Determined Resolution

Strike damage taken is reduced by a percentage while you have resolution. — In-game description

Determined Resolution

Specialization

Retribution (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Minor

Training cost

6 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Determined Resolution

Strike damage taken is reduced by a percentage while you have resolution.

 Damage Reduced: 10%

 Damage Reduced: 7%

— In-game description

Related skills

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Soothing Stone — Legendary Dwarf Stance
•   Breakrazor's Bastion — Legendary Renegade Stance

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Pain Absorption — Legendary Demon Stance
•   Gladiator's Defense — Legendary Entity Stance

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Twin Moon Sweep — Legendary Entity Stance

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Orders from Above — Citadel Order

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Conduit

• Numinous Gift — The third minor traits of other specializations you equip have improved effectiveness. Gain might and additional boons when you use Cosmic Wisdom, depending on which legends you have equipped.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Retribution

• Spiritual Reckoning — Gain resolution when you use invoke a legend.
• Resolute Evasion — Gain resolution after you dodge.

Invocation

• Spirit Boon — Invoking a legend grants boons to nearby allies based on the legend that was invoked.

Renegade

• Wrought-Iron Will — Evading an attack inspires you with Kalla's Fervor and grants boons to nearby allies.

Conduit

• Shared Wisdom — Grant boons to allies whenever you use a Legendary Entity Skill, depending on which skill was used.
• Numinous Gift — The third minor traits of other specializations you equip have improved effectiveness. Gain might and additional boons when you use Cosmic Wisdom, depending on which legends you have equipped.
• Found Purpose — Trigger the active portion of Numinous Gift when you invoke a legend while in combat. Triggering Numinous Gift grants boons to allies in an area around you, depending on which legends you have equipped.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 17, 2026	Updated icon.
May 06, 2025	Reduced the strike damage reduction from 10% to 7% in PvP only.
May 25, 2021	Reduced strike damage taken from 15% to 10% in all game modes.
May 11, 2021	Damage reduction is now gained while the revenant has resolution rather than vigor. Text on many damage-increasing profession traits, runes, and sigils has been clarified to indicate whether they increase outgoing strike damage, condition damage, or all damage, as appropriate.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: This trait now reduces incoming damage while revenants have vigor instead of stability. It no longer increases the duration of stability.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: This trait has been reworked and now reduces the damage you take while you have stability by 15%, and increases the duration of stability you apply by 33%.
October 23, 2015	Heart of Thorns release: Determined Resolution has been added to the game.