Defence abilities

For a broader ability category, see Defensive.

Defence abilities are abilities categorised in Defence. The type of ability damage dealt to targets depends on the weapon type in main hand, regardless of whether the ability requires a shield to use. The abilities dealt damage also requires corresponding runes or ammo if the main-hand weapon is a magic or ranged weapon respectively.

Basic abilities

Ability		Level	Adrenaline	Target	Damage	Cooldown	Equipment	Description	Members
	Anticipation	3	+9%	Self	N/A	24.6 seconds (41 ticks)	None	Focus your mind to anticipate incoming attacks. Reduce all damage taken by 10%. Immune to stuns. 10.2s (17 ticks) duration.	Free-to-play
	Bash	8	+9%	Single	Varies	15 seconds (25 ticks)	Shield	Slam your shield into the target. 20%-100% ability damage. Deal additional damage equal to 10% of your shield's armour value plus your defence level. Offensive.	Free-to-play
	Provoke	24	+9%	Single	N/A	10.2 seconds (17 ticks)	None	Taunt the target. Force the target to attack you. In PvP, reduce both targeted player's and your damage towards other players by 50% for 6s (10 ticks).	Free-to-play
	Freedom	34	+9%	Self	N/A	30 seconds (50 ticks)	None	Break free from all that stops you. Remove stuns and binds. Clear damage over time effects. Gain immunity to stuns and binds. 6s (10 ticks) duration.	Free-to-play
	Divert	48	+9%	Self	N/A	30 seconds (50 ticks)	Shield	Channel power into your shield to block an attack. Block the next attack. 6s (10 ticks) duration. Generate 0.8% adrenaline for every 100-200 damage blocked, based on the level of shield equipped with diminishing returns at 3,000, 6,000 and 9,000 damage blocked. Powerful attacks will have their damage blocked, but will not generate adrenaline.	Members
	Resonance	48	+9%	Self	N/A	30 seconds (50 ticks)	Shield	Channel power into your shield to block an attack. Block the next attack. 6s (10 ticks) duration. Heal for 50%-100% damage blocked, based on the level of shield equipped. Powerful attacks will have their damage blocked, but will not heal you.	Free-to-play
	Preparation	67	+9%	Self	N/A	20.4 seconds (34 ticks)	Shield	Ready yourself for the coming attacks. Remaining cooldown of Resonance and Divert are reduced by 3s (5 ticks) for every attack received. 9.6s (16 ticks) duration.	Free-to-play

Threshold abilities

Ability		Level	Adrenaline	Target	Damage	Cooldown	Equipment	Description	Members
	Devotion	1	-15%	Self	N/A	60 seconds (100 ticks)	None	Empower yourself with the protection of the gods. Increase the effectiveness of your protection prayers to 100%(75% in PvP). 9.6s (16 ticks) duration. Killing an enemy extends the duration by 4.8s (8 ticks) up to a maximum of 19.2s (32 ticks).	Free-to-play
	Revenge	15	-15%	Self	N/A	45 seconds (75 ticks)	Shield	The best defence is offence. Each attack dealt to you increases your damage dealt by 5%. Stacks up to 10 times. 50% effective when using a defender. 19.8s (33 ticks) duration. Offensive.	Free-to-play
	Reflect	37	-15%	Self	N/A	30 seconds (50 ticks)	Shield	Use your shield to return attacks back at the attacker. Reduce damage taken by 50% (25% in PvP). Reflect the reduced damage back at the attacker. 9.6s (16 ticks) duration.	Free-to-play
	Debilitate	55	-15%	Single	60%	30 seconds (50 ticks)	None	Perform a debilitating kick to the target. 20%-100% ability damage. Reduce the damage taken from the target by 50%. 7.8s (13 ticks)-13.8s (23 ticks) duration based on the level of shield equipped.	Free-to-play

Ultimate abilities

Ability		Level	Adrenaline	Target	Damage	Cooldown	Equipment	Description	Members
	Immortality	29	-100%	Self	N/A	120 seconds (200 ticks)	Shield	Show tenacity even in the face of death. Reduce all damage taken by 25%. 30s (50 ticks) duration. If you die during this period, immediately return to life with 40% of your maximum lifepoints. The damage reduction effect is removed upon returning to life.	Free-to-play
	Rejuvenate	52	-100%	Self	N/A	300 seconds (500 ticks)	Shield	Channel your adrenaline to heal yourself. Restore 2.5% of your lifepoints every 0.6s (1 tick) over 10.2s (17 ticks). Heal over time. Fully restore your drained stats.	Free-to-play
	Barricade	81	-100%	Self	N/A	60 seconds (100 ticks)	Shield	Summon an impenetrable dome of shields. Prevent all damage received. 4.8s (8 ticks)-10.2s (17 ticks) duration based on the level of shield equipped.	Free-to-play
	Natural Instinct	85	-100%	Single	N/A	120 seconds (200 ticks)	None	Leech the targets energy. Steal the target's adrenaline and grant yourself the same amount. If the target does not have adrenaline to leech, increase your adrenaline gain by 100%. 20.4s (34 ticks) duration.	Members

Utility abilities

Ability		Level	Adrenaline	Target	Damage	Cooldown	Equipment	Description	Members
	Aggression	0	0%	Area	N/A	90 seconds (150 ticks)	None	Burst out in anger. Force up to 8 enemies within 5 tiles to attack you. Revolution will not trigger this ability. Has no effect in PvP. Generates no adrenaline.	Members
	Cease	0	0%	Self	N/A	0 seconds (0 ticks)	None	Stops all current and pending attacks. Stops any in use channelled ability. Cancels any queued abilities, including those queued by revolution. Disables auto-retaliate for 6s (10 ticks). Prevents familiars from attacking for 6s (10 ticks). Attacking an enemy will cancel the effect. Revolution mode will not trigger this ability. Generates no adrenaline.	Free-to-play
	Unsullied	0	0%	Self	N/A	60 seconds (100 ticks)	None	Clean yourself of corruption. Stop Sophanem corruption effect increasing your damage taken without losing the damage boost. 30s (50 ticks) duration. Revolution will not trigger this ability. Generates no adrenaline.	Members