Defiant Roar

Unleash a defiant roar, healing nearby allies and granting them resolution. — In-game description

Defiant Roar

Profession

Warrior (skill list)

Weapon

Staff

Game link

API

71889

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0.5½  25  

Defiant Roar

Unleash a defiant roar, healing nearby allies and granting them resolution.

 Healing: 5,180 (2.5)^?

 Healing: 1,940 (1.1)^?

 Healing: 1,149 (0.7)^?

 Resolution (6s): Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%.

 Resolution (4s): Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%.

 Adrenaline: 10

 Number of Allied Targets: 5

 Radius: 360

— In-game description

Related traits

Defense

• Hardened Armor — Gain resolution when you block or are struck by a critical hit. Strike damage taken is reduced by a percentage while you have resolution.

Tactics

• Empowered — Deal increased strike damage for every boon on you.

Discipline

• Stalwart Focus — Increase your incoming healing effectiveness and healing to other allies.

Bladesworn

• River's Flow — Incoming healing increased. Healing yourself increases flow rate. Regeneration effects do not trigger flow rate increase.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
January 13, 2026	Bullet Catcher: This skill has been removed and replaced by Defiant Roar. (undocumented) Defiant Roar now has a recharge of 25 seconds. All references to blocking have been removed, and the baseline adrenaline has been increased to 10 adrenaline, and baseline healing also increased.
April 15, 2025	Reduced the initial base healing from 1,000 to 680 and healing-power scaling from 0.7 to 0.5 in PvP only. Reduced the block's additional base healing from 310 to 234 and the healing-power scaling from 0.15 to 0.1 in PvP only.
September 10, 2024	Reduced the base heal from 1,320 to 1,000 and the healing power scaling 1.0 to 0.7 in PvP only.
February 27, 2024	Defiant Roar has been added to the game. This skill now grants 5 adrenaline, plus an additional 2 adrenaline per attack blocked by Bullet Catcher (up to 6 bonus adrenaline).
November 28, 2023	Defiant Roar was available during the Expanded Weapon Proficiency Beta Event.