Stance
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Skill type. Stances are skills with no activation time that provide a positive effect to the character while in that stance. Only one stance can be active at a time for each character. Some stances such as Frenzy have a negative effect in addition to the positive effect.
Typical effects for stances include:
- Blocking attacks
- Providing speed boosts
- Increasing attack rate
- Increasing armor (often conditionally to a certain damage type)
- Shadow stepping at the end of the stance's duration
- Improving skill recharge rate
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[edit] Countering stances
- Mark of Insecurity is a hex that reduces the duration of stances and enchantments by 50%.
- Some attack skills can end a stance, if they successfully hit. All such skills include the keyword "Wild". These skills have drawbacks though.
- Wild Strike ends a stance, and cannot be blocked. - Off hand attack
- Wild Throw ends a stance, and cannot be blocked. - Costs 7 adrenaline
- Wild Blow ends a stance, and cannot be blocked. Always results in a critical hit. - You lose all adrenaline
- Wild Smash ends a stance, and cannot be blocked. - Monster skill
[edit] Stance canceling
A stance cancel (also called a cancel stance) is using a different stance to replace your current stance (as you can only have one on you at any given time). The common application is to use a new stance to cancel stances that are either harmful if left up or beneficial if taken down. Great examples of stances to cancel include Frenzy, Shadow Walk and Shadow of Haste. Preferred stance cancels include short recharge stances such as Dash and Rush.
[edit] Stance recharge
- Renewing Smash instantly recharges all your Warrior Stances if it hits.
- "On Your Knees!" instantly recharges all of your stances if you are adjacent to a knocked down foe.
[edit] List of stances
| Icon | Name | Description | 
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| Prof. | Attribute | Campaign | |
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| Auspicious Parry | Elite Stance. For 5...10...11 seconds, the next attack against you is Blocked and you gain 1...3...4 strikes of Adrenaline. | 1
| 2
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| Tactics | Factions | |||
| Balanced Stance | Stance. For 8...18...20 seconds, you cannot be knocked down and you do not suffer extra damage from a critical attack. | 5
| 30
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| Tactics | Core | ||
| Battle Rage | Elite Stance. For 5...17...20 seconds, you move 33% faster and gain double adrenaline from attacks. Battle Rage ends if you use any non-attack skills. When Battle Rage ends, you lose all adrenaline. | 4
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| Strength | Core | ||||
| Berserker Stance | Stance. For 5...10...11 seconds, you attack 33% faster and gain 50% more adrenaline. Berserker Stance ends if you use a skill. | 5
| 20
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| Strength | Core | |||
| Bestial Fury | Stance. All your non-attack skills are disabled for 5 seconds. For 5...10...11 seconds, you attack 25% faster. | 10
| 10
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| Beast Mastery | Factions | |||
| Bonetti's Defense | Stance. For 5...10...11 seconds, you have a 75% chance to block melee and projectile attacks. You gain 5 Energy for each successful melee attack blocked. Bonetti's Defense ends if you use a skill. | 8
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| Tactics | Prophecies | |||
| Brawling Block | Stance. For the next 2 seconds, you block the next attack. This Skill ends if you use an attack Skill. You cannot use this Skill if you are Dazed. | 4
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| Eye of the North | |||||
| Bull's Charge | Elite Stance. For 5...10...11 seconds, you move 25% faster and if you strike a moving foe in melee, that foe is knocked down. Bull's Charge ends if you use a skill. | 5
| 20
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| Strength | Prophecies | |||
| Burst of Aggression | Stance. For 2...8...10 seconds, you attack 33% faster. When this Stance ends, you lose all adrenaline. | 5
| 12
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| Strength | Nightfall | |||
| Charging Strike | Elite Stance. For 1...8...10 seconds, you run 33% faster. Your next successful melee hit does +10...34...40 damage and this Stance ends. This Stance ends if you use a Skill. | 5
| 5
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| Strength | Nightfall | |||
| Conviction | Stance. For 10...30...35 seconds, you have +24 armor while enchanted, otherwise you have +1...3...4 Health regeneration. | 5
| 20
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| Earth Prayers | Nightfall | |||
| Dark Escape | Stance. For 5...13...15 seconds, you move 25% faster and take half damage. Dark Escape ends if you successfully hit with an attack. | 5
| 30
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| Shadow Arts | Factions | |||
| Dash | Stance. For 3 seconds, you run 50% faster. | 5
| 8
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| Factions | |||
| Deadly Paradox | Stance. All of your attack Skills are disabled for 10 seconds. For 5...13...15 seconds, your Assassin Skills activate and recharge 33% faster. | 15
| 10
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| Deadly Arts | Nightfall | |||
| Defensive Stance | Stance. For 1...7...8 seconds, you have +24 armor and you have a 75% chance to block melee and projectile attacks. Defensive Stance ends if you use a skill. | 5
| 15
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| Tactics | Core | ||
| Deflect Arrows | Stance. For 1...7...8 seconds, you have a 75% chance to block projectile attacks. This effect ends if you successfully hit with an attack. | 5
| 10
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| Tactics | Prophecies | |||
| Disciplined Stance | Stance. For 1...5...6 seconds, you gain +24 armor and have a 75% chance to block attacks. Disciplined Stance ends if you use an adrenal skill. | 5
| 15
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| Tactics | Prophecies | |||
| Distortion | Stance. For 1...4...5 seconds, you have a 75% chance to block attacks. Whenever you block an attack this way, you lose 2 Energy or Distortion ends. | 5
| 5
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| Illusion Magic | Prophecies | ||
| Dodge | Stance. For 5...10...11 seconds, you move 33% faster and have a 27...65...75% chance to block incoming projectiles. Dodge ends if you attack. | 5
| 30
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| Expertise | Prophecies | ||
| Drunken Master | Stance. For 60...90 seconds, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 10...15%. If you are drunk while activating this Skill, your movement and attack speeds are increased by 25...33% instead. | 5
| 60
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| Deldrimor rank | Eye of the North | |||
| Dryder's Defenses | Stance. For 5...10...11 seconds, you gain 75% chance to block attacks and 34...55...60 armor against elemental damage. | 5
| 60
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| Wilderness Survival | Prophecies | |||
| Dwarven Battle Stance | Elite Stance. For 5...10...11 seconds, you attack 33% faster, and if your hammer attacks hit, your target is interrupted. Dwarven Battle Stance ends if you use a skill. | 10
| 20
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| Strength | Prophecies | |||
| Elemental Resistance | Stance. For 30...78...90 seconds, You gain +40 armor against elemental damage, but you lose 24...14...12 armor against physical damage. | 10
| 20
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| Inspiration Magic | Prophecies | ||
| Enchanted Haste | Stance. For 5...17...20 seconds, if you are under the effects of an Enchantment, you move 25% faster. | 5
| 15
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| Wind Prayers | Nightfall | |||
| Enraging Charge | Stance. For 5...13...15 seconds, you move 25% faster. Enraging Charge ends when you successfully strike a target, at which point you gain 0...3...4 strikes of adrenaline. | 5
| 20
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| Strength | Nightfall | |||
| Escape | Elite Stance. For 1...7...8 seconds, you move 33% faster and have a 75% chance to block attacks. | 5
| 12
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| Expertise | Core | |||
| Flail | Stance. For 5...13...15 seconds, you attack 33% faster but move 33% slower. | 4
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| Strength | Nightfall | ||||
| Flashing Blades | Elite Stance. For 5...25...30 seconds, you have a 75% chance to block incoming attacks while attacking. | 10
| 30
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| Dagger Mastery | Factions | |||
| Flee | Stance. For 10 seconds, you move 33% faster. | 30
|
| Bonus Mission Pack | |||||
| Flurry | Stance. For 5 seconds, your attack rate is increased by 33%, but you deal 25% less damage. | 5
| 5
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| Prophecies | |||
| Frenzied Defense | Stance. For 8 seconds, you have a 75% chance to block incoming attacks, but take double damage. | 5
| 10
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| Nightfall | ||||
| Frenzy | Stance. For 8 seconds, you attack 33% faster but take double damage. | 5
| 4
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| Core | |||
| Gladiator's Defense | Elite Stance. For 5...10...11 seconds, you have a 75% chance to block incoming attacks. Whenever you block a melee attack this way, the attacker suffers 5...29...35 damage. | 5
| 30
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| Tactics | Prophecies | |||
| HYAHHHHH! | Stance. For 10 seconds, you move 11% faster. This skill ends if you use another skill or stop moving. Use this skill up to 3 times to gain an additional 11% faster movement each time. | 5
| 1
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| Eye of the North | ||||
| Harrier's Haste | Stance. For 5...13...15 seconds, you move 25% faster and deal +5...13...15 more damage against moving foes. | 5
| 20
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| Wind Prayers | Nightfall | |||
| Heket's Rampage | Stance. For 5...10...11 seconds, you attack 33% faster. This Stance ends if you use an attack Skill. | 5
| 10
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| Beast Mastery | Nightfall | |||
| Lightning Reflexes | Stance. For 5...10...11 seconds, you have a 75% chance to block melee and projectile attacks, and you attack 33% faster. | 10
| 30
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| Expertise | Core | ||
| Mantra of Concentration | Stance. For 1...31...38 seconds, the next time you would be interrupted while performing a skill, you are not interrupted. | 5
| 30
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| Inspiration Magic | Prophecies | |||
| Mantra of Earth | Stance. For 30...78...90 seconds, whenever you take earth damage, the damage is reduced by 26...45...50% and you gain 2 Energy. | 10
| 20
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| Inspiration Magic | Core | ||
| Mantra of Flame | Stance. For 30...78...90 seconds, whenever you take fire damage, the damage is reduced by 26...45...50% and you gain 2 Energy. | 10
| 20
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| Inspiration Magic | Core | ||
| Mantra of Frost | Stance. For 30...78...90 seconds, whenever you take cold damage, the damage is reduced by 26...45...50% and you gain 2 Energy. | 10
| 20
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| Inspiration Magic | Core | ||
| Mantra of Inscriptions | Stance. For 30...78...90 seconds, your Signets recharge 25...45...50% faster. | 10
| 20
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| Inspiration Magic | Core | |||
| Mantra of Lightning | Stance. For 30...78...90 seconds, whenever you take lightning damage, the damage is reduced by 26...45...50% and you gain 2 Energy. | 10
| 20
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| Inspiration Magic | Core | ||
| Mantra of Persistence | Stance. For 30 seconds, any Illusion Magic Hex you cast lasts 20...44...50% longer. | 15
| 15
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| Inspiration Magic | Core | ||
| Mantra of Recovery | Elite Stance. For 5...17...20 seconds, spells you cast recharge 33% faster. | 5
| 20
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| Fast Casting | Core | |||
| Mantra of Resolve | Stance. For 30...78...90 seconds, you cannot be interrupted, but each time you would have been interrupted, you lose 10...5...4 Energy or Mantra of Resolve ends. | 10
| 20
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| Inspiration Magic | Core | |||
| Mantra of Signets | Stance. For 10...22...25 seconds, the next time you use a Signet, it recharges immediately. | 15
| 30
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| Inspiration Magic | Prophecies | |||
| Melandru's Resilience | Elite Stance. For 8...18...20 seconds, you gain +4 Health regeneration and +1 Energy regeneration for each Condition and Hex you are suffering. | 5
| 15
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| Wilderness Survival | Prophecies | |||
| Natural Stride | Stance. For 1...7...8 seconds, you run 33% faster and have a 50% chance to block incoming attacks. Natural Stride ends if you become Hexed or Enchanted. | 5
| 12
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| Wilderness Survival | Nightfall | |||
| Physical Resistance | Stance. For 30...78...90 seconds, You gain +40 armor against physical damage, but you lose 24...14...12 armor against elemental damage. | 10
| 20
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| Inspiration Magic | Prophecies | |||
| Pious Concentration | Stance. For 5...17...20 seconds, you cannot be i |
