Passage of Arms

Passage of Arms

Acquired

 PLD (actions)

Level

70

Type

Ability

Casting

Instant

Recast

120s

Radius

8y

AoE Type

Back Cone

Targeting

Point Blank AoE

Quest Req.

Raising the Sword

Patch

4.0

Increases block rate by 100% and creates a designated area in a cone behind you in which party members will only suffer 85% of all damage inflicted.
Duration: 18s
Effect ends upon using another action or moving (including facing a different direction).
Cancels auto-attack upon execution.

— In-game description

Passage of Arms is an action unlocked by questing at level 70. It is available for Paladin.

Notes

• Ironically, this action can be executed without a shield equipped. Because a shield is required to block attacks, paladins will not block any attacks while channelling this action.
• This action grants two beneficial status effects:
  • Passage of Arms: Granted for 18 seconds. It is the amount of time paladins may channel their wings for. Upon moving, executing another action, or turning, this effect immediately ends.
  • Arms Up: Granted immediately for approximately 3-5 seconds. The exact duration is unlisted. It reduces damage taken by 15%. It is reapplied every server tick (three seconds) when present within the wings, if the wings are being channelled.

Gameplay

• It is not necessary to stand still for this action's entire duration (known as "channelling") to receive its effects – paladins may execute this action then immediately end it. This will still grant damage reduction to every party member behind them within 8 yalms, even if the animations and visual effects from this action were not visible.
• It is almost never recommended to channel Passage of Arms during uptime - when enemies are targettable. A rare exception is rapidly repeated raid-wide damage within a short timeframe in higher-end content, in which it may be beneficial to channel it for a bit longer.

Gallery

• 
  Passage of Arms animation.

History

• Patch 4.4 (2018-09-18): The effect is now applied as soon as the action is used.
• Patch 4.0 (2017-06-20): Added.

Trivia

• Commonly referred to as just simply "Passage" or "Wings" by the playerbase.
• A passage of arms means a chivalric feat of arms involving the forcing of a passage protected by a knight or a group of knights.