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Defensive Stance

Spell

Defensive Stance

Physical

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Warrior

Instant cast3 sec cooldownSelf Only

A defensive combat state that reduces all damage you take by 15% and all magic damage you take.

Defensive Stance

Tooltip

A defensive combat state that reduces all damage you take by 15% and all magic damage you take.

When an attack deals 20% or more of your maximum health in damage, that damage is reduced by 15%.

Lasts until canceled.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

Defensive Stance is built from 6 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is -15.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 79. Its base value is -10.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69.
  5. Effect 5 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 20.
  6. Effect 6 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 15.

What it does

Defensive Stance is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 3 sec cooldown and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown3 sec
Global cooldownNone
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: -15
Misc value: 127
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 79
Value: -10
Misc value: 127
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Misc value: 126
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 69
Misc value: 127, -29
Effect #5Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 20
Effect #6Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 15

Raw client values from the current retail game build. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Defensive Stance appears in: 5 talents.

Talents

  • Defensive Stance for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection)Talent
  • Defensive Stance for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #119649)Talent
  • Defensive Stance for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #119650)Talent
  • Defensive Stance for Warrior (Arms, Fury, Protection) (definition #121917)Talent
  • Defensive Stance (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 14 separate Spell records named "Defensive Stance". This page is record #386208. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#7164duration: 3 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#41101effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53790effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#143593duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#145044effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#164363duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#193580duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#238245effect types: Apply Aura, Spawn; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#371891effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1243856duration: 168 hr; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1261776journal encounter: Nalorakk; duration: 10.1 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#1261781effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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