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==Overview==
 
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|name=Defiance
A most important aggro-management skill for all warriors, especially for Protection-specced builds.
 
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|description=Increases the threat generated by your attacks by X% while in Defensive Stance and increases your expertise by Y.
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|class=Warrior
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|location=Protection, Tier 3
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|affects=[[Threat]] generation, [[expertise]]
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|ranks=3
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|points_req=10
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|talent_req=None
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A most important [[aggro]]-management skill for all warriors who wish to improve their ability to [[tank]] mobs.
   
 
==Functionality==
 
==Functionality==
Defiance increases the aggro generated by your attacks and abilities in Defensive Stance. It is a passive Protection talent, and is always active.
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Defiance increases the [[threat]] generated by your attacks and abilities in [[Defensive Stance]]. It is a passive [[Protection]] talent, and is always active. The threat increase is multiplicative with the Defensive Stance threat modifier.
   
 
== Rank table ==
Prequisites: 10 points in Protection talents
 
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!Rank !! Threat !! Expertise
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| 1 || +5% || +2
!Rank !! Effect
 
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| 2 || +10% || +4
! Rank 1/5
 
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| +3% Aggro generated by attacks while in Defensive Stance
 
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| 3 || +15% || +6
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! Rank 2/5
 
| +6% Aggro generated by attacks while in Defensive Stance
 
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! Rank 3/5
 
| +9% Aggro generated by attacks while in Defensive Stance
 
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! Rank 4/5
 
| +12% Aggro generated by attacks while in Defensive Stance
 
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! Rank 5/5
 
| +15% Aggro generated by attacks while in Defensive Stance
 
 
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
   
For a tanking warrior, Defiance is a very useful ability. It scales the warrior's base threat multiplier of 130% in defensive stance to a total of 145%. This multiplier applies to all threat produced by the warrior, from auto-attacks to abilities with innate threat such as [[Heroic Strike]], [[Revenge]], [[Sunder Armor]], [[Shield Bash]] and [[Shield Slam]], and the damage components of these abilities as well. It does not apply to [[Demoralizing Shout]] or [[Battle Shout]].
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For a tanking Warrior, Defiance is a very useful ability. It increases the Warrior's base threat multiplier in Defensive Stance to 149.5%. This multiplier applies to all threat produced by the Warrior, from auto-attacks to abilities with innate threat such as [[Heroic Strike]], [[Revenge]], [[Sunder Armor]], [[Shield Bash]] and [[Shield Slam]], and the damage components of these abilities as well. It applies to [[Demoralizing Shout]] and [[Battle Shout]] as well.
 
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As of [[Patch 2.3]] it also grants +2 points of [[expertise]] per [[talent point]] invested while in Defensive Stance. Starting in [[Patch 2.3.2]], the expertise bonus applies in any stance.
Go to [[Warrior_Talents|Warrior Talents]]<br>
 
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Revision as of 03:11, 7 February 2010

Defiance
Ability warrior innerrage
  • Defiance (3 ranks)
  • Increases the threat generated by your attacks by X% while in Defensive Stance and increases your expertise by Y.
Requirements
Class Warrior
Talent required None
Properties
Affects Threat generation, expertise

A most important aggro-management skill for all warriors who wish to improve their ability to tank mobs.

Functionality

Defiance increases the threat generated by your attacks and abilities in Ability warrior defensivestance [Defensive Stance]. It is a passive Protection talent, and is always active. The threat increase is multiplicative with the Defensive Stance threat modifier.

Rank table

Rank Threat Expertise
1 +5% +2
2 +10% +4
3 +15% +6

Notes

For a tanking Warrior, Defiance is a very useful ability. It increases the Warrior's base threat multiplier in Defensive Stance to 149.5%. This multiplier applies to all threat produced by the Warrior, from auto-attacks to abilities with innate threat such as Ability rogue ambush [Heroic Strike], Ability warrior revenge [Revenge], Ability warrior sunder [Sunder Armor], Ability warrior shieldbash [Shield Bash] and Inv shield 05 [Shield Slam], and the damage components of these abilities as well. It applies to Ability warrior warcry [Demoralizing Shout] and Ability warrior battleshout [Battle Shout] as well.

As of Patch 2.3 it also grants +2 points of expertise per talent point invested while in Defensive Stance. Starting in Patch 2.3.2, the expertise bonus applies in any stance.