HELENA

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Role: Tank · Difficulty:
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Talents

2Icon art for The Best DefenseThe Best Defense

The Best Defense

Each time you Block an attack with your shield, you have a chance to reset the cooldown of Shield Throw. Your next Shield Throw within 12 seconds deals 20% increased damage.
(2.0 PPM)
Upgrade Cost: 2
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Shield Mastery

The cooldown of your Shields Up and Shield Throw abilities are reduced relative to the amount of damage you mitigate with Toughness.
Upgrade Cost: 2
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Sword & Board

Your Power Strike has a chance to grant you Empowered Shield Slam for 12 seconds, causing your next Shield Slam to apply an absorb on you for 2000% Strength that lasts for 8 seconds.
(1.0 PPM)
Upgrade Cost: 2
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Reinforced Steel

Your Armor is increased by 20%.
Upgrade Cost: 1
1Icon art for Guarded VeteranGuarded Veteran

Guarded Veteran

Your chance to Block is increased by 10%.
Upgrade Cost: 1
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Punishing Strikes

Your Power Strike and Shield Slam deal 15% increased damage.
Upgrade Cost: 1
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Aftershock

Enemies that take damage from your Shockwave ability take 30% more damage from you for 5 seconds.
Upgrade Cost: 2
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Razor Shrapnel

Your Shield Throw hits have a 20% chance to trigger an explosion of metal, dealing damage equal to 40% of the Shield Throw hit that triggered the explosion to the target and up to 7 additional nearby enemies.
Upgrade Cost: 2
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Skull Cracker

Your Shield Throw has 20% additional Critical Strike chance and deals 100% increased damage to the first target it hits.
Upgrade Cost: 2
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Sharpened Blade

Enemies affliced by your Sweeping Strike's bleed have 20% reduced attack speed.
Upgrade Cost: 2
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High Command

Your "Hold the Line" cooldown is reduced by 6 seconds each time you use Shields Up.
Upgrade Cost: 1
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Magic Ward

You take 10% less Magic damage.
Upgrade Cost: 1
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Commander's Advance

Your "Hold the Line" ability increases your movement speed by 50% and the movement speed of your allies by 25% for 5 seconds.
Upgrade Cost: 1
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Second Wind

When your Toughness has reduced an amount of damage equal to 50% of your Maximum Health, you gain 30% increased Strength for 8 sec.
Upgrade Cost: 3
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Martial Command

While Siegebreaker is active you deal 25% more damage and your damage reduction from Toughness is shared with all allies.
Your Spirit is increased by +5% passively.
Upgrade Cost: 3
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Gleaming Shield

While Shields up is active your Shield Slam deals 40% increased damage and all healing effects on you are increased by 20%.
Upgrade Cost: 3
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Front Line Defender

The efficiency of your Toughness mechanic is increased by 20%.
Upgrade Cost: 1
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Master of War

Your Grand Melee ability has 20% reduced cooldown.
Upgrade Cost: 1
1Icon art for Greater ShockwaveGreater Shockwave

Greater Shockwave

Your Shockwave deals 20% increased damage.
Upgrade Cost: 1

Abilities

Siegebreaker

100 Spirit
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For the next 20 seconds, the cooldown reduction granted by your Veteran of War is doubled.
While Siegebreakeris active, you take 25% reduced damage and your Shield Slam, Shield Throw and Shockwave abilities deal 25% increased damage.
SPIRIT ABILITY
When you activate your Spirit ability you gain Spirit of Heroism, granting +30% Haste for 20 sec.

Measured Strike

5yd range
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Power Strike

5yd range6s Cooldown
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Shield Slam

5yd range7.5s Cooldown
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Shockwave

30s Cooldown
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Charge

30yd range20s Cooldown
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Taunt

30yd range8s Cooldown
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Taunt the target, forcing it to attack you for 6 sec.
Can be used during Global Cooldown

Bash

5yd range12s Cooldown
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Interrupt the target's spellcasting and prevent it from casting for 4 sec.
Must interrupt a spell, or it will have no effect.
Can be used during Global Cooldown

Shield Throw

30yd range21s Cooldown
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Shields Up

2 charges30s Cooldown
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Hold the Line

40yd range30s Cooldown
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Sweeping Strike

30s Cooldown
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Iron Wall

90s Cooldown
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Your Toughness can not be reduced for 12 seconds.
Can be used during Global Cooldown

Grand Melee

120s Cooldown
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For the next 10 seconds, Incite all enemies in a large radius around you, forcing them to only use Auto Attacks and only attack you.
All allies within the radius of Grand Melee take 20% reduced magic damage while it is active.