Defiance Banner

Defiance BannerBuff, Persistent, AoE, Duration
Tier: 8
Level: 1
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 AuraPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill.
Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.

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
II	Coming Soon	Coming Soon
III		Coming Soon
IV
V

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
0.2.0c	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.