Gladiator's Defense

Break out of a stun, damaging and weakening enemies close to you. Gain boons if this skill strikes at least one enemy. Remove additional energy if this skill was used to break a stun. Resonance. If Legendary Dwarf Stance is equipped, the additional energy cost for breaking stuns is reduced, and the boons are also granted to allies in a radius around you. — In-game description

Gladiator's Defense

Profession

Revenant (skill list)

Specialization

Conduit

Slot

Utility

Type

Legendary Entity

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

77291

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Gladiator's Defense

Break out of a stun, damaging and weakening enemies close to you. Gain boons if this skill strikes at least one enemy. Remove additional energy if this skill was used to break a stun.

Resonance. If Legendary Dwarf Stance is equipped, the additional energy cost for breaking stuns is reduced, and the boons are also granted to allies in a radius around you.

 Additional Energy Cost Reduction: -100%

 Damage: 477

 Weakness (5s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, +50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

 Resolution (3s): Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%.

 Resistance (3s): Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective.

 Additional Energy Drained: 20

 Additional Allies Affected: 4

 Radius: 360

 Breaks Stun

— In-game description

Related traits

Corruption

• Demonic Resistance — Incoming strike damage is reduced while you have resistance on you.
• Pact of Pain — Conditions you apply to foes last longer, but conditions applied to you also last longer.
• Fiendish Tenacity — Invoke Torment grants resistance. Resistance heals you every interval.

Retribution

• Dwarven Battle Training — Deal increased strike damage to weakened foes. Disabling a foe applies weakness. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, taunt, and launch.
• Determined Resolution — Strike damage taken is reduced by a percentage while you have resolution.
• Vicious Reprisal — While you have resolution, all damage dealt is increased, and you gain might when you strike foes. Resolution granted to you lasts longer.

Salvation

• Resilient Spirit — Periodically gain barrier for each unique boon you have.

Invocation

• Glaring Resolve — Gain stability and heal yourself when you break stuns.
• Contained Temper — Gain energy when you break stun.

Devastation

• Notoriety — Might grants you more power and less condition damage. Gain might when using a legendary stance skill.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Gladiator's Defense has been added to the game. Reduced the additional energy drain when breaking a stun from 20 seconds to 10 seconds.
August 19, 2025	Gladiator's Defense was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.