Piercing Stance

Stance. Enter a stance that causes you to deal more damage, then strike nearby enemies to daze them. — In-game description

Piercing Stance

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Specialization

Luminary

Slot

Utility

Type

Stance

Training cost

15 Hero points

Game link

API

77078

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Piercing Stance

Stance. Enter a stance that causes you to deal more damage, then strike nearby enemies to daze them.

 Damage: 532 (2.0)^?

 Damage: 66 (0.25)^?

 Damage Increase: 10%

 Piercing Stance (8s): +10% Damage

 Piercing Stance (6s): +10% Damage

 Daze: 10.5½ seconds

 Number of Targets: 5

 Maximum Count: 2

 Count Recharge: 20 seconds

 Count Recharge: 25 seconds

 Radius: 240

 Defiance Break: 150

— In-game description

Related traits

Virtues

• Glacial Heart — Mighty Blow becomes Glacial Blow. Heal when you disable, immobilize, or chill a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.

Luminary

• Shimmering Stances — Stances grant protection to affected allies and blind affected enemies.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Piercing Stance has been added to the game. This skill now grants an unconditional strike-damage bonus; it no longer requires striking a controlled or immobilized enemy. Reduced the strike-damage bonus from 15% to 10%.
August 19, 2025	Piercing Stance was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.