Runic Ward

Damage is classified on three independent axes: source, delivery, and type. A component can come from an Attack, Spell, Thorns, or another source; deal a Hit or damage over time; and deal Physical, Fire, Cold, Lightning, or Chaos damage.

Energy Shield is a rechargeable defensive resource that normally protects Life. Damage is mitigated first, then removes Energy Shield before Life unless the damage or another effect explicitly bypasses it.

Armour reduces applicable damage from Hits. By default it applies only to Physical Hit damage, and its reduction depends on the raw damage of each Hit rather than providing one fixed percentage.

Evasion Rating grants an entropy-based chance to Evade enemy Hits completely. The actual chance compares the defender's Evasion Rating with the Accuracy Rating of the attacker.

Quality is a local item or skill stat that improves a characteristic tied to the item type. Most items that support Quality have a default maximum of 20%.

Block prevents the damage of a blockable Hit. Passive Block rolls the character's Block chance for each eligible Hit, while active Block from a raised shield guarantees a block from the protected direction under that skill's rules.

Guard is a temporary buffer that takes damage from Hits before Life or Energy Shield. It ends when its amount is depleted or its duration expires.

Culling Strikes kill Normal enemies if their life is at 35% or below. Magic enemies are instead killed at 20%, Rare at 10% and Unique at 5%. These thresholds are checked before the damage of the Hit is applied.

Culling Strikes kill Normal enemies if their life is at 35% or below. Magic enemies are instead killed at 20%, Rare at 10% and Unique at 5%. These thresholds are checked before the damage of the Hit is applied.

Honour is an additional resource you have to manage within the Trial of the Sekhemas. A percentage of the damage you take from enemies in the Trial will be taken from your Honour. If your Honour reaches zero then the Trial is failed.

Overflow allows a specified recovery source to raise Life, Mana, Energy Shield, or Runic Ward above its normal maximum. Current Life, Mana, and Energy Shield Overflow is capped at 150% of maximum. The effect does not increase the maximum resource itself.

A Flask is an equipped item that spends charges to recover Life or Mana. Flasks are reusable, but they must regain charges from monsters, checkpoints, Wells, passive generation, or another explicitly stated source.

A player or monster is on Low Life while its current Life is 35% of maximum Life or lower. Exactly 35% counts as Low Life. Items can replace that threshold or make another resource determine whether the condition is satisfied.

Sacrifice a portion of your Life to recover Runic Ward. Runic Ward recovered by this Skill can Overflow.

Spend Runic Ward to instantly Revive your Minions. Prioritises the most powerful minions first.

Spend all your Runic Ward to summon Temporary Wardbound Casters. These Minions target nearby enemies with damaging Cold Spells.

Channel to create a protective bubble all around you, Blocking Hits against you. While Channelling this Skill, you cannot be Light Stunned by Hits you Block, and damage you take from Hits is also removed from Runic Ward. Blocking Hits this way causes you to accumulate Heavy Stun buildup. You cannot recover Runic Ward while this Skill is active.

Supports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to lose Runic Ward and heal nearby allies based on the Ward lost. Healing done is split between allies who are not on full Life.

Supports Attacks you use or Trigger yourself, causing them to cost Runic Ward to use but deal additional Physical damage based on their Runic Ward cost. Cannot Support Channelling Skills, Sustained Skills, or Skills without a cost.