Hunker Down

In the Protection Warrior talent tree, Hunker Down 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

Hunker Down shares its node with Spellbreaker. A character takes one of the two.

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  Spellbreaker

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

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Hunker Down from Brutal Vitality.

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  Brutal Vitality

  10% of damage you deal adds to your active Ignore Pain or the next Ignore Pain you activate. Your next Ignore Pain can be increased by up to.

Same row

Also on this row: Defender's Aegis or Impenetrable Wall, Last Stand, Bloodborne or Sudden Death and Punish.

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  Defender's Aegis

  Shield Wall gains 1 additional charge and its cooldown is reduced by 60 sec.

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  Impenetrable Wall

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

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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.