Imbalanced Guard

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Imbalanced Guard
Keystone
100% chance to Defend with 200% of Armour
Maximum Damage Reduction for any Damage Type is 50% [1]
Layer only your most vital areas, child. We have less steel, but we are willing to bleed, and that is why we will be victorious.

Imbalanced Guard is a keystone passive skill that doubles your armour value against hits, but caps all damage reduction effects at 50%.

Mechanics

100% chance to Defend with 200% of Armour: Similar modifiers, such as the 20% chance to Defend with 200% of Armour Armour Mastery does not stack with Imbalanced Guard.

By default, the only damage reduction a character will have is physical damage reduction, either directly via modifiers or from armour.

Damage mitigation through resistances are not considered damage reduction. Reduced/less damage taken modifiers (e.g. Fortify, spell suppression) are also not considered damage reduction.[1]

Imbalanced Guard can mitigate more damage against bigger hits, but limits your effectiveness against smaller hits. It can be useful for builds that stack several types of mitigation, rather than solely stacking armour or percentage damage reduction. Imbalanced Guard can be synergistic with permanent ward (Olroth's ResolveOlroth's Resolve
Iron Flask
Lasts 5.00 Seconds
Consumes (56-60) of 60 Charges on use
+200 to Ward
Requires Level 27Restores Ward on use(40-50)% increased Charges per use
Ward does not Break during Effect
70% less Ward during Effect
Olroth the Gallant,
tireless and true,
he fights for me,
he fights for you!
Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters.
); by improving mitigation from armour, the amount of damage left over after being reduced by ward is lower.

Location

Imbalanced Guard is located at the middle layer of the southwest part of the tree, to the left of the transition path between Duelist and Marauder, next to the Soul of Steel cluster.

Class Distance from start
Marauder 9
Duelist 10
Scion 14
Templar 16
Ranger 18
Shadow 24
Witch 24

Related unique items

The following unique items are related to Imbalanced Guard:

ItemBase ItemRequired levelStats
Skin of the LordsSkin of the Lords
Simple Robe
Movement Speed: -3%Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden)
Sockets cannot be modified
+2 to Level of Socketed Gems
100% increased Global Defences
You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item
Item has 6 Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden)
<Random Keystone>
CorruptedThe Lords are chosen so carefully.
Only they may grace His flesh.
Simple Robe1Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden)
Sockets cannot be modified
+2 to Level of Socketed Gems
100% increased Global Defences
You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item
Item has 6 Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden)
<Random Keystone>
Acrobatics
Ancestral Bond
Arrow Dancing
Avatar of Fire
Blood Magic
Call to Arms
Conduit
Crimson Dance
Divine Shield
Hex Master
Eldritch Battery
Elemental Equilibrium
Elemental Overload
Eternal Youth
Ghost Dance
Ghost Reaver
Glancing Blows
Iron Grip
Iron Reflexes
Iron Will
Lethe Shade
Magebane
Mind Over Matter
Minion Instability
Pain Attunement
Perfect Agony
Point Blank
Precise Technique
Resolute Technique
Runebinder
Imbalanced Guard
Solipsism
Supreme Ego
The Agnostic
The Impaler
Unwavering Stance
Vaal Pact
Versatile Combatant
Wicked Ward
Wind Dancer
Zealot's Oath
Corrupted
Survivor's GuiltSurvivor's Guilt
Heavy Belt
Requires Level 52+(25-35) to Strength+(800-1200) to Armour
Regenerate (50-70) Life per second
20% increased Stun Threshold
10% reduced Armour per 50 Strength
Imbalanced Guard
The burden falls heaviest not on those that died,
but on those that did not.
Heavy Belt52+(25-35) to Strength+(800-1200) to Armour
Regenerate (50-70) Life per second
20% increased Stun Threshold
10% reduced Armour per 50 Strength
Imbalanced Guard

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Imbalanced Guard mechanics and interactions

Version history

Version Changes
3.11.1
  • Fixed a bug where the Skin of the LordsSkin of the Lords
    Simple Robe
    Movement Speed: -3%Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden)
    Sockets cannot be modified
    +2 to Level of Socketed Gems
    100% increased Global Defences
    You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item
    Item has 6 Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden)
    <Random Keystone>
    CorruptedThe Lords are chosen so carefully.
    Only they may grace His flesh.
    unique Simple Robe granted a Keystone named "Sacred Bastion". This keystone is meant to be named Imbalanced Guard (as seen on the passive skill tree).
3.11.0
  • Introduced to the game.

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