Guild Wars 2

Tried Defiant Stance combined with Frenzy in a clash filled my HP in under 3 seconds. Combine that with Discipline trait that gives Vigor then I get additonal dodges for the fight.

Endure Pain skill and Endure Pain trait is good in case things go south.

So far here is the build I ave been using an am having quite some fun with it: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vIAQNAR5enUJSXIWFCmhAnIIQQP+CwYLMF6hjCAkJUFwDA-z0CBYLCy0yAEIwECQJPFRjtCqIasqFYqSAqTLq2bIY+DLqGA-w

What do you guys think? Comments and criticism is most welcome.

Defiant stance just loses against other healing skills when you are fighting smart people. In group fights (5+), it has some use. In zergvzerg, it is incredibly capable.

No offense, but there have been a lot of topics on this skill. I think it would be easier to just accept that a skill with such high telegraphing and CD is not useable in small scale fighting or PvP. I find this skill to fill a niche for warriors, and those that use it for that purpose no doubt are having fun.

Edit: warrior without fast hands = bad.

Some tweaks – you’ll see why yourself. Take away death from above and get fast hands and mobile strikes. Use Lyssa runes with this, the hoelbrak runes just doesn’t make much sense. I’d swap defy pain for cleansing ire for some great condition removal and frankly you don’t need 2 endure pains. I can see the use of vigor and stuff but from my experience – not worth it. Only time I’d take it is with a full damage build paired with desperate power.

I have thought about defiant stance myself but I just… It’s not good enough to swap out healing signet. Keep testing though, it would be ace with a viable defiant stance build.