Guild Wars 2

“Gain Retaliation for 10 seconds when you negate damage from guards, lords or supervisors. This effect can trigger only once per 20 seconds”

Now, could someone please explain me the word “negate” in normal words?
Also, how does Retaliation works exactly against NPC’s…

Tyvm and hope to get an answer soon

While I am not sure, probably something like block, reflect, dodge, etc.., but the new 10th mastery that gives you 50 vitality per guard killed up to a stack of 5, thus giving you 2,500 extra health is an amazing buff for any roaming/non-siege using player.

The Defense Against Guards trait is easily the best one for open field fighters just because of that.

Would like to get it explained too.