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Imbalanced Guard
Keystone
SacredBastionKeystone passive skill icon
100% chance to Defend with Double Armour
Maximum Damage Reduction for any Damage Type is 50% [1]
Layer only your most vital areas, child. We have less steel, but we are willing to bleed, and that is why we will be victorious.

Imbalanced Guard is a keystone passive skill that doubles your armour value against hits, but caps all damage reduction effects at 50%.

Mechanics[ | ]

In general, the only damage reduction a character will have is physical damage reduction, either directly or from armour. Transcendence and Doryani's Prototype inventory iconDoryani's PrototypeDoryani's Prototype
Saint's Hauberk
Quality: +20%
Armour: (1196-1417)
Energy Shield: (197-233)
Movement Speed: -5%
Requires Level 67, 109 Str, 94 Int(150-200)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
+(60-90) to maximum Life
Deal no Non-Lightning Damage
Armour also applies to Lightning Damage taken from Hits
Lightning Resistance does not affect Lightning Damage taken
Nearby Enemies have Lightning Resistance equal to yours
"This was the first step in some grand design,
lost to the ages, now ours to decipher."
- Dominus, High Templar
Doryani's Prototype inventory icon
apply armour to elemental damage, in which case both the double armour and reduction cap will apply.

Resistances are not considered damage reduction, so Imbalanced Guard will not cap resists. Reduced/less damage taken modifiers also don't count against the maximum damage reduction.

Location[ | ]

Imbalanced Guard is located at the middle layer of the southwest part of the tree, to the left of the transition path between Duelist and Marauder, next to the Soul of Steel cluster.

Class Distance from start
Marauder 9
Duelist 10
Scion 14
Templar 16
Ranger 18
Shadow 24
Witch 24

Related unique items[ | ]

The following unique items are related to Imbalanced Guard:

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
Survivor's GuiltSurvivor's Guilt inventory iconSurvivor's Guilt
Heavy Belt
Requires Level 52+(25-35) to Strength+(800–1200) to Armour
Regenerate (50–70) Life per second
20% increased Stun Threshold
10% reduced Armour per 50 Strength
Imbalanced Guard
The burden falls heaviest not on those that died,
but on those that did not.
Survivor's Guilt inventory icon
Heavy Belt52+(25-35) to Strength+(800–1200) to Armour
Regenerate (50–70) Life per second
20% increased Stun Threshold
10% reduced Armour per 50 Strength
Imbalanced Guard

Version history[ | ]

Version Changes
3.11.1
  • Fixed a bug where the Skin of the Lords inventory iconSkin of the LordsSkin 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
    unique Simple Robe granted a Keystone named "Sacred Bastion". This keystone is meant to be named Imbalanced Guard (as seen on the passive skill tree).
3.11.0
  • Introduced to the game.
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