Feat Tree/Soldier
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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 | Recovery (5),Level 15 | Increases the soldier's elemental resistances. | |
| Improved Frenzy Stance | 5 | 2 | Recovery (5),Level 15 | Increases the damage multiplier benefit the soldier receives while in Frenzy Stance. | |
| Hateful Strikes | 3 | 2 | Recovery (5),Level 15 | Grants a special ability that increases your hate generation for a short period. | |
| Goad | 1 | 2 | Recovery (5),Level 15 | The soldier's derisory insults incense the target, making them attack the soldier and ignore other threats. | |
| Improved Defensive Stance | 5 | 2 | Recovery (5),Level 15 | 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 | Recovery (5),Level 15 | Increases the soldier's physical resistances. | |
| Burning Vigor | 3 | 3 | Stone Skin (5),Level 20 | 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. |

