Punish

In the Protection Warrior talent tree, Punish 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.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Punish from Best Served Cold.

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  Best Served Cold

  Your dodges, parries, and auto-attacks make your Revenge cost no Rage 20% more frequently and increase the damage your free Revenges deal by 15%. Revenge increases the damage of your next Thunder Clap by 8%.

Connected below

Punish leads on to Unyielding Stance and Deep Wounds.

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  Unyielding Stance

  Defensive Stance reduces damage taken by an additional 6%.

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  Deep Wounds

  Execute inflicts Deep Wounds on the target. Causes the target to suffer (145.5% of Attack Power) Bleed damage over 6 sec. If this effect is reapplied, any remaining damage will be added to the new Deep Wounds.

Same row

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

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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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  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.