Zealot's Defense

Block ranged attacks while casting magical projectiles. — In-game description

Animation

Zealot's Defense

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Weapon

Main hand sword

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

9107

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0.5½  12  

Zealot's Defense

Block ranged attacks while casting magical projectiles.

 Damage (8x): 1,760 (4.8)^?

 Damage (8x): 648 (1.76)^?

 Blocks Missiles

 Block Duration: 3 seconds

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Despite the phrasing, it does not count as a block.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
March 19, 2024	You can now move while using this skill. Adjusted the projectile behavior to interact better with gaps in terrain. (Undocumented) Added a visual effect of a frontal shield.
February 14, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 15 seconds to 12 seconds.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.33 to 0.22.
October 15, 2019	Increased PvE damage by 20%.
April 23, 2019	Damage has been increased by 50% in PvE only. Fixed a bug that caused some visual effects to display on the player when enemies were hit. Skills that destroy missiles will now block missiles instead.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to continue blocking even if the skill was canceled.
July 26, 2016	The missile velocity of this skill's projectiles has been increased by 33%. Reduced the variability of the angle that projectiles are launched at by 50%, which enhances their overall accuracy.
May 20, 2014	Updated the description of this skill to clarify that it doesn't block projectiles, but rather destroys them.
May 28, 2013	No longer destroys unblockable projectiles.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Zealot's Defense has been added to the game.