Firm Stance

Warrior skill · Guard Line · tier 1

Beta 0.7.2

Plants his feet and takes the blow on the shield, not the body.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 12 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Firm Stance scales with Absorption. Its value at each rank is 2 + 1.5 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	3.5	5	6.5	8	9.5	11	12.5	14	15.5	17

The value is the game's internal number for this skill.

in combat = round(value × skill power × 5 × max(0.35, hero damage ÷ 600))
hero damage = Attack + all elemental damage
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Guard Line skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

The damage factor has a minimum of 0.35 and no maximum. A hero with 600 damage and no line mastery or synergies gets the listed value × 5; how it becomes damage or healing per hit depends on the skill's type and timing.

How to unlock it

1
Always openTier 1 skills need no other skill first.
2
Hero level 2A hero's first skill point can go straight into it.
3
One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Rank 5 in Firm Stance opens Total Block and Counterattack.

Mastery and synergies

Line mastery: every point in the other Guard Line skills makes Firm Stance 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.

Firm Stance has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.