Guild Wars 2

If you have both Aegis and Stability up and get hit by a knockback/down or something else applicable to both boons, do they both absorb it and disappear, or does only one, and if so which one?

Example case: you’re running your group through TA bypassing the packs of wolves with their tons of knockbacks. Should you cast both Retreat! and Stand Your Ground! as you approach a wolf pack, or cast one and wait for it to be consumed by an attack and then cast the other to block the next attacks?

Erm, stability boon is not consumed when you get hit by a control effect (for example knockback). So if you want to prevent getting knocked back, casting stand your ground will insure that you cannot be knocked back for the entire duration of the effect.

If you want to block an attack, then only blocking abilities can do that, for example Aegis will block one attack. Focus #5 will block three such attacks, including the knockback portion of it. Stability will only prevent knockback, but will not do anything about the damage part of an attack.

Case in point, Aegis will block everything, including damage and knockback, but only once. Stand your ground or Retreat will only prevent knockback, but will do this for an unlimited amount of times during their duration.

Ah, did not realize stability from shouts persisted, that answers it, thanks!

tho i would use both but i would not use retreat for the aegis but the swiftness as you will get faster past them and with stabilty from stand your ground you will not get knockback or knockdown and if you time the stabilty(when its going off) with shelter and renowed focus you can get very far;)