Defensive Stance

Defensive Stance
	Defensive Stance; Row 1 warrior talent; 3 sec cooldown; Instant; A defensive combat state that reduces all damage you take by 20%, and all damage you deal by 5%. Lasts until canceled.;
Properties
Class	Warrior
School	Physical
Cooldown	3 seconds
Related buff
	; Defensive Stance ; Reduces damage taken by 20% and damage done by 5%. ;

In the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.

Defensive Stance is a warrior class talent. It is automatically learned for Arms and Protection warriors. While active it reduces damage taken by 20% and damage dealt by 10%.

History

The subject of this section was removed from World of Warcraft in patch 4.0.3a but is present in Classic Era.

Previously, Defensive Stance was granted to the warrior via one of a number of equivalent warrior class quests as listed below. With the changes in Patch 4.0.1, these quests no longer need to be completed, and they were removed in patch 4.0.3a.

[11] Vejrek in Ironforge
[10] Vorlus Vilehoof in Darnassus
[10] Bartleby's Mug in Stormwind
[1-30] Strength of One in Azuremyst Isle
[10] Path of Defense in The Barrens
[10] Ulag the Cleaver in Tirisfal Glades

Patch changes

Hotfix (2023-08-21): Reduction to damage dealt reduced to 5% (was 10%).
Hotfix (2023-06-26): Increased to 20% damage reduction (was 15%).
Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Defensive Stance is now talented by default for Arms.
Hotfix (2023-01-09): Now reduces damage done by 15% (was 20%) in PvP combat.
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 class talent (was a level 35 Arms talent).
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now a level 35 talent (was 60).
Hotfix (2018-09-24): Reduces damage dealt by 20% when engaged in combat with enemy players (was 10%).
Hotfix (2016-07-22): Pants and weapons are no longer changing appearances after entering Defensive Stance.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Changed to an Arms talent and redesigned. Now reduces damage taken by 20% and damage dealt by 10% while active.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now reduces damage taken by 20% (down from 25%).
Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now has a 1.5-second cooldown (down from 3 seconds).
Patch 5.3.0 (2013-05-21): Now decreases damage taken by 25%, up from 15%.
Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now reduces damage by 15% (was 25%).
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Damage reduction increased from 10% to 25%. Now also generates 1 Rage per 3 sec while in combat.
Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): Threat generated has been increased to 500% damage done, up from 300%.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now increases threat by 200% and reduces damage taken by 10%. Now learned from class trainers at level 10 for 6 46.
Old: Decreases damage taken by 10% and damage caused by 5%. Increases threat generated. Learned from a quest.
Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Now reduces damage caused by 5%. (Was 10%.)
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Now increases threat by 45%.
Patch 1.1.1 (2004-11-17): Defensive Stance has been improved to hold aggro more effectively.
Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Now reduces damage taken and damage caused instead of increasing Defense skill.