Protection Circle
Protection Circle is a Chanter passive skill learned at character level 9. It goes up to level 40; skill points buy levels up to 10 for 21 points in total and Daevanion nodes add 4 more. At level 10: Grants a Protection Circle that lasts for 5s on landing an attack. Removes the Protection Circle at 10 stacks and grants Divine Barrier to the caster and party members, which blocks damage equaling 4% of Max HP for 10s. The Divine Barrier refreshes upon reaching 10 stacks of Protection Circle while Divine Barrier is active.
Description
Grants a Protection Circle that lasts for 5s on landing an attack. Removes the Protection Circle at 10 stacks and grants Divine Barrier to the caster and party members, which blocks damage equaling 4% of Max HP for 10s. The Divine Barrier refreshes upon reaching 10 stacks of Protection Circle while Divine Barrier is active. Grants a Noble Protective Shield for 5s that blocks 30% damage when the caster's HP drops below 50%. Protection Circle Cooldown: 0.5s Noble Protective Shield Cooldown: 60s
Values by skill level
The numbers of the description that change with level, from SkillEffect / SkillAbnormalEffect and their level tables; column names come from the words around each number.
| Level | Which blocks damage equaling % | Damage % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.1 | 21 |
| 5 | 3.5 | 25 |
| 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 15 | 4.5 | 35 |
| 20 | 5 | 40 |
| 25 | 5.5 | 45 |
| 30 | 6 | 50 |
| 35 | 6.5 | 55 |
| 40 | 7 | 60 |
All 40 levels
| Level | Which blocks damage equaling % | Damage % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.1 | 21 |
| 2 | 3.2 | 22 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 23 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 24 |
| 5 | 3.5 | 25 |
| 6 | 3.6 | 26 |
| 7 | 3.7 | 27 |
| 8 | 3.8 | 28 |
| 9 | 3.9 | 29 |
| 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | 4.1 | 31 |
| 12 | 4.2 | 32 |
| 13 | 4.3 | 33 |
| 14 | 4.4 | 34 |
| 15 | 4.5 | 35 |
| 16 | 4.6 | 36 |
| 17 | 4.7 | 37 |
| 18 | 4.8 | 38 |
| 19 | 4.9 | 39 |
| 20 | 5 | 40 |
| 21 | 5.1 | 41 |
| 22 | 5.2 | 42 |
| 23 | 5.3 | 43 |
| 24 | 5.4 | 44 |
| 25 | 5.5 | 45 |
| 26 | 5.6 | 46 |
| 27 | 5.7 | 47 |
| 28 | 5.8 | 48 |
| 29 | 5.9 | 49 |
| 30 | 6 | 50 |
| 31 | 6.1 | 51 |
| 32 | 6.2 | 52 |
| 33 | 6.3 | 53 |
| 34 | 6.4 | 54 |
| 35 | 6.5 | 55 |
| 36 | 6.6 | 56 |
| 37 | 6.7 | 57 |
| 38 | 6.8 | 58 |
| 39 | 6.9 | 59 |
| 40 | 7 | 60 |
Raising Protection Circle above level 10
Points buy levels 1–10. Daevanion skill nodes and the skill effects soul binding adds to gear raise it further, up to level 40.
Daevanion nodes: +4 levels → level 14
| Board | Opens at | Node cost | Cheapest path from the start | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nezekan | level 12 | 2 points | 9 points | +1 level |
| Nezekan | level 12 | 2 points | 9 points | +1 level |
| Vaizel | level 30 | 2 points | 9 points | +1 level |
| Triniel | level 40 | 2 points | 11 points | +1 level |
From DaevanionNode: skill nodes add levels to one skill. The path cost counts every node on the cheapest way there from the board's start (our calculation, as in the planner).
Gear: soul-binding skill effects
Top, Legs, Helm, Pauldrons, Gloves, Shoes… (1,772 items): soul binding draws up to 3 skill effects, each landing with 20%; a landed effect picks Protection Circle 1,000 times in 10,000 and adds +1 level.
Chance one item gets it: 5.88% — 1 − (1 − 20% × 10%)3, our calculation, assuming the draws are independent.
Arcana: skill effects by grade
| Arcana | Picks Protection Circle | Levels | Common | Rare | Epic | Unique |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChaliceChalice of Vigor, Chalice of Magic | 4.55% | +1…+4 | 4.55%1 draw | 8.89%2 draws | 13.04%3 draws | 17%4 draws |
| BellBell of Vigor, Bell of Magic | 20% | +1…+4 | 20%1 draw | 36%2 draws | 48.8%3 draws | 59.04%4 draws |
ItemEquipSubstatSkill: each arcana grade draws a fixed number of skill effects; an effect adds +1 level and +1 per enhancement step, up to +4. Chance at least one draw picks Protection Circle: our calculation, independent draws.
Skill point cost by level
SkillAcquireData: character level needed and points for each skill level.
| Skill level | Character level | Skill points | Running total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 18 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 21 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 24 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 27 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | 30 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | 33 | 4 | 21 |
Other Chanter passive skills
Blessing of LifeIncreases the caster's HP by 1,500. Increases Max HP by an additional 20% and Heal Boost by 18% of Attack.From level 1
CrossguardIncreases the caster's Block by 200 and restores 351–386 HP on Block.From level 6
Inspiring SpellIncreases the caster's Critical Hit by 190 and Perfect Chance by 5%.From level 11
Attack PreparationIncreases the caster's PvE Damage Boost by 10%, PvP Damage Boost by 5%, Defense by 20%, and Accuracy by 100.From level 13
Impact HitIncreases the caster's Impact-type Chance by 22% and Double Chance by 3%.From level 15
Raging SpellDeals 369 (+34% Attack) extra damage to targets afflicted with Stagger or an Impact-type status.From level 17
Earth's PromiseReduces the target's PvE Damage Tolerance by 9% and PvP Damage Tolerance by 4.5% for 5s each time an attack lands.From level 21Survival WillpowerIncreases the caster's Status Effect Resist by 35%. Increases PvE Damage Tolerance by 30% and PvP Damage Tolerance by 15% for 5s when afflicted with Stun, Knockdown, Airborne, Frost, or Fear. Increases Status Effect Resist by 10% for 5s when hit while afflicted with Stun, Knockdown, Airborne, Frost, or Fear (up to 10 stacks).From level 23Skill ID 18730000. From the game files: client 2.0.6.0 (Steam build 25767555, 2026-10-07).