Resolve Status Effect in Diablo 4

Resolve is an effect that increases your Damage Reduction and is used by the Spiritborn class. This effect can stack up to 8 times, each stack boosting your Damage Reduction. However, taking damage will consume one stack.

How to Apply Resolve

Some Skills, Items, and Passives can cause this effect, and some Legendary Aspects can also enhance this effect, such as the Aspect of Potent Exchange or Band of First Breath. As a Spiritborn, using the Gorilla spirit guardian as secondary Spirit Hall choice is the best way to generate Resolve stacks.

Here are some examples of Skills or Passives related to the Resolve Status Effect:

Class	Skill	Passive
Spiritborn	Sharp Rock Splitter	Perseverance
Spiritborn	Armored Hide
Spiritborn	Rampant Crushing Hand

You can also affect your Resolve stacks by using gearing and tempering (like with Spiritborn Resolve.)

How to Recognize Resolve

Resolve appears as a stacked buff icon near your skill bar.
The icon displays:

• Your current number of Resolve stacks (0–8)
• The remaining duration (if applicable, depending on the source)

Taking direct damage removes one stack at a time.

Additional Information About Resolve

Resolve plays a key role in Spiritborn build identity, acting as the class’s primary defensive rhythm mechanic. High-uptime Resolve builds gain excellent durability, especially when paired with armor, block, and damage reduction sources.

• Resolve stacks provide consistent mitigation in extended combat.
• Losing Resolve stacks makes you more vulnerable, which makes careful positioning and defensive skill use very important.
• Resolve does not increase your damage directly; however, some Spiritborn Aspects or Paragon nodes offer additional bonuses when Resolve is active.
• Resolve stacks are not permanent and must be actively maintained through combat actions and passives.