Defiance
Warrior · Protection · opens at 10 points spent · 3 ranks
Defiance works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.
Defiance ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 5% while a shield is equipped.
- Rank 2 Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 10% while a shield is equipped.
- Rank 3 Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 15% while a shield is equipped.
What Defiance does in Classic Era
Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side. It has 5 ranks in Classic Era rather than 3.
- Rank 1 Increases the threat generated by your attacks by 3% while in Defensive Stance.
- Rank 2 Increases the threat generated by your attacks by 6% while in Defensive Stance.
- Rank 3 Increases the threat generated by your attacks by 9% while in Defensive Stance.
Where Defiance sits in the Protection tree
Defiance is a Protection talent for Warrior. You need 10 points in Protection before the row it sits on opens.
- Same row: Last Stand, Master of Defense, Improved Revenge
How often people take Defiance
42 of the 151 public Warrior builds saved here — 28% — put at least one point in Defiance. Counted across the 1498 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Builds that take Defiance
2 of the public Warrior builds written up here spend points on Defiance.
- Warrior Protection 13/0/31 — 3/3 , 3 up
- Warrior Protection 18/0/28 — 3/3
Where this came from
Changed in Forever.
- Forever client build 1.60.1.69893