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Direlord

Dire Lords tank with mana-draining, self-healing, and fear-based magic. They excel in melee combat, magic mitigation, and sustained battlefield dominance.

Primary Attributes

StrengthStamina

Equipment

Armor types:Armor: Cloth, Leather, Chain, Plate

Weapon types:Weapons: Edged

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Provoking Phantoms

Afflicts an enemy's mind with relentless apparitions, generating a moderate amount of threat. This ability helps the Dire Lord maintain control over adversaries

Lifetap

Deals Curse damage to the target and restores the Dire Lord's health by a portion of the damage dealt, exemplifying their self-sustaining combat style.

Vital Cage

Cloaks the Dire Lord in malefic power, absorbing the next source of spell damage and converting that damage into essence, enhancing their resilience against magical attacks.

Direlords utilize combat techniques that create powerful synergies with other classes. Each technique becomes available at specific weapon skill levels and can trigger different effects based on the weapon type used.

WS 5
Exposure combat technique icon

Exposure

Creates [Exposed] State on the Target.

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Arcane Brand
Magic DefLevel requirement:16
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Heat Armor
Phys DefLevel requirement:34
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Disperse Magic
Heal ReductionLevel requirement:58
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Heat Weapon
Damage OutLevel requirement:70
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Conjure Chains
SpeedLevel requirement:16
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Mana Pins
Magic DefLevel requirement:34
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Imbue Restraint
Damage OutLevel requirement:70
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Brain Drain
Magic AvoidanceLevel requirement:58
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Rotten to the Core
Heal ReductionLevel requirement:58

Level 1

Haunted Slash skill icon

Haunted Slash

TechniqueLevel 1STR · INT

Deals 50% weapon damage to the target and generates bonus threat.

Ready Blade skill icon

Ready Blade

TechniqueLevel 1STR · INT

Deals damage to the target and increases Parry chance by 5% for 40 seconds.

Choking Darkness skill icon

Choking Darkness

Base SkillLevel 1

Sacrifice a portion of your Health to drain your target’s Mana over time. Gain Essence for each tick of Mana corrupted.

Dire Mark skill icon

Dire Mark

UtilityLevel 1

Mark a member of your group or raid for 10 seconds. Whenever that player takes damage, 25% of the damage will be redirected to you. You cannot apply Dire Mark to yourself.

Boil Blood skill icon

Boil Blood

Base SkillLevel 1

Corrupt an enemy with your Essence, causing their blood to boil and burst, dealing minor Fire damage every 3 seconds for up to 24 seconds. Generates increased threat with each tick.

Provoking Phantoms skill icon

Provoking Phantoms

Base SkillLevel 1

Afflicts an enemy’s mind with relentless apparitions. Using certain abilities on the afflicted target will increase the amount of threat you generate on the target with subsequent actions.

Level 2

Sanguine Shield skill icon

Sanguine Shield

UtilityLevel 2

Convert your Essence into a shield, absorbing damage taken for up to 15% of your maximum Health for 10 seconds.

Arcane Tear skill icon

Arcane Tear

TechniqueLevel 2STR · INT

Strikes the magical essence of your target, stealing 4% of all of the target’s [Resistances] for 30 seconds. Deals additional threat and stacks up to 5 times.

Level 4

Lifetap skill icon

Lifetap

Base SkillLevel 4CON · INT

Corrupts the target’s blood and draws it out, dealing damage and restoring your health by 75% of the damage dealt.

Level 5

Expose skill icon

Expose

TechniqueLevel 5

Puts your target in the [Exposed] state for 30 seconds, which can be manipulated by other techniques to cause additional effects.

Devour Dexterity skill icon

Devour Dexterity

Base SkillLevel 5

Consumes an enemy’s Dexterity, decreasing it by 6 and empowering yourself with the absorbed amount for up to 5 minutes. Increases threat.

Level 6

Vital Cage skill icon

Vital Cage

UtilityLevel 6

Cloak yourself in malefic power, absorbing the next source of spell damage and converting the damage that would have been dealt to you into Essence.

Level 7

Sanguine Cloak skill icon

Sanguine Cloak

PassiveLevel 7

Increases your innate Magic Resistance by 5. This is an innate passive ability and is always active without needing to be memorized.

Level 8

Deafening Whisper skill icon

Deafening Whisper

Base SkillLevel 8

Interrupts an enemy’s spell casting and silences them for 3 seconds.

Devour Constitution skill icon

Devour Constitution

Base SkillLevel 8

Consumes an enemy’s Constitution, decreasing it by 6 and empowering yourself with the absorbed amount for up to 5 minutes. Increases threat.

Level 9

Torment skill icon

Torment

Base SkillLevel 9

Corrupts an enemy’s blood, reducing incoming healing by 25%.

Level 10

Blood Fiend skill icon

Blood Fiend

UtilityLevel 10

Imbue your weapon with malefic power for 30 seconds, causing Physical damage you deal to heal you for 100% of damage dealt, and restoring Essence with each strike. Healing effects are doubled against Bleeding targets.

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Runecarver

TechniqueLevel 10STR · INT

Deals minor damage and generates 200 Essence.

Blood State Nightmarish skill icon

Blood State Nightmarish

Base SkillLevel 10

Manifest a nightmarish visage, causing 10% of all damage you deal to be applied as bonus Threat.

Blood State Torrential Veins skill icon

Blood State Torrential Veins

Base SkillLevel 10

Empower your blood flow, increasing your Constitution by 2 and the amount of Essence you generate by 20%.

Level 12

Leaden Blood skill icon

Leaden Blood

Base SkillLevel 12

Corrupts the blood of an enemy, slowing their movement speed over 5 seconds until they are rooted to the ground. The target remains rooted for 3 seconds.

Splatter skill icon

Splatter

Base SkillLevel 12INT

Spreads a random Poison or Disease effect on the target to up to 4 additional targets within 10 meters.

Level 14

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Essence Thief

UtilityLevel 14

Manifest at the location of an enemy up to 15 meters away, dealing Curse damage to all enemies within 3 meters and generating 200 Essence for each enemy affected. If no offensive target is selected, Essence Thief may be used to target a location on the ground.

Level 16

Dire Grip skill icon

Dire Grip

Base SkillLevel 16

Command your Essence to grip all enemies within 15m, pulling them to your location, and generating increased threat. Enemies pulled in this way will be Rooted for 10 sec.

Level 18

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Harmshield

UtilityLevel 18

Animate your Essence to hover around you for 10sec. When hit by Physical damage, deals 20% of the damage done back to the attacking enemy within 5 meters.

Level 20

Essence Harvester skill icon

Essence Harvester

Base SkillLevel 20STR · INT

Deals minor damage to target and applies Essence Leech for 30 sec. Essence Leech restores 10 Essence every second.

Level 24

Blood Draw skill icon

Blood Draw

Base SkillLevel 24CON · INT

Corrupt the target’s blood and draw it out, dealing between 64 and 67 Curse damage and restoring your Health by 75% of the damage dealt.

Level 25

Bloodred Blade skill icon

Bloodred Blade

TechniqueLevel 25STR · INT

Deals damage to your target and heals you based on your current health. Requires primary weapon skill of 76.

About Direlord Skills

The Direlord's arsenal includes various types of abilities: combat techniques for engaging enemies, utility skills for supporting allies, and passive abilities that provide constant benefits.

Once the mastery system unlocks, you'll unlock more powerful abilities, allowing you to customize yourDirelord's capabilities to suit your playstyle.

Direlord Class Progression Guide

A comprehensive guide to leveling your Direlord from 1 to max level. Learn about ability unlocks, combat techniques, and mastery choices.

Direlord Role in Group Content

Understand how the Direlord functions in group content, including their primary roles as Tank and Utility and their synergies with other classes.

Direlord Equipment Guide

Learn about optimal equipment choices for your Direlord, including Cloth and Leather and Chain and Plate armor and Edged weapons.