Defiance Banner

Defiance BannerBanner, Buff, Persistent, AoE, Aura, Duration
Tier: 8
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 30 SpiritWhile active, killing enemies with Attacks or standing near a Unique enemy generates Valour. Using this Skill consumes its Valour to place an inspiring Banner with an Aura that grants you and nearby Allies Armour, Evasion and movement speed while the Banner lasts. The Banner cannot gain Valour while placed, and you cannot place a Banner while you already have a Banner placed.Attack kills generates Valour equal to the enemy's Power
Gains 1 Valour per second while a
Unique enemy is in your Presence
10% more Aura Magnitudes per Valour
Banner Aura radius is 4.5 metres
Aura grants (6–9)% more Armour and Evasion Rating
Aura grants 5% increased movement speed
Banner duration is (6–6.95) seconds, or until you leave the AuraSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemDefianceBanner

Defiance Banner is a persistent buff skill. After gaining Valour from combat, the skill can be activated to consume all Valour and place down a Banner with an aura that grants armour, evasion, and movement speed to allies in radius. The effect of the aura is multiplied based on the amount of Valour consumed.

Gem level progression

Level
1	0
2	3
3	6
4	10
5	14
6	18
7	22
8	26
9	31
10	36
11	41
12	46
13	52
14	58
15	64
16	66
17	72
18	78
19	84
20	90

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Magnified Area IMagnified Area ISupport, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Supported Skills have 35% increased Area of EffectPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Prolonged Duration IProlonged Duration ISupport, Duration Category: Prolonged Duration Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 30% more Skill Effect DurationPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II	Delayed GratificationDelayed GratificationSupport Category: Delayed Gratification Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Skills which require some Condition to be met for use. Supported Skills can be used an additional time after their Condition has been met, but meeting that Condition is harder.Supported Conditional Skills can be used an additional time within 10 seconds of using them after meeting their requirements Conditional requirements of Supported Skills are 150% harder to meetPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Refraction IRefraction ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Refraction Tier: 2 Additional Reservation: 10 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Banner Skills, causing those affected by Auras they create to gain Refractive Plating, a Buff which causes Armour to partially apply to Elemental Hit Damage.Those affected by Auras from Supported Skills gain Refractive Plating Refractive Plating causes 20% of Armour to apply to Elemental Hit Damage takenPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III	Prolonged Duration IIProlonged Duration IISupport, Duration Category: Prolonged Duration Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 35% more Skill Effect DurationPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Refraction IIRefraction IISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Refraction Tier: 3 Additional Reservation: 10 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Banner Skills, causing those affected by Auras they create to gain Refractive Plating, a Buff which causes Armour to partially apply to Elemental Hit Damage.Those affected by Auras from Supported Skills gain Refractive Plating Refractive Plating causes 30% of Armour to apply to Elemental Hit Damage takenPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
IV	Herbalism IIHerbalism IISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Herbalism Tier: 4 Additional Reservation: 30 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Life recovery from Flasks while the Skill is active.50% Increased Recovery from Life Flasks while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Vitality IIVitality IISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Vitality Tier: 4 Additional Reservation: 40 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Regenerate 2% of maximum Life per second while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
V	Refraction IIIRefraction IIISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Refraction Tier: 5 Additional Reservation: 10 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Banner Skills, causing Enemies within their area to gain Refractive Dissolution, a Debuff which lowers Elemental Resistances.Supported Banners apply Refractive Dissolution to Enemies in their radius Refractive Dissolution applies 2% Elemental Exposure per 1000 player Armour, up to 80%Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

Item acquisition

Defiance Banner has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Defiance Banner has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Banners no longer gain Valour (or have any other Valour related stats), but instead generate Glory when you attack enemies. They all require 200 Glory to place. Unlike other Glory-based skills, Banners can gain Glory while the Banner is placed. All sources of Banner Valour Gained have been replaced with Banner Glory Generated. Banners now have a global limit of 1 allowed to be placed, but there are ways on the Passive Tree or the Tactician Ascendancy to increase this. Defiance Banner: Aura now grants 30% more Armour and Evasion Rating (previously 6-9%), and 30% increased movement speed (previously 5%). Now has a duration of 7.4-9.8 seconds at Gem levels 8-20 (previously 6.35-6.9 seconds), and Banner is no longer removed when you leave the Aura. Quality now provides 0-10% increased Reservation Efficiency (previously +0-2% more Aura Magnitudes per Valour).
0.2.0c	Fixed a bug where Banners were not providing their benefits to players when placed.
0.2.0	Banner Skills now have an Aura Radius of 4.5 metres (previously 4), and are now correctly considered Aura skills.
0.1.1f	Fixed the Defiance Banner Skill granting the incorrect quality. It now grants more Aura effect per Valour, matching other Banner skill qualities.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.