Defender

Defender is the defensive subclass of Titan. The Defender specializes in disabling enemies, buffing and protecting their allies. Their Super ability is Ward of Dawn. The ability creates a void shield that prevents you and your allies while you are in it. Its Suppressor Grenade prevents enemies from using their abilities. Defender's melee attack, Disintegrate, gives them another shield absorbs incoming damage.

• To unlock Defender, players must reach level 15 as a Striker.

Abilities

	Type	Description
Disintegrate	Melee Abilities	Killing an enemy with this powerful melee attack creates a Force Barrier around you which absorbs incoming damage.
Lift	Jumps	Jump and then press (X) or (A) again while in the air to activate lift.
Magnetic Grenade	Grenades	A grenade that attaches to enemies and explodes twice.
Spike Grenade (Defender)	Grenades	A grenade that attaches to any surface and emits a torrent of damaging Void Light.
Suppressor Grenade	Grenades	An explosive grenade that prevents enemies from using abilities for a short time.
Ward of Dawn	Supers	Shape Void Light into an indestructible shield to protect you and your allies from harm.

Upgrades

Ability Upgrades

	Ability	Description
Armor of Light	Ward of Dawn	While inside Ward of Dawn, you and your allies gain significant damage resistance.
Blessing of Light	Ward of Dawn	Passing through Ward of Dawn grants you and your allies a temporary shield.
Catapult	Lift	Upgrades Lift to provide a strong initial burst of momentum.
Gift of Light	Disintegrate	While the shield created by Disintegrate is active, all of your melee kills have a chance to create Orbs of Light.
Increased Control	Lift	Upgrades Lift for better directional control while in the air.
Increased Height	Lift	Upgrades Lift to travel to greater heights.
Unbreakable	Disintegrate	Force Barrier continually recharges
War Machine	Disintegrate	While Force Barrier is active, all your weapons reload and ready blindingly fast.
Weapons of Light	Ward of Dawn	Passing through Ward of Dawn grants you and your allies a temporary increase to weapon damage.

Miscellaneous Upgrades

	Description
Bastion (Perk)	Increases the duration of Ward of Dawn. Increases Armor by 2.
Gift of the Void	As Ward of Dawn takes damage from enemy fire, it creates additional Orbs of Light.
Illuminated	Increases the benefits granted by Blessing of Light and Weapons of Light.
Illumination	Seal this Subclass, locking previous choices.
Iron Harvest	Heavy Weapon kills have a chance to create Orbs of Light for your allies.
Relentless	Increases the duration and strength of the shield created by Disintegrate.
Untouchable	Reduces the cooldown time of Ward of Dawn. Increases Armor by 1.

Training Upgrades

	Agility	Armor	Recovery
Titan Codex I		+2	+2
Titan Codex II	+2	+2
Titan Codex III	+2		+2
Titan Codex IV	+1	+2	+2
Titan Codex V			+5
Titan Codex VI	+4	+1

• Note that Defender shares Training upgrades with Striker

Defender Builds

PvE Builds

1. Orb Generation Build: Magnetic Grenade/Suppressor Grenade, Catapult, Blessing of Light, Gift of Light, Titan Codex II, Gift of the Void, Titan Codex IV and Iron Harvest.

• This build is designed to generate as many Orbs of Light for your teammates as possible. Gift of the Void generates 3 orbs when your Ward of Dawn is attacked by enemy. Use Heavy Weapon and melee attacks to generate more obs.

• For gear, use Crest of Alpha Lupi or Ruin Wings along with a Machine Gun with high Impact.

2. Support Build: Magnetic Grenade/Suppressor Grenade, Catapult, Blessing of Light, Gift of Light, Titan Codex II, Bastion,Titan Codex IV and Illuminated.

• This build is designed to support your fire team. Talk to your team before placing the Ward of Dawn. Helmet of Saint-14 is a good piece of armor to have.

3. Melee Build:

Strategy

PvP Strategy

Defender PvP Guide

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