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Tank Ability/Skill Glossary for Ashes of Creation

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Welcome to the Ashes of Creation skill glossary for Tank! This page is great for people new to the Tank Archetype, as it contains the basic information players need to know to excel at both PvE and PvP.

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1.

Tank Skills

Below is a full list of all available skills for the Tank archetype. Each skill includes a brief description, along with important information regarding its casting and cooldown times, mana costs, range, and more.

1.1.

Absorption Field

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Absorption Field
Absorption Field Skill Icon 		Cast: 2.1s

Cooldown: 90s		 332 Mana Range: 30m Throw a rallying banner to the target location that spawns an Absorption Field upon impact. You and allies that enter the Absorption Field are granted temporary health equal to 15% of your maximum health. This can only be applied to any specific target once per 10 seconds.
1.2.

Aegis

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Aegis
Aegis Skill Icon		 Cast: 0.8s

Cooldown: 60s		 200 Mana Range: N/A Create a protective dome around the caster for 15 seconds, transferring 20% of all damage received by targets within the area to the tank instead. Can be toggled off early to cancel the effect.
1.3.

Charge

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Charge
Charge Skill Icon 		Cast: 1.8s

Cooldown: 30s		 67 Mana Range: n/a Channeled Ability: Charge forward in the direction you are facing. Enemies you collide with take (50%🢆) Physical damage and become Staggered. Charge will be canceled if another ability is activated or if the Charge key is pressed again..
Upgrade Description
Charge: Knockback Adds a knockback to targets in the way of your Charge.
1.4.

Desolate

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Desolate
Desolate Skill Icon 		Cast: 1.5s

Cooldown: 15s		 133 Mana Range: 4m Strikes your target and surrounding enemies for (150%🢆) Physical damage Generates 300% additional threat.
1.5.

Pulverize

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Pulverize
Pulverize Skill Icon 		Cast: 1.5s

Cooldown: 15s		 100 Mana Range: 4m Move to your target and strike them for (225%🢆) Physical damage Generates 300% additional threat.
Upgrade Description
Punish Pulverize and Desolate have 100% critical hit chance against snared or recently tripped enemies.
1.6.

Fortify

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Fortify
Fortify Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.5s

Cooldown: 45s		 0 Mana Range: n/a Consumes all Courage to reduce damage taken for 10 seconds. Increases mitigation by 10% plus an additional 0.1% per Courage spent, up to a total maximum of 20%. While active, generate 300% Courage from damage taken.
1.7.

Grapple

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Grapple
Grapple Skill Icon 		Cast: 1.2s

Cooldown: 20s		 233 Mana Range: 25m Take aim and hurl a chained javelin at your target, damaging the first target it contacts and immediately pulling them to the caster. The target suffers a tapering snare for 3 seconds. Cannot be used on boss enemies.
1.8.

Grit

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Grit
Grit Skill Icon 		Cast: 0s

Cooldown: 1s		 40 Courage Range: n/a Increase physical mitigation by 10% for 10 seconds. This can stack up to 2 times.
Upgrade Description
Supernatural Grit Grit additionally applies half of its physical mitigation value to magical mitigation.
1.9.

Ground Pound

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Ground Pound
Ground Pound Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.6s

Cooldown: 20s		 50 Courage Range: n/a Slams the ground, dealing (200%🢆) Physical damage to enemies in front of you, while applying Tripped for 2 seconds to targets that were Staggered. Targets already Tripped are launched and take 25% more damage.
1.10.

Inciting Strikes

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Inciting Strikes
Inciting Strikes Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.9s

Cooldown: 8s		 54 Mana Range: n/a Slash twice in an area in front of you, dealing(75%🢆) Physical damage per hit. Generate 3 Courage per target hit with each swing, up to a maximum of 10 Courage per swing. Generates 300% Threat.
1.11.

Indomitable Spirit

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Indomitable Spirit
Indomitable Spirit Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.5s

Cooldown: 60s		 100 Mana Range: n/a Gain Indomitable Spirit: Healing recieved increased by 20%, max health increased by 20%. Lasts 15 seconds.
1.12.

Intercept

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Intercept
Intercept Spirit Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.7s

Cooldown: 20s		 100 Mana Range: 30m Gain Indomitable Spirit: Healing recieved increased by 20%, max health increased by 20%. Lasts 15 seconds.
1.13.

Intimidating Aura

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Intimidating Aura
Intimidating Aura Spirit Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.8s

Cooldown: 15s		 166 Mana Range: n/a Emanate an aura around the caster for 8 seconds that deals (10%🢆) Magical damage with a 10% chance of applying Staggered every 0.5 seconds. Generates threat equal to 30% of your Maximum Health every tick.
1.14.

Protect

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Protect
Protect Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.5s

Cooldown: 0s		 67 Mana Range: 30m Intercept attacks that strike your friendly nearby target, redirecting 30% of the damage taken to you. Must remain within 15 meters of the target to maintain protection. If this range is exceeded for more than 5 seconds, the effect ends. If your target already has Protect from another Tank, you cannot activate Protect. If your target already has your Protect, activating Protect again will toggle it off.
Upgrade Description
Extended Protect Your protected target can be 10m further away before the link begins to break.
1.15.

Reflect

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Reflect
Reflect Spirit Skill Icon 		Cast: 4s

Cooldown: 15s		 100 Mana Range: n/a You brace for the next hit, doubling your block mitigation rating. The first incoming attack within the next 3 seconds is reflected back to the attacker, dealing (100%🢆) Physical damage plus additional damage based on the amount of damage taken by the deflected attack, up to a maximum total of (800%🢆) Physical damage. Generates 200% additional threat.
Upgrade Description
Opressive Reflect If Reflect successfully reflects damage to an attacker, that attacker also becomes Tripped.
Upgrade Description
Refreshing Reflect Reflect restores mana equal to the damage dealt by the reflected hit, up to 20% of the caster's total mana.
1.16.

Rush of Courage

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Rush of Courage
Rush of Courage Spirit Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.5s

Cooldown: 60s		 67 Mana Range: n/a You feel a surge of resolve. Gain 100 Courage.
1.17.

Shake It Off

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Shake It Off
Shake It Off Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.5s

Cooldown: 30s		 67 Mana Range: n/a Activate to instantly restore 50% of the difference between damage taken and healing taken in the past 4 seconds. Always heals for at least 10% of your maximum HP. Cannot heal for more than 30% of your Maximum HP.
Upgrade Description
Shake It Off: Unyielding Shake It Off breaks all disabling effects on the caster.
1.18.

Shield Assault

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Shield Assault
Shield Assault Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.8s

Cooldown: 12s		 133 Mana Range: 7m Lunge forward and deal (150%🢆) Physical damage while applying Staggered to that target. Gain 25 courage on hit. Generates 300% additional threat.
1.19.

Shield Slam

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Shield Slam
Shield Slam Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.8s

Cooldown: 12s		 67 Mana Range: 10m Lunge forward and deal (125%🢆) Physical damage while applying Staggered to enemies in front of you. If a target was hit, gain 25 courage. Generates 300% additional threat.
1.20.

Slam

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Slam
Slam Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.8s

Cooldown: 0s		 40 Courage Range: 4m Deal (200%🢆) Physical damage to targets in front of you. Generates 300% additional threat.
1.21.

Taunt

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Taunt
Taunt Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.6s

Cooldown: 10s		 100 Mana Range: 30m Taunt target enemy, generating threat equal to two times your maximum health and applying Humiliated.
1.22.

Tomahawk

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Tomahawk
Tomahawk Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.6s

Cooldown: 10s		 100 Mana Range: 20m Throw a Tomahawk at target enemy, dealing (100%🢆) Physical damage. Deals 50% more damage to targets hit from behind.
Upgrade Description
Tomahawk: Trip Tomahawk applies Tripped to the target if it hits them from behind.
1.23.

Tremoring Bellow

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Tremoring Bellow
Tremoring Bellow Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.8s

Cooldown: 12s		 133 Mana Range: n/a Apply Snared to enemies in front of you with a loud shout. Then quickly follow up with a powerful ground stomp, dealing (150%🢆) Physical damage to enemies around you. Generates 200% additional threat.
1.24.

Tremoring Strike

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Tremoring Strike
Tremoring Strike Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.8s

Cooldown: 12s		 80 Mana Range: 4m Deal (175%🢆) Physical damage and apply Tripped to target enemy for 2 seconds. Generates 200% additional threat.
Upgrade Description
Forceful Tremors Tremoring Bellow's Snare last twice as long. Tremoring Strike's Knockdown lasts 1s longer.
1.25.

Vengeance

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Vengeance
Vengeance Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.6s

Cooldown: 8s		 67 Mana Range: 4m Combo ability: Launch up to 3 consecutive attacks against target enemy. Each hit grants 1 stack of Vengeance to the caster, granting 2% of maximum health as temporary health for 8 seconds, up to 3 stacks.

Hit 1 - (120%🢆) Physical damage.
Hit 2 - (130%🢆) Physical damage.
Hit 3 - (150%🢆) Physical damage.

Incoming damaging hits reduce this ability's cooldown by 0.5 seconds, and hits that were blocked reduce the cooldown by 1 second. This may trigger at a maximum of once per second. Generates 100% additional threat.
Upgrade Description
Relentless Vengeance Increases the shielding of Vengeance by 50%.
1.26.

Wall

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Wall
Wall Skill Icon 		Cast: 0.5s

Cooldown: 60s		 233 Mana Range: 30m Summons a glorious Wall at the target location. Obstructs movement and blocks projectiles.
2.

Tank Passives

Below is a full list of all available passives for the Tank archetype. Each passive includes a brief description, along with important information regarding its casting and cooldown times, mana costs, range, and more.

2.1.

Courageous

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Courageous
Courageous Skill Icon 		Cast: n/a

Cooldown: n/a		 n/a Range: N/A Build Courage through your valiant actions in combat. Courage can be spent on certain abilities and effects for unique advantages on the battlefield. Weapon combo finishers and extended finishers generate 33 Courage and apply Staggered to targets hit. Taking damage also generates Courage based on amount of incoming damage. Threat generated by damage dealt is increased.
2.2.

Iron Aura

Action Name Timers Cost Range & Radius Description
Iron Aura
Iron Aura Skill Icon 		Cast: Instant

Cooldown: 5s		 n/a Range: N/A Reduces damage taken by 5% for all party members within 10 meters.
3.

Changelog

  • 31 Jan. 2025: Guide updated with recent skill changes.
  • 31 Jan. 2025: Guide added.
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