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**Devotion**
Release date	11 December 2013 (Update)
Members	No
Skill	Defence
Level	1
Type	Threshold
Adrenaline	−15%
Equipment	None
Cooldown	60 seconds
Description
	Protection prayers are 100% effective (75% in PvP) for 10 seconds. Killing an opponent extends the effect by 5 seconds up to a maximum of 20 seconds.
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For other uses, see Devotion (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Devoted.

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Devotion is a threshold Defence ability. When activated, protection prayers and deflect curses reduce the damage of the styles they defend against to 1 for 10 seconds. In PvP, damage is instead reduced by 75%. The effect can be extended by 5 seconds per opponent killed, capped at a maximum total duration of 20 seconds by killing two opponents. Killing multiple enemies at the exact same time only counts as one kill.

Note that some monsters, such as nihil and muspah, ignore the effects of Devotion, even if the correct prayers are used. It is unknown if any other monsters are capable of doing this.

It can be unlocked with 3,500 Reward Currency from the Anima Islands Distraction & Diversion, which became available following the fall of Tuska at the Tuska Comes world event.

It was first obtainable by participating in the second world event, at a cost of 32,000 renown, additionally requiring a runite event token. With the death of Bandos and end of the event, it can now be obtained as a rare drop from General Graardor and Kree'arra^[1]. It is also obtainable from their bodyguards and from other aviansie in Armadyl's Eyrie and other Bandos followers within the dungeon.

These abilities are individual drops; however, it is possible to receive multiple abilities in a single kill. When received, it is automatically learned; it does not drop as an item. When learned, the message "You have unlocked the Devotion ability!" appears in the chatbox.

Tactics

Devotion can be very useful in the following cases:

Devotion will block the lightning from the Legiones (including the Lines of Ascension from Legio Quintus), which allows the use of Rapid Fire, Snipe (if Nightmare gauntlets are not used), and Death's Swiftness.
Devotion can fully block auto-attacks from monsters that deal very high damage, such as Vorago, Beastmaster Durzag, Yakamaru, Nex: Angel of Death and Telos, the Warden.
Devotion will block the Dharok's "Give me everything!" attack in Barrows: Rise of the Six, where it can save the player from a fatal hit if he was damaged too much while channeling this ability.
Devotion used with Melee protection prayer/curse blocks the Kalphite King's instant kill attack, as well as his magical bombs if protect from magic is used.

Note: Devotion can only defend against melee, magic, and ranged damage, and only if the correct protection/deflect prayer is used. In the event that the player fails to switch to the appropriate prayer in time or if prayers are disabled by an attack such as Smash, Devotion does not have any effect. Typeless damage is likewise unaffected. Receiving attacks from multiple styles at once may also necessitate the use of other defence abilities such as Reflect, as players can only activate one protect/deflect prayer at a time.

Drop sources

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Source	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Aviansie	89; 92; 95	1	Rare
Cyclops	57; 63; 68; 91	1	Rare
General Graardor	210; 624	1	Rare
Goblin	1; 2; 4; 5; 6; 7; 11; 84	1	Rare
Hobgoblin	28; 30; 32; 35; 91	1	Rare
Jogre	57; 86	1	Rare
Kree'arra	210; 580	1	Rare
Ogre	56; 67; 86	1	Rare
Ork	96	1	Rare

Trivia

For a while after release, the ability gave full protection of that combat style. As of the patch notes of 24 February, 2014, the ability now blocks 75% of the damage in a PvP situation.
When released, Devotion lasted 20 seconds and extended up to 40 seconds. After a hidden update, it was reduced to 5 seconds with a limit of 20 seconds, but due to many player complaints, the patch notes increased the duration of Devotion for 10 seconds.
Originally when this ability was released the cooldown time was 60 seconds. On 24 February 2014 this was changed to 90 seconds. This was later reverted back to 60 seconds with an overall buff to the ability.^[which?]

References

^ Jagex. Mod Moltare's Twitter account. 11 December 2013. Mod Moltare: "Will the abilities be available after the event ends? - yes, as a very rare drop from Graardor and Kree."

[1] Jagex. Mod Moltare's Twitter account. 11 December 2013. Mod Moltare: "Will the abilities be available after the event ends? - yes, as a very rare drop from Graardor and Kree."

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