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Savage Defense
Ability racial cannibalize
  • Savage Defense
  • Level 40 druid ability
  • Passive
  • Each time you deal a critical strike while in Bear Form or Dire Bear Form, you gain Savage Defense, reducing the damage taken from the next physical attack that strikes you by 25% of your attack power.
Properties
Class Druid
Other information
Level learned 40
Related buff
Ability racial cannibalize
  • Savage Defense
  • Absorbs physical damage equal to 25% of your attack power for 1 hit.
  • Duration: 10 seconds

Savage Defense is a passive druid ability.

Patch changes[]

  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now also reduces physical damage taken by 25%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Savage Defense can now accumulate 2 charges (down from 3 charges), and regenerates a charge every 12 seconds (up from 9 seconds).
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Redesigned into an active Guardian ability. Increases chance to dodge by 45% for 6 sec.
    Old: Each time you deal a non-periodic critical strike while in Bear Form, you have a 50% chance to gain Savage Defense, absorbing damage equal to 35% of your attack power for 10 sec.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Redesigned slightly. Instead of a single charge absorption, it now places an absorption effect on the druid absorbing up to 35% of the druid's attack power (modified by mastery, if applicable) in damage and lasting 10 seconds. There are no longer any charges on the effect.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): The animation for gaining this buff will no longer make the bear stand upright.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Added.

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