Piercing Stance/history

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October 28, 2025

  • Piercing Stance: 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%.
Piercing Stance.png

Piercing Stance

Profession
Guardian icon small.png Guardian (skill list)
Specialization
Luminary icon small.png Luminary
Slot
Utility
Type
Stance
Training cost
15 Hero points
Game link
1 Recharge time  2 Ammunition  
Piercing Stance

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

Damage.png Damage: 532 (2.0)?
Damage.png Damage: 66 (0.25)?
Damage.png Damage Increase: 10%
Piercing Stance.png Piercing Stance (8s): +10% Damage
Piercing Stance.png Piercing Stance (6s): +10% Damage
Daze.png Daze: 10.5½ seconds
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Maximum Count.png Maximum Count: 2
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 20 seconds
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 25 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 240
Evade.png Defiance Break: 150

— In-game description

Beta event version: August 19, 2025

  • Piercing Stance was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.
Piercing Stance.png

Piercing Stance

Profession
Guardian icon small.png Guardian (skill list)
Specialization
Luminary icon small.png Luminary
Slot
Utility
Type
Stance
Training cost
15 Hero points
Game link
1 Recharge time  2 Ammunition  
Piercing Stance

Stance. Enter a stance that causes you to deal more damage to crowd-controlled and immobilized enemies, then strike nearby enemies to daze them.

Damage.png Damage: 532 (2.0)?
Damage.png Damage: 66 (0.25)?
Damage.png Damage Increase: 15%
Piercing Stance.png Piercing Stance (8s): +10% Damage
Piercing Stance.png Piercing Stance (6s): +10% Damage
Daze.png Daze: 10.5½ seconds
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Maximum Count.png Maximum Count: 2
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 20 seconds
Count Recharge.png Count Recharge: 25 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 240
Evade.png Defiance Break: 150

— In-game description