Last Stand

Stances grant vigor and barrier when activated, and they have increased duration. — In-game description

Last Stand

Specialization

Defense (trait list)

Tier

Grandmaster

Type

Major

Training cost

8 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Last Stand

Stances grant vigor and barrier when activated, and they have increased duration.

 Barrier: 1,960 (0.4)^?

 Vigor (6s): +50% Endurance Regeneration

 Duration Increase: 25%

— In-game description

Mechanics

•  Vigor is applied upon activating the stance, not per pulse   Balanced Stance or   Berserker Stance.

Related skills

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Defiant Stance — Stance

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Balanced Stance — Stance
•   Berserker Stance — Stance
•   Endure Pain — Stance
•   Frenzy — Stance

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Lesser Endure Pain — Defy Pain (warrior trait)

Notes

Bug:

Does not display the barrier granted at the end of   Defiant Stance.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 19, 2024	Increased the base barrier from 1,715 to 1,960.
October 04, 2022	This trait no longer grants Lesser Balanced Stance when disabled. This trait now applies barrier in addition to vigor when using a stance skill.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Increased cooldown from 90 seconds to 300 seconds.
March 27, 2018	Increased the cooldown from 40 seconds to 90 seconds in PvP only.
February 06, 2018	Unified the skill to match up with the trait description; they now both refer to Last Stand as Lesser Balanced Stance.
September 22, 2017	Path of Fire release: Fixed a text error that incorrectly stated that this trait reduced the recharge of stances.
July 26, 2016	Updated the skill facts to properly show that vigor is applied on stance activation when paired with Last Stand.
September 29, 2015	Decreased the recharge from 90 seconds to 40 seconds.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. This trait has been moved to the Grandmaster tier. Added: Gain vigor for 6 seconds whenever you activate a stance. Added: Stance durations last 25% longer. This trait now activates Balanced Stance.
March 16, 2015	This trait now grants 5 stacks of stability when triggered.
September 30, 2014	Fixed a bug that caused this trait to activate Rousing Resilience for 4 seconds instead of 8 seconds.
May 20, 2014	Updated the description of this trait to indicate "pull" in the list of triggers.
February 26, 2013	Added a cooldown to the trait's description.
December 14, 2012	This now properly breaks stun when it triggers.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Last Stand has been added to the game.