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Glancing Blows
Keystone
GlancingBlows passive skill icon
Chance to Block Attack Damage is doubled
Chance to Block Spell Damage is doubled
You take 65% of Damage from Blocked Hits [1]
Utter trust in your defence unleashes ultimate potential.

Glancing Blows is a keystone passive skill which grants doubles both Attack and Spell Block while causing block to only prevent 35% of the blocked hit's damage.

Mechanics[]

Other than taking damage from the hit, the mechanics of block are unchanged. A blocked hit still cannot apply on-hit effects, such as ailments or curses. The chance to play the block animation is based on the full damage of the hit.

Location[]

The keystone is located on the middle layer of the west part of the tree, between the Marauder and Templar starting areas.

Class Distance from start
Templar 8
Marauder 10
Scion 14
Witch 16
Duelist 19
Ranger 24
Shadow 24

This keystone can also be obtained from the tree by using a legacy Lethal Pride inventory iconLethal PrideLethal Pride
Timeless Jewel
Limited to: 1
Radius: Large
Commanded leadership over (10000-18000) warriors under (Akoya-Kaom-Rakiata)
Passives in radius are Conquered by the Karui
Historic
They believed themselves the greatest warriors, but that savagery turned upon their own.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.
Lethal Pride inventory icon
jewel with modifier Commanded leadership over (10000–18000) warriors under Kiloava.

Related unique items[]

ItemBase ItemLvl.Stats
Skin of the LordsSkin of the Lords inventory iconSkin of the Lords
Simple Robe
Quality: +20%
Movement Speed: -3%
Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden)
Sockets cannot be modified
+1 to Level of Socketed Gems
100% increased Global Defences
You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item
Item has 6 Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden)
<Random Keystone>
Corrupted
The Lords are chosen so carefully.
Only they may grace His flesh.
Skin of the Lords inventory icon
Simple Robe1Item has no level requirement and Energy Shield (Hidden)
Sockets cannot be modified
+1 to Level of Socketed Gems
100% increased Global Defences
You can only Socket Corrupted Gems in this item
Item has 6 Sockets and is fully linked (Hidden)
<Random Keystone>
Acrobatics
Ancestral Bond
Arrow Dancing
Avatar of Fire
Blood Magic
Call to Arms
Conduit
Corrupted Soul
Crimson Dance
Doomsday
Eldritch Battery
Elemental Equilibrium
Elemental Equilibrium
Elemental Overload
Elemental Overload
Eternal Youth
Ghost Reaver
Glancing Blows
Hollow Palm Technique
Iron Grip
Iron Reflexes
Mind Over Matter
Minion Instability
Mortal Conviction
Pain Attunement
Perfect Agony
Phase Acrobatics
Point Blank
Resolute Technique
Runebinder
Imbalanced Guard
Supreme Ego
The Agnostic
The Impaler
Unwavering Stance
Vaal Pact
Wicked Ward
Wind Dancer
Zealot's Oath

Corrupted
Emperor's VigilanceEmperor's Vigilance inventory iconEmperor's Vigilance
Steel Kite Shield
Quality: +20%
Chance to Block: 26%
Armour: (613-759)
Energy Shield: (121-150)
Movement Speed: -3%
Requires Level 46, 60 Str, 60 Int(16-22)% Chance to Block Spell Damage
(300-400)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
(10-15)% increased maximum Life
Cannot Block while you have no Energy Shield
Damage from Blocked Hits cannot bypass Energy Shield
Damage from Unblocked hits always bypasses Energy Shield
Glancing Blows
Chitus' success stemmed from his cunning, taking calculated risks so that greater dangers could be averted.
Emperor's Vigilance inventory icon
Steel Kite Shield46(16-22)% Chance to Block Spell Damage
(300-400)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
(10-15)% increased maximum Life
Cannot Block while you have no Energy Shield
Damage from Blocked Hits cannot bypass Energy Shield
Damage from Unblocked hits always bypasses Energy Shield
Glancing Blows

Version history[]

Version Changes
3.12.0
  • Now causes you to take 65% of Damage from Blocked Hits (from 50%). It has been moved so as to make it more difficult to acquire via a Thread of Hope inventory iconThread of HopeThread of Hope
    Crimson Jewel
    Radius: VariableOnly affects Passives in <size> Ring
    Passives in Radius can be Allocated without being connected to your tree
    -(20-10)% to all Elemental Resistances
    Though we cannot touch; one thought, one wish, through centuries alone in darkness.Place into an allocated jewel socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.
    Thread of Hope inventory icon
    jewel.
3.11.0
  • Timeless Jewel Keystone passives have become a popular feature for many builds, but are prohibitively difficult to acquire (especially without trade). We've moved some of the most build-defining Keystones out of the Timeless Jewels and into the tree itself. These Keystones have been added to the tree: The Agnostic, Glancing Blows, Supreme Ego, Wind Dancer and Eternal Youth.
  • Timeless Jewels -- New keystones have been added to replace the five that are now available on the passive skill tree. The new ones are: The Traitor, Supreme Ostentation, Chainbreaker, Transcendence, Immortal Ambition. Existing Timeless Jewels will retain the old keystones, but if you reroll them with a Divine Orb they will be able to reveal these new keystones.
3.7.0
  • Introduced to the game (grants from Lethal Pride inventory iconLethal PrideLethal Pride
    Timeless Jewel
    Limited to: 1
    Radius: Large
    Commanded leadership over (10000-18000) warriors under (Akoya-Kaom-Rakiata)
    Passives in radius are Conquered by the Karui
    Historic
    They believed themselves the greatest warriors, but that savagery turned upon their own.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.
    Lethal Pride inventory icon
    's Commanded leadership over (10000–18000) warriors under Kiloava mod).
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