Vengeance (warrior ability)

Vengeance
Vengeance (Passive) Passive Requires Defensive Stance Each time you take damage in Defensive Stance, you gain 2% of the unmitigated damage taken as attack power for 20 sec.
Usable by
Class	Warrior
Properties
Type	Utility
School	Physical
Casting time	Passive
Talents
Specialization	Protection
Level required	10
Other information
Requirements	Requires Defensive Stance

• Vengeance (Passive)
• Passive
• Each time you take damage in Defensive Stance, you gain 2% of the unmitigated damage taken as attack power for 20 sec.

Vengeance is a passive warrior ability learned at level 10 for those with the Protection specialization. While in [Defensive Stance], 2% of unmitigated damage taken is gained as attack power.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.3.2 (31-Jan-2012): Vengeance is no longer triggered by receiving damage from other players.
  
• Patch 4.3.0 (29-Nov-2011): Vengeance has been redesigned slightly. It no longer ramps up slowly at the beginning of a fight. Instead, the first melee attack taken by the tank generates Vengeance equal to 33% of the damage taken by that attack. In addition, as it updates periodically during the fight, it's always set to at least 33% of the damage taken by the tank in the last 2 seconds. It still climbs from that point at the rate it did previously, still decays when damage is not taken, and still cannot exceed a maximum based on the health and Stamina of the tank.
  

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