Blessing of Battle: What does it do?

atamasama

I just recently got my Anointed Champion to a high enough level that I can begin to learn BoB. I've slotted it, and so far I like it. I know that it is slow (especially compared to Astral Flame) but it packs a big punch.

What I don't understand are the secondary effects. Now, I know that the tooltip states, "You bless nearby allies and yourself with a minor defensive prayer that reduces incoming damage." But that's pretty vague. I was hoping somebody who's much more clued-in than myself in this game might have some numbers or other details. I'm specifically wondering about the following:

1) What is the damage reduction, is it a boost to the Defense stat, or a direct increase to the damage resistance percentage, or some other reduction? I've checked my defense stats on my character sheet while the Blessing of Battle buff was active and the numbers didn't change so I can't tell.

2) What is the amount of reduction?

3) What is the range of the blessing? It says that allies must be "nearby" but I don't know how close that has to be.

4) Are there any stats that can improve the blessing?

The tooltip for the buff itself is of no help, except that it has a counter so I know that the BoB buff lasts for 10 seconds. Any information that people can provide might be helpful, thank you.

vorphied

atamasama wrote: »

I just recently got my Anointed Champion to a high enough level that I can begin to learn BoB. I've slotted it, and so far I like it. I know that it is slow (especially compared to Astral Flame) but it packs a big punch.

What I don't understand are the secondary effects. Now, I know that the tooltip states, "You bless nearby allies and yourself with a minor defensive prayer that reduces incoming damage." But that's pretty vague. I was hoping somebody who's much more clued-in than myself in this game might have some numbers or other details. I'm specifically wondering about the following:

1) What is the damage reduction, is it a boost to the Defense stat, or a direct increase to the damage resistance percentage, or some other reduction? I've checked my defense stats on my character sheet while the Blessing of Battle buff was active and the numbers didn't change so I can't tell.

2) What is the amount of reduction?

3) What is the range of the blessing? It says that allies must be "nearby" but I don't know how close that has to be.

4) Are there any stats that can improve the blessing?

The tooltip for the buff itself is of no help, except that it has a counter so I know that the BoB buff lasts for 10 seconds. Any information that people can provide might be helpful, thank you.

6% damage reduction in a Sunburst-like radius around the caster. Seems possibly a bit smaller radius than Sunburst.

Anytime you're curious about numbers, you can check your damage log. Most changes to offense and defense can be calculated by comparing actual to parenthetical values (not in all cases, however).

atamasama

Good info, thank you. And good tips too.