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[Active] Increases the damage reduction effect of all Heavy Stance behavior. Pressing the skill key while attacked launches a cannonball. Hold the skill button to keep the stance while consuming MP. (  Self BuffSuper Armor status)
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Final Enhanced Skill
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Requirements
| Class | Level Required |
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| Iron Paladin | 50 |
Skill Information
| Mode | Cast Impact (Physical) | Received Damage Decrease | Cannonball Usage | MP Usage | Cooldown | |
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| Initial | Additional | |||||
| Normal | ||||||
| PvE | 127% | 60% | 0 ~ 1 | 25 MP | 4 MP per Second | 8 Seconds |
| PvP | 49% | |||||
| [Enhanced] | ||||||
| PvE | 127% | 60% | 0 ~ 1 | 25 MP | 2 MP per Second | 8 Seconds |
| PvP | 49% | |||||
Skill Traits
| Persistent Guard | Evil Guard |
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| Attribute Effect | Attribute Effect |
| Skill will reduce 20 KD per hit | Skill will burn 10 MP per hit |
Related Skills
Tips and Details
- This skill will only defend you against attacks from the front. Attacks from behind will cause the stance to break.
- When attacked from the front while in Guard stance, you can press
or 
to launch a Heavy Stance counter attack. This maintains the chance to not knock down from Veteran Technique.
- When attacked from the front while in Guard stance, you can press
- This skill can be used when being hit. When doing so, it will not perform the casting attack, instead immediately entering guard stance.
- The ability to perform a counter attack is completely disabled if the skill is activated in this way.
- Normal MP regeneration while attacking on Guard is disabled.
- If you are hit while guarding, you will receive MP and Knockdown as normal.
- Holding the skill key will allow you to continuously guard, as long as you have enough MP.
- If the KD counter reached its limit while you are guarding, you will not be knocked down.
- While guarding, you are immune to
Enemy DebuffFaint and 
Enemy DebuffFlattened.
- You will also receive consistent hitstun regardless of the incoming attack. This allows you to use skills to counter enemies while guarding.
- Unlike normal Heavy Stance, when you receive damage, you will only go into Heavy Stance for about 0.5 ~ 1 second, meaning that you would need to counter straight away after receiving damage. However, you can also choose to continue guarding by holding the skill key even after entering Heavy Stance.
- This skill can be used to delay the animations of certain skills.
- For example, Uno Hound can spin and Guard can be held down while you are taking damage, then you can use Pandemonium, Pain of Caladbolg, etc.
- As long as you are near a wall, you can guard against any move that doesn't attack from behind.
Old Version
| Video | Description |
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| Between its initial release and the 05/15/2014 KR Patch, this skill did not have a casting attack. |
Updates
| Date | Changes | ||
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| KR | NA | PvE | PvP |
| 01/27/2011 | 06/27/2012 |
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| 03/29/2012 | - |
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| 11/07/2013 | 02/12/2014 |
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| 05/15/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
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| 07/17/2014 | - |
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| 02/05/2015 | - |
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| 08/20/2015 | 01/27/2016 |
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| 04/21/2016 | 05/18/2016 |
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| 01/25/2017 | 02/08/2017 |
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| 04/27/2017 | 05/10/2017 |
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| 09/14/2017 | - |
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| 04/05/2018 | 04/18/2018 |
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| 02/03/2022 | 03/02/2022 |
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Alternative Names
| Server | Name | Translation |
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 South Korea
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가드 | Guard |
 Japan
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ガード | Guard |
 China (Simplified Chinese)
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防御姿态 | Guard Stance |
 Germany
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Abwehr | Defense |
 Spain
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Defensa | Defense |
 France
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Défense | Defense |
 Italy
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Scansamento | ??? |
 Poland
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Obrona | Defense |
 United Kingdom
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Defence | |
 Brazil
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Bloqueio | Block |
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