Warrior

## Available Races

Archai

Dark Myr

Dwarf

Elf

 Human

Ogre

Skar

**Warrior** is a class available to all races **except** Gnomes and Halflings. The Warrior's primary group role is Tank, making it their priority to maintain the attention of hostile non-player characters, directing damage away from their allies. Warriors have a broad skillset that lets them and their party better adapt to the everchanging conditions of the battlefield.

## Description

Much more than a soldier or mercenary, the Warrior seems to defy limits of physical strength, ability and resilience. However, she is not content with fortitude alone, but refines her mind as well, becoming a master strategist amidst the mayhem of battle.

## Gameplay Information

### Group Role

The Warrior's official role is  **Tank** . Classes in the tank role focus on gaining and maintaining the aggro of mobs. To be able to properly tank, it is important to understand the *Hate* mechanic. Mobs have a hidden "hate list" which contains every PC and Pet that is in active combat with it. Whoever is at the top of the list is the target the mob will attack. Every ability that is equipped to the Action hot bar innately generate hate. Abilities which are specifically designed to generate hate are referred to as Taunts.

In combat, Warriors focus on coordinating and enabling their party with abilities like their War Banners. A Warrior can plant the  Shieldman's Banner to increase their ally's AC and help them survive or plant the  Banner of Onslaught to increases chance to hit. The Warrior's Formations are powerful skills with trigger conditions, such as Battle Formation: Conquest which increases the haste of the whole group but requires there to be a mob actively Fleeing.

### Combat Resource

Battle Points
Warriors can accumulate up to five Battle Points represented in the UI by a row of five shields, filling one at a time as Battle Points are accumulated during combat. Warriors will then be able to use these Battle Points to perform heroic feats during battle.
Resilience

 When a Warrior takes physical damage, their Resilience negates some of the damage dealt before the Warrior's other forms of mitigation are applied. The exact percentage that is negated depends on how full the Warrior's Resilience pool was when they were hit, but the total mitigation caps at 20%.

Resilience is generated two different ways:

**Healing**. If you are under 50% Resilience in combat, 20% of the effective healing you receive through any source is converted into a 1-to-1 replenishment of Resilience.

**Abilities**. For example, Shield Block is one of the Warrior's activated abilities. By using your Shield Block ability, you reduce how much physical damage you take and convert it into Resilience. Proper timing when using Shield Block rewards the Warrior with larger bursts of Resilience.

Resilience is calculated based on 20% of the Warrior's maximum Armor Class, including buffs. When outside of combat, a Warrior's resilience always levels itself out to 50%, draining or filling by roughly 1% per second.

### Weapons & Techniques

Warrior are capable of equipping Blunt, Bow, Edged, Fist and Piercing.

### Race

Warriors can choose between every race **except** Gnomes and Halflings.

## FAQ / Q&A

Warriors seem very dependent on shields - will shields be exciting and worth using in Pantheon?
Chris
Absolutely. For one, shields will make up a significant portion of the Warrior’s Armor Class, not only because shields will innately have very high Armor Class as part of their item identity, but because Warriors will be able to synergize and capitalize on that aspect of shields to great effect. Secondly, and more importantly, Warriors will gain access to powerful and dynamic shield-specific combat abilities that are offensive in nature, not just defensive (more on those specific abilities and seeing them in action soon). The goal is for Warriors to take great pride in their shields and feel significantly stronger defensively and offensively because of them. | Question
Will warrior's banners stack if there are two warriors in the group?
Chris

## Player Guides

* For an in-depth look at the Warrior, please see the guides available on the Warrior Guides page.

## Trivia

* During the June 9th, 2022 “Monk Combat Updates and Gameplay” stream it was announced that, as part of updates to the class-race matrix, Halfling would no longer be able to pick the Warrior class.

## Gallery

* Class icon for the Warrior, with a background
* Class icon for the Warrior, clean

 Archival

* Image of the warrior class page following the website update in 2020. [Click for Larger Preview]
* Image of the warrior class page following the class reveal in June, 2018 (Archival Purposes Only) [Click for Larger Preview]

## Resources

1. Official Class Page (Warrior)
2. Archived Official Class Page (Warrior) (Retrieved 6/22)

## References

1. ↑ Official Website
2. ↑ 2019 Newsletter (Archived. Retrieved 4/22)
3. ↑ Warrior Burning Question 2 (Retrieved 6/10)
4. ↑ Warrior removed from Halfling

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