaliation

Effect type

Boon

Stacking

Duration

Visual appearance
Animation.

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Reflect incoming damage back to its source; stacks duration.

— In-game description

Retaliation is a boon that damages anyone who hits the affected target. The attacker will not be damaged if the attack fails to hit. Retaliation does not reduce or prevent damage taken. Damage dealt depends on the level and power of the retaliation's source (i.e. whoever gave retaliation to the entity being attacked). Retaliation will stack in duration up to a maximum of 5 times.

Calculation

In PvE:

(0.075 * Power) + (0.03 * (Level^2)) + 8 damage,

(0.075 * Power) + 200 damage at Level 80.

In PvP and WvW, retaliation damage is reduced by 50% and calculated with this formula:

(0.0375 * Power) + (0.02 * (Level^2)) + 5 damage,

(0.0375 * Power) + 100 damage at Level 80.

Notes

• The damage from this effect could not critically strike.

Quotes

• When retaliation is applied to a character they will occasionally shout out one of the following lines, depending on their race and gender.

Race	Gender
	Male	Female
Asura	Feedback loop initiated.	Go ahead, hit me!
Charr	Go ahead and hit me!	Retaliation incoming!
Human	Go ahead, hit me!	Pain for pain!
Norn	I'll return the favor!	Come on, hit me! I'll hit back.
Sylvari	I dare you, hit me.	This rose has thorns, and here they are!

Version history

Patch	Changes
May 11, 2021	The Retaliation boon has been renamed Resolution.
July 28, 2020	Reduced base damage from 133 to 100 in PvP and WvW. Reduced power scaling from 0.05 to 0.0375 in PvP and WvW
October 18, 2016	The duration-based boons Protection, Quickness, Regeneration, Resistance, Retaliation, and Vigor will now only stack up to 5 times instead of 9.
July 26, 2016	Fixed a bug in which invulnerable gadgets could be defeated by retaliation.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Boon to Condition Conversion: Retaliation converts to 3 stacks of confusion for 5 seconds. (+2 stacks).
April 30, 2013	Retaliation now has its own iconic damage floater. WvW: Updated confusion and retaliation effects to do the same damage as they do in sPvP.
October 22, 2012	Retaliation now uses the former stability icon.
September 17, 2012	This boon no longer reflects damage received from siege weapons.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Retaliation has been added to the game.

Trivia

• The effect for using a blast finisher in a light field was changed from AoE retaliation to an AoE condition clear in the February 22nd, 2017 update.
• Prior to October 22nd, 2012 update, retaliation had an effect monitor icon resembling that of a starburst.

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Effects (stacking)