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Defiance is a Marauder Marauder and Warrior Warrior ability from Final Fantasy XIV.

Mechanics

Use

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Patch history

Version Changes
A Realm Reborn Added as a level 30 Warrior Warrior ability that grants Defiance Defiance, increasing maximum HP by 25%, while lowering damage dealt by 30%.
Ends upon reuse.
Using certain actions while under the effect of Defiance Defiance will grant Wrath Wrath.
Each unit of Wrath Wrath increases critical hit rate by 2%.
When five units are stacked, you will become Infuriated Infuriated.
All Wrath Wrath is lost when Defiance Defiance ends.
Patch 2.1 While under the effect of Defiance Defiance, characters will now gain increased enmity, and HP recovered via curing magic is increased by 20%.
Patch 2.3 The effects of Defiance Defiance will not be lost upon incapacitation.
Patch 3.2 The amount of enmity generated increased.
Stormblood Reduction to own damage dealt changed from 25% to 20%.
No longer increases chance to hit.
Wrath Wrath effects have been replaced with Beast Gauge effects while using Defiance Defiance.
Patch 4.05 The Beast Gauge will no longer be halved when Deliverance Deliverance is executed while under the effect of Defiance Defiance.
Patch 4.25 Fixed an issue wherein using this action followed by Inner Release Inner Release guaranteed that Equilibrium Equilibrium restored critical HP.
Shadowbringers Now acquired by the Warrior Warrior class.
Now acquired at level 10.
Removed the following: "Increases maximum HP by 25%, while reducing damage dealt by 20%. Increases own HP recovery via healing magic by 20%" and "Using certain actions while under the effect of Defiance will increase your Beast Gauge, increasing parry rate to a maximum of 10%. The Beast Gauge returns to 0 when Defiance Defiance ends. Cannot be used with Deliverance Deliverance. Shares a recast timer with Deliverance Deliverance."
Patch 6.1 Recast time reduced from 10 to 3 seconds.
Patch 6.3 Recast time reduced from 3 to 2 seconds.
Now becomes Release Defiance Release Defiance when used.
Old PvP icon.

Old PvP icon.

PvP patch history
Version Changes
Stormblood Added as an ability that grants Defiance Defiance, increasing maximum HP and own HP recovery via healing magic by 20%, while reducing damage dealt by 20%.
Effect ends upon reuse.
Patch 4.06a Increased maximum HP changed from 20% to 25%.
Increase to HP recovery via healing magic changed from 20% to 25%.
Reduction to damage dealt changed from 20% to 25%.
Patch 4.1 Fixed an issue where this action was not increasing HP recovery via healing magic to the correct value.
Patch 4.2 The effect increasing maximum HP has been changed from 25% to 20%.
The effect increasing HP recovered via healing magic has been changed from 25% to 20%.
The effect reducing damage dealt has been changed from 25% to 20%.
Patch 4.5 Effect changed from "Increases maximum HP and own HP recovery via healing magic by 20%, while reducing damage dealt by 20%." to "Reduces both damage taken and damage dealt by 20%."
Shadowbringers Removed.