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Warding Strike

templar / Mastery

Warding Strike

What it does

Area attack that immediately heals you, grants damage tolerance and activates Judgment.

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Switch when: Heal and gain Warding for 10 seconds, then spend its 2-second Judgment window. The buff lists +20% PvE Damage Tolerance; uptime depends on Vicious Strike hits and selected options.

Total 8 · 1 slot
1 -5s cooldown
Total 12 · 2 slots
1 -5s cooldown3 Heal over Time during Warding
Total 16 · 2 slots
5 +10% PvE Damage Tolerance and +5% PvP Damage Tolerance to party members on skill use1 -5s cooldown
Total 20 · 3 slots
5 +10% PvE Damage Tolerance and +5% PvP Damage Tolerance to party members on skill use1 -5s cooldown3 Heal over Time during Warding
All 5 options

1 -5s cooldown Requires total 8

2 +100 Block during Warding Requires total 8

3 Heal over Time during Warding Requires total 8

4 Adds PvE Damage Tolerance and PvP Damage Tolerance increase effect when more targets hit to Warding Requires total 12

5 +10% PvE Damage Tolerance and +5% PvP Damage Tolerance to party members on skill use Requires total 16

Line numbers identify the options from top to bottom. At total 16, all five options are available, but you still have two slots. The third slot opens at total 20. These are optional later setups, not a requirement to raise this skill to 20.

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This is a short functional summary of the reference-client guide entry. Trigger conditions, available specializations and rank-dependent values should be checked in the current client before investing.

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How to use it

Heal and gain Warding for 10 seconds, then spend its 2-second Judgment window. The buff lists +20% PvE Damage Tolerance; uptime depends on Vicious Strike hits and selected options.

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