Talk:Defensive Anthem

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This skill is pretty useful if you want to support your party but don't want to use your attributes for Command, Motivation or Tactics. I like it.

I considered this skill underpowered, yet playable. With the 2 seconds casting, it just became underpowered. Another Paragon skill became useless. Let's see, what's left that doesn't involve Command? Oh yeah, that's right; nothing. Nicky Silverstar 18:21, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Wow, no. The skill is anything but underpowered and with the 2 second cast time still remains to be one of the strongest Paragon Elites in PVP and PVE. With the 1 second cast time it was ridiculously imbalanced. Yesitsrob 06:25, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Tell that to the teams I used it with...it shines in a dedicated group, but it really sucks now in a group that has no clue how this skill works. However, please not that my first comment was posted back when I still compared it to Aegis. I realize its power now. Nicky Silverstar 16:23, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

It can't be compared to aegis anyway; this skill ends when an attack skill is used, so it's only useful to spellcasting members of the team. Warriors, Paragons, Rangers, Assasin etc who'd all normally benefit from Aegis do not benefit from this skill as the effect ends once they attack. --85.62.18.8 17:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

On my paragon i just use r7 protection prayers + 20% spear and aegis...same thing maybe a touch better. if DA is used on a paragon with 12-13 leadership it costs in total 9e...for 1e more i will take the non-elite. the reason people think this skill is an awesome paragon elite is probably because its one of the few decent ones of the grand total 15. Incoming, DA, song of restoration are the only paragon elites with a clear defensive edge.--Justice 19:25, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Its awesome because its unremovable. Lord of all tyria 19:32, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

this skill sucks

This skill is complete garbage. Definitely doesn't deserve to be elite. Even if it wasn't elite I probably wouldn't use it. Slightly less recharge than Aegis but more energy.... plus you can attack with Aegis. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:96.233.2.70 (talk).

wut's unstrippable m8? -- Mafaraxas 00:48, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Ummm noone forces your frontliners to use ATTACK SKILLS, in teams that run this they normally just farm adren then spike after it ends. As for the fact that it's impossible to remove that certainly 1ups aegis, not to mention the fact that you wouldn't have to waste attribute points for protection prayers like justice recomended earlier. Not very many decent paragon elites out there, but this is one of the few usable ones.141.233.19.106 17:37, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

The recast time is to long in order to make use of it. Sure it provides an unstrippable fifty percent chance to block, but can only last up to a max of ten seconds and have to wait another fourteen seconds to recast.William Wallace 23:08, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Because having an unstrippable 50% block rate for your entire team 70-100% of the time would be totally balanced. Oh wait. --Ckal Ktak 23:09, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Why waste an Elite on something that can be surpassed with so many non-elite options? In PvE you are even better of with some mighty defense... Noctarch 00:49, 25 June 2008 (UTC) Why bother playing PvP when someone is going to beat you eventualy? You can never be too sure what the enemy has.(77.70.60.74 09:31, 26 June 2008 (UTC))

This skill is weak. About the unstrippable thing: What's easier to remove 8 enchantments or to just cast Vocal Minority on the Paragon making him pretty much totally useless? This skill here won't be used by any serious team cause simply the alternatives are pretty much better, without being elites. Eth 08:25, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

With human players Ward against Melee comes to my mind. 50% chance to block, unremovable, 21 sec. duration with 30 sec. recharge, not an elite and human players can actually stay inside it.

Build wars. Fact is, unstrippable block is still good until vocal minority becomes commonplace. -- Mafaraxas 06:57, 14 November 2008 (UTC)