Slowly getting back into the game now that I have more time.
I have 10 points in the passive node. “Battle Hardened,” therefore it should increase the armor if I am hit directly for 60% and increase the physical resistance for 40% for 4 seconds.
I don’t see this happening; instead, I see a pop-up sign up for Steel Ward that seems to stack up 10 times, but which I don’t have in my passive skills or in my normal skills.
You mean Stalwart, it’s the Forge Guard mastery bonus. Since both Stalwart & Battle Hardened proc when hit, in order to see the effect of the passive, you’d need to get hut once (ideally) which would proc both effects, then wait 4s for Battle Hardened to drop off & you should see a drop in your armour then another drop 6s later as Stalwart drops off.