Defensive Stance
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| Defensive Stance | |
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| Usable by | |
| Class | Warrior |
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| Type | Utility |
| School | Physical |
| Cooldown | 1 sec |
Defensive Stance is a cautious back-footed stance that allows the warrior to react more efficiently to incoming attacks, and better utilize the sheer immensity of armor available to him. The slower, more deliberate nature of the stance makes it difficult to inflict as much damage with his own attacks. This style of fighting lends itself to shield use with main-handed weapons for the most effect, but can be successfully used with any type of weapon to a lesser degree.
Abilities usable only in Defensive Stance: Taunt, Revenge, Shield Block, Disarm, and Shield Wall. Defensive Stance also shares some abilities with Battle Stance.
A must for Main Tank work, the 10% Damage Absorb, increased Threat and access to Taunt make all the difference when working in a group. The 10% Damage Reduction is more than compensated for by the other party members being allowed to attack uninterrupted. Since several of the Defensive Stance Abilities require one, a Shield is a must to get the most out of this Stance.
This stance does have some place in solo work, as on average, most Warriors will be doing a lot more than 10% extra damage than a similarly levelled non-elite mob per swing, meaning that if a fight looks like it could go either way, a stance swap to Defensive will more often than not, allow the Warrior to survive long enough to finish the job, particularly if the mob has status effects built up already; Sunder Armor, Rend and so on.
Under normal circumstances however, it is an unnecessarily slow way to go one-on-one vs solo mobs, and Battle Stance or Berserker Stance would achieve the same effect in a shorter time, and with minimal extra risk.
In PvP, this Stance is less helpful, where combat is generally decided by who can cause the most critical hits and stun/fear effects in as short a time as possible. Survivability usually comes second to Shock and Awe. Use Defensive Stance only briefly there, to allow use of particular Abilities; Disarm, Shield Wall, or if you wish to reduce damage that you know will come soon by 10%/20%.
Quests
This ability is gained through completing one of several quests:
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[10] Vejrek in Ironforge
- [10] Vorlus Vilehoof in Darnassus
- [10] Bartleby's Mug in Stormwind
- [10] Strength of One in Azuremyst Isle
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[10] Path of Defense in The Barrens
- [10] Ulag the Cleaver in Tirisfal Glades
Blood Elves cannot be warriors, and Trolls, Orcs, and Tauren can all share the Barrens, so horde have fewer locations to pick up Defensive Stance quests.
You may only have one of these quests at a time, as their rewards are identical skills.
See also
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