Guild Wars 2

so if i have retaliation, and someone attacks me, do i get damaged as well as him, or only him?

also, about confusion, does the other person/mob’s attack need to hit to activate confusion, or just the attack themselves (whether or not he was blinded/you’re able to dodge) will trigger the confusion thing?

it reflects damage back however its also reducing incoming damage about confusing i dont know hope to informed u enough about retaliation
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damage reflected is based on how much damage he did or a set amount? Also how much damage is reduced? like what %?

(btw, thanks for the mod for putting it here, i didn’t realize i was at the wrong forum lol)

Retaliation reflects damage based on level and scales with power, increasing damage by 1 for every 13.4 power. At level 80, base damage is 267 (copy paste from gw2 wiki)
i cant find anything about how much % the dmg u recieve will be reduced but maybe an Dev can give u the answer u asking for

this is from the patch notes of 7 oct : We are moving towards retaliation being more of a counter to taking many hits rather than a general boon to keep up all the time.
it doesnt say how much dmg reduction as they only say taking many hits

From all that I’ve ever seen, Retaliation is just a damage shield and does not reduce incoming damage in any noticeable way. Defensive builds with ways to create lots of self-healing and Retaliation let their enemies kill themselves through losing a significant portion of their health score to Retaliation.

(I’m admittedly just a Warrior player, so I only have a minimal access to the Retaliation buff. However I’ve seen no kind of protective benefits on my defensive Warrior when that buff procs.)

as for me i play guardian and im not sure if im correct tho but it seems i can handle much more foes with the retaliation boon up then when its not but again it could be just me