Protection
Hold consecrated territory with a shield and 4x threat. Sanctuary strengthens defense inside your ground; Sanctified Eruption trades a mature occupied field for a deliberate bounded burst.
Talents
Your Crusader Strike grants 2% damage reduction per rank for 3 seconds, at most every 2 seconds.
Melee hits have a 12% chance per rank to deal 6 plus 12% Attack Power Holy damage and generate 20 threat, at most once per second.
Your Consecration grants 12% damage reduction while you stand inside it.
Keep 6% defense inside your ground. After 3 seconds, Sanctified Eruption can consume it for 20 plus 50% Wisdom Holy damage shared among up to five enemies. Empty ground is retained.
Taking damage reduces the shared Consecration cooldown by 0.2 seconds per rank, at most once per second.
Actual Consecration field hits restore 1 mana per rank, at most once every 2 seconds across all victims.
Casting Guardian Bulwark restores 5 health per rank, at most once every 2 seconds.
Radiant Strikes becomes Bastion's Resolve — a passive +4 armor and +2 vitality.
Actual Consecration field hits reduce Holy Bastion cooldown by 0.25 seconds per rank, at most once per second.
CAPSTONE — anchor yourself as an unbreakable bastion for 15s: gain heavy armor and vitality, an absorb shield, a healing tick, and command 3x threat so every nearby enemy turns its wrath onto you. Replaces Avenging Oath; your ascension is one cooldown.
Talent points are earned one per level from level 3, for 18 in total. Tiers unlock on points already spent in this specialization.