Feat Tree/Conqueror

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[edit] Soldier

The feat tree common to all classes of the Soldier archetype - Conquerors, Dark Templars and Guardians. The Soldier feat tree is designed for a generic tanking class, equipped with taunts and self-buffs to increase the user's tanking ability.

	Feat	Ranks	Tier	Requirements	Description
	Recovery	5	1	-	Increases the soldier's rate of life regeneration both in and out of combat. The effect is greatly increased when the soldier is out of combat.
	Stone Skin	5	2	-	Increases the soldier's elemental resistances.
	Improved Frenzy Stance	5	2	-	Increases the damage multiplier benefit the soldier receives while in Frenzy Stance.
	Hateful Strikes	3	2	-	Grants a special ability that increases your hate generation for a short period.
	Goad	1	2	-	The soldier's derisory insults incense the target, making them attack the soldier and ignore other threats.
	Improved Defensive Stance	5	2	-	Slightly increases the invulnerability ratings benefit the soldier receives while in Defensive Stance. The effect of the benefit increases with the amount of points put into the feat.
	Iron Skin	5	2	-	Increases the soldier's physical resistances.
	Burning Vigor	3	3	Stone Skin (5)	The soldier has a chance of gaining a surge of health whenever they are damaged by sorcery.
	Sustained Rage	3	3	-	Increases the damage done by the soldier's attacks.
	Counterstrike Stance	3	3	-	Augments the Defensive Stance with a damage shield so any enemy striking this shield takes damage. Extra feat points invested increase the damage inflicted.
	Surging Health	3	3	Iron Skin (5)	The soldier has a chance of gaining a surge of health whenever the soldier is physically struck in combat when he is in Defensive Stance.
	Guarded Frenzy	3	4	-	Permanently decreases the defensive penalty incurred during Frenzy Stance.
	Cunning Deflection	1	4	-	This quick ability deflects half the damage inflicted by the next attack and for a short time shields the conqueror from a high amount of damage. Any enemy striking this shield takes damage.
	Anticipation	1	4	-	The soldier prepares to counter-attack incoming blows. When in defensive stance they have a high chance of automatically retaliating against enemy attacks.
	Lifesaver	3	4	-	Adds life regeneration to soldier's Defensive Stance.
	Volcanic Rage	1	5	-	This special ability increases the damage done by the soldier's attacks for a short time.
	Goad Mob	1	5	-	This ability incenses any enemies in the area, making them attack the soldier and ignore other targets.
	Improved Goad Mob	1	5	Goad Mob (1)	The will increase the range of your AoE taunt to 5 meters.

[edit] Brute

Feat	Ranks	Tier	Requirements	Description
Guardsman Feint	5	1	-	The conqueror gains increased invulnerability ratings for a short time when using Feint Attack combos.
Two handed Master	5	2	-	Increases the damage done by the soldier’s two-handed attacks, both edged and blunt.
Lumbering Hulk	3	2	-	Grants the conqueror an ability which for a short time increases life regeneration and damage inflicted by attacks but reduces movement speed.
Power Counterstrike	5	3	-	Increases the damage done by all Guard of Dancing Steel combos.
Improved Furious Inspiration	5	3	-	Increases the life regeneration rate of the conqueror’s Furious Inspiration special ability.
Devastate	5	3	-	Increases the damage of all 1 handed multi hit and knock back combos.
Throat Slash	1	4	-	This new combo temporarily stuns the target.
Deep Wounds	5	4	-	The Conquerors attacks have a chance of inflicting a bleeding wound on their target. The Conqueror can have 3 suchs wounds active.
Improved Lumbering hulk	3	4	-	Increases the rate of life generation and damage done by the Conquerors attacks.
Burst of Aggresion	1	4	-	Grants the Conqueror an ability to empower their next attack so it knocks their enemy backwards and for a short time makes them more likely to ignore other targets and only attack the Conqueror.
Power Feint	5	4	-	Increases the damage done by all feint attack combos.
Crushing Onslaught	1	5	-	Grants the soldier an ability to empower their next attack so it reduces the targets movement speed and damage done by their attacks.
Heroic Call	1	5	-	Grants the Conqueror an ability which plants a banner in the ground, increasing the damage of the team.
Remorseless Aggression	1	5	-	Reduces the reuse time of all 2 handed combos.
Frostbite	1	6	Cold Steel	Improved the hoarfrost special ability by additionally lowering the damage of any for hit by the hoarfrost effect.
Cold Steel	5	6	-	Improves the hoarfrost by increasing the frequency and amount of cold damage inflicted. More points in this feat increases the frequency and damage bonus.
Improved Vitalize	3	6	-	Augments the Vitalize the Ranks special ability by increasing the rate of mana regeneration.
Legendary Heroic Call	3	6	Heroic Call	Improves the Heroic Call ability by increasing the damage bonus, adding a life regeneration effect and adding bonus magic damage.
At Death's Door	3	6	-	Increases the elemental invulnerability bonuses of The Conquerors War Cry to the death, and all team members receive an immunity rating increase. Casting hostile spells at the Conqueror has a chance of inflicting retaliatory damage.
Improved Shield of Retribution	5	7	-	Increases the damage done by Shield of Retribution counterattacks. Each foe that attacks you increases the damage inflicted by the retaliatory strike from your guard of dancing steel.
Mocking Sneer	5	7	-	All two-handed combo starters cause increased hate generation. In addition, foes affected by mocking sneer that attack you grant you a damage bonus.
Angel of Fury	1	7	-	All two-handed combos have a chance of triggering the conquerors furious inspiration ability.
Improved Dancing Steel	5	8	Improved Shield of Retribution	Increases the frequency of the conquerors retaliatory strikes when guard of dancing steel combo is active.
Steel Disciplines	2	8	-	Increases the duration of all orders, commands and formations.
Colossus of War	5	8	Mocking Sneer	Your attacks will increase your own damage. This effect can stack up to 20 times.
Overcome the Odds	1	9	Improved Dancing Steel	Grants the soldier an ability that increases his invulnerability ratings and health regeneration based on the number of foes in the vicinity.
Blessed Conquest	1	9	Colossus of War	Grants the soldier an ability that makes them invulnerable for a brief time, but increases any damage inflicted on the soldier by elemental attacks for a short time afterwards.

See Also: Conqueror Auras (spells)

[edit] Carnage

Feat	Ranks	Tier	Requirements	Description
Lacerate	5	1	-	All the soldier’s secondary attacks have a chance of inflicting a wound that bleeds for a short time.
Secondary Laceration	5	2	-	All the soldier’s secondary attacks have an improved chance of inflicting a wound that bleeds for a short time.
Annihilate	3	2	-	Grants the conqueror an ability which greatly increases the critical strike chance of their next combo.
Dual Master	2	2	-	Increases the damage of all dual-wield starter combos.
Offhand Precision	5	3	-	Increases the chance to hit of the conqueror’s offhand weapons.
Improved Wrath	5	3	Lingering Wrath	Augments the Fires of Wrath special ability by increasing the damage done and chance for the effect trigger.
Lingering Wrath	1	3	-	Improves the Fires of Wrath special ability by adding a burning wound that damages the target for a short amount of time.
Defiance	5	4	-	Grants the soldier an ability that heals all team members. Can only be used if Furious Inspiration is active.
Improved Defiance	3	4	Defiance	Adds a stamina and mana regeneration effect to the soldier’s Defiance ability.
Rend and Tear	5	4	-	Increases the damage inflicted during the Bloodbath combos.
War Lord	1	4	-	A permanent ability that increases the stamina and mana renewal rates of the conqueror and their allies.
War Lord's March	3	4	-	Improves the War Leader ability by also increasing the out of combat movement speed.
Bladeweave	1	5	-	Replaces the Furious Inspiration effect (when active) with an increased chance to hit with an offhand weapon.
Bloodlust	1	5	-	Reduces the reuse time for all dual-wield combos
Improved Inspire	3	6	-	Augments the Inspire the Ranks special ability by increasing the amount of stamina healed.
Rend Flesh	3	6	-	Grants the soldier an ability which for a short time inflicts a bleeding wound on each target struck, but each time costs the conqueror stamina.
Improved Rend	5	6	Rend Flesh	Augments the Rend Flesh feat by adding a slashing damage to each bleeding wound but increases the conqueror’s stamina cost.
Skirmisher	1	6	-	Grants the soldier the ability to increase their movement speed but reduces the damage done by their attacks and makes them easier to knock back.
Improved Bloody hack	5	7	-	Increases the damage done by the conqueror’s Bloody Hack combos.
Crippling Bloodbath	1	7	-	Improves the Bloodbath combos by decreasing the target’s movement speed.
Cunning	3	7	-	Grants the soldier an ability that has a chance of making their attacks less likely to draw reprisal attacks from their foes.
Quick Vengeance	3	7	-	Permanent reactive effect that when triggered increases the damage you inflict upon your foes and offhand weapon attack chance.
Reaping Blade	1	8	-	Grants the soldier the ability to improve the chance to hit with their offhand attacks to 100% for a short time.
Lightning Steel	5	8	Quick Vengeance	Increases damage inflicted with one handed edged and blunt weapons. Your offhand attacks gain a chance of increasing the frequency of offhand attacks. Once gained, successful offhand attacks will refresh the duration of this bonus.
Tactical mastery	2	8	-	Decreases the cooldown of all Orders, Commands and Formations.
Art of War	5	8	Improved Bloody hack	Permanently increases the amount of hate generated by the conqueror’s attacks and enables the Subtlety of War strategy.
Whirlwind	1	9	-	The Whirlwind combo attack lashes out at all nearby enemies. The strikes fall with such force they have high chance of critically injuring victims.
Flashing Defence	1	9	Art of War	Greatly increases their ability to evade blows but lowers the damage done by their attacks

See Also: Conqueror Auras (spells)