"Stand Your Ground!"

This article is about the guardian skill. For the Living World Season 4 story achievement, see Stand Your Ground.

Shout. Grant stability to yourself and allies. — In-game description

"Stand Your Ground!"

Profession

Guardian (skill list)

Slot

Utility

Type

Shout

Training cost

4 Hero points

Game link

API

9153

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"Stand Your Ground!"

Shout. Grant stability to yourself and allies.

 Resolution (5s): Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%.

₅ Stability (6s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

 Number of Allied Targets: 5

 Radius: 600

 Breaks Stun

— In-game description

Mechanics

• The stun break only affects the caster; allies will not be broken out of stun.

Related traits

Radiance

• Retribution — Strike damage dealt is increased while you have resolution.
• Righteous Instincts — Resolution increases your chances to critically strike and grants might each interval.

Valor

• Altruistic Healing — Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally.

Honor

• Pure of Voice — Shout skills convert conditions to boons on allies.

Virtues

• Inspired Virtue — Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.
• Virtue of Resolution — Gain resolution when you activate a Virtue. Resolution you grant has increased duration.

Firebrand

• Stalwart Speed — When you grant aegis or stability, grant quickness. This can affect multiple targets simultaneously.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 27, 2023	Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 24 seconds in PvE and WvW and from 60 seconds to 48 seconds in PvP.
February 28, 2022	End of Dragons release: Maximum targets reduced from 10 to 5.
May 11, 2021	The Retaliation boon has been renamed Resolution.
March 23, 2021	Increased cooldown from 45 seconds to 60 seconds in PvP only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Increased cooldown from 30 seconds to 45 seconds [sic]. Reduced maximum number of targets from 10 to 5.
December 11, 2018	The number of targets this skill affects has been increased from 5 to 10.
April 19, 2016	The duration of stability this skill applies has been increased from 5 seconds to 6 seconds.
March 16, 2015	This skill now grants 5 stacks of stability to nearby allies.
November 26, 2013	Added a skill fact for number of targets.
August 28, 2012	Game release: "Stand Your Ground!" has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.

See also

• Hallowed Ground
• Indomitable Courage