Deflecting Hardtear Reusable

Lore

A crystal tear formed slowly over the ages, where the scattered sap of the Scadutree pools deep within the furnace golems. Can be mixed in the Flask of Wondrous Physick. The resulting concoction temporarily enhances spontaneous guard. Damage negation and guard poise will be heightened in the moment immediately after assuming a guarding stance. Successfully executing a spontaneous guard will also strengthen guard counters.

Effect

For the next 5 minutes: guarding increases physical negation by x2, increases non-physical negations by 75%, and decreases incoming stamina damage by 65% for a short time. If an attack is successfully guarded against during that time, guard counters are buffed for the next 5 seconds, with the strength of the buff varying from 20% to 80% damage increase depending on how quickly the attack landed after beginning to guard.