Defender's Aegis

In the Protection Warrior talent tree, Defender's Aegis sits in the Protection specialization talents, row 10 of 19. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Protection Talents.

Choice node

Defender's Aegis shares its node with Impenetrable Wall. A character takes one of the two.

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  Impenetrable Wall

  Shield Slam reduces the remaining cooldown of Shield Wall by 6 sec.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Defender's Aegis from Shield Wall.

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  Shield Wall

  Reduces all damage you take by 40% for 8 sec.

Connected below

Defender's Aegis leads on to Enduring Defenses and Fueled by Violence.

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  Enduring Defenses2 ranks

  Shield Block lasts 1 sec longer.

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  Fueled by Violence

  You are healed for 85% of the Bleed damage dealt by Rend and Deep Wounds.

Same row

Also on this row: Spellbreaker or Hunker Down, Last Stand, Bloodborne or Sudden Death and Punish.

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  Spellbreaker

  You have a 8% chance to disrupt magic damage dealt to you, reducing the damage it deals by 50%.

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  Hunker Down

  Damage you take from area of effect attacks is reduced by 2%. Spell Reflection reduces magic damage taken by an additional 10%.

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  Last Stand

  Activating Shield Wall increases your maximum health by 30% for 8 sec and instantly heals you for that amount.

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  Bloodborne

  Your Bleed effects deal 25% increased damage.

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  Sudden Death

  Your attacks have a chance to make your next Condemn cost no Rage, be usable on any target regardless of their health, and deal damage as if you spent 40 Rage.

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  Punish

  Shield Slam deals 15% increased damage and reduces enemies' damage against you by 3% for 9 sec. Multiple punishments may overlap.