Hardened Scales

In the Devastation Evoker talent tree, Hardened Scales sits in the Scalecommander hero talent tree, row 4 of 5. It is a single-point node.

Choice node

Hardened Scales shares its node with Menacing Presence. A character takes one of the two.

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  Menacing Presence

  Knocking enemies up or backwards reduces their damage done to you by 15% for 8 sec.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Hardened Scales from Melt Armor.

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  Melt Armor

  Breath of Eons causes enemies to take 20% increased damage from Bombardments and Essence abilities for 12 sec. The duration of this effect is extended when Deep Breath is cast multiple times.

Connected below

Hardened Scales leads on to Maneuverability.

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  Maneuverability

  Breath of Eons can now be steered in your desired direction. In addition, Breath of Eons burns targets for (840% of Spell Power) Volcanic damage over 12 sec. The duration of this effect is extended when Deep Breath is cast multiple times.

Same row

Also on this row: Extended Battle or Diverted Power, Nimble Flyer or Slipstream and Refined Essence.

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  Extended Battle

  Essence abilities extend Bombardments by 1 sec.

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  Diverted Power

  Bombardments have a chance to generate Essence Burst.

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  Nimble Flyer

  While Hovering, damage taken from area of effect attacks is reduced by 10%.

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  Slipstream

  Breath of Eons resets a charge of Hover.

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  Refined Essence

  Essence abilities deal 15% additional damage.