Protective Touch

Description

Protective Touch is a Technique that casts a defensive buff for the Spirit Awakening Skill Bonus Damage duration.

Details

• After using the Spirit Awakening skill, the player will receive a defense/protection buff that will last for the entire awakening duration.

Summary

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Additional Defense	3	5	7	10	14	20	29	41	59	84
Bonus Protection	1		2		3		4		5
Additional Magic Defense	2		3	5	7	9	13	19	27	39
Bonus Magic Protection	1		2	3	4	5	8	11	15	22

Obtaining the Technique

[Protective Touch]

How to Get Quest	Complete G24
Briefing	You can acquire Protective Touch by going into combat with the Spirit.
Objectives	Shield reached level 5 Spirit reached level 20 Receive 1000 damage while having the Spirit Awakening buff 0/30
Rewards	10000 Experience Points [Protective Touch] Reached Technique Level 1

Tips

• Note that for the receiving damage objective, each hit needs to be over 1000 damage, after damage absorption/reduction effects.
  • Like with Elemental Attunement's quest, strong mobs are needed;
    • Scathach Beach's Amethyst Golem's easily hit the threshold with their Windmill or Smash attacks. Multiple Golems can even be "juggled" due to their large delays in between attacks/skills.
    • Tech Duinn Missions like Seven Nightmares, though the Sharp Mind Immunity, and high multi-aggro count and attack speed may be overwhelming, in addition to less-consistent damage.
    • Girgashiy's Mineral Hail can deal 50% of the Player's HP in damage in Solo or Normal mode, and 105% in Hard or Very Hard, and is a rather easily-telegraphed attack, but is a slower overall method; you may only be able to get hit once per Awakening.
  • While lower-health characters may achieve progress by going into Deadly with each hit, there is more risk to dying due to follow-up hits; a high health pool and low defenses are recommended.
    • Techniques like Vital Surge or Defiance can increase your survivability, though Dampen Shock or Blunting Field will likely be disadvantageous, due to decreasing damage taken.
    • As in most cases, Iron Will or Berserk can be extremely helpful in fulfilling requirements quickly, but are also high-risk due, to the likelihood of dying to follow-up hits.
    • Regardless of total health, Full Recovery Potions (or their Event equivalents) can be extraordinarily helpful, at the risk of Potion Poisoning.
• While you can't recharge and re-activate the same Spirit Awakening very quickly, multiple Spirit Weapons of appropriate level will allow you to have multiple buffs available at a time.
  • The default maximum number of Spirit Weapons you can have is 3, but this can be expanded up to 6 with Spirit Weapon Additional Contract Coupons, not including Eiry as a 4th, or expanded to 7 in total.

Requirements for activation

• Own journal Reach spirit level 10.
• Mana Shield Rank 6 or above.
• Enduring Melody Rank 1 or above.