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Revision as of 02:52, 29 May 2023
A sturdy fighter and protector of the weak, a skilled Guardian can face even the toughest foes and survive.The Guardian is one of the few classes willing and able to try to draw more blows onto himself, and can retaliate with devastating responses.
Races: Dwarf, Elf, Man, Hobbit
Role: Heavy Tank
Is this the class for me?
The Guardian will be the class of choice for players who enjoy hard-fought battles and heavy hand-to-hand combat. A master of the defensive arts, a Guardian uses taxing attacks and irksome taunts to draw and hold opponents' attention, relying on his shield and weapon to turn aside incoming attacks with blocks and parries. His combat style depends on creating openings during an opponent's attack to provide the opportunity for his own counterattacks
Guardian Pros and Cons | |
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Strengths | Weaknesses |
Strong survivability for solo play | Low damage puts solo play a bit on the slow side |
High Morale | Power must be conserved (usually have low reserves) |
Ability to use all weapons and shields | High repair costs |
Heavy Armour at Level 15 |
Skills and Combat
Reactive Skills. The Guardian is the master of reacting and counter-attacking in combat. A sizable number of your skills are dependent on certain combat situations. As you are attacked, you will see the appropriate counter-maneuvers unlock for use against your foe. For example, the skill Retaliation can be used after you parry an attack
Guardian combat in Lord of the Rings Online is a series of single attacks that can lead to a string of attacks. There are two sets of skills— block skills and parry skills— that you will have to concentrate on; most of your other skills revolve around one of these skill sets. The block and parry skill trees contain higher-level skills that you can use only after these base abilities are triggered. A successful block activates one skill, and then successful use of that skill opens up three other skills. The same goes for parry.
Active Skills
A Strong Offense
Ability | Category | Level | Recovery Time | Range | Description | |
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Charge | Buff | ? | 3m | You charge into the fray. | ||
Guardian's Ward | Melee | 1 | 3s | 3 | Your great skill enables you to strengthen your defences for a short time. | |
Salt the Wound | Melee | ? | 5s | 3 | You look to further injure a wound opened by thrust. | |
Stamp | Melee | 32 | 1m | 3 | Your attack enables you to break your enemy's concentration, interrupting his actions. | |
Sting | Melee | 1 | 6s | 3 | A quick attack that will lightly wound your opponent. | |
Sweeping Cut | Melee+AoE | 2 | 9s | 5 | Large sweeping strokes cut into all of your foes standing before you. |
Ready for Anything
Ability | Category | Level | Range | Description | |
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Guardian's Defence | buff | 4 | Increases Block by 5.0% | ||
Guardian's Parry | buff | 12 | Increases Parry by 5.0% | ||
Guardian's Pledge | buff | 20 | Briefly increases Evade, Parry and Block | ||
Protection | buff | 24 | 25 | Allows you to increase your ally's stats while gaining any parry's or blocks that they make | |
Thrill of Danger | buff | 28 | 10 | Refreshed power, increases with every enemy near you to a max of 3 | |
Warrior's Heart | buff | 30 | Increases Morale for 1 min and also heals some Morale | ||
Deep Breath | 34 | Eliminates cooldown of warriors heart, guardians pledge, and thrill of danger | |||
Turn the Tables | melee+debuff | 36 | 3 | Exits all harmful combat states | |
Guardian's Promise | buff | 38 | Creates a whistle which allows people in your fellowship to summon you to their side |
Block and Counter
Ability | Category | Level | Power Cost | Range | Description | |
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Shield-Swipe | melee | 4 | 9 | 3 | After a block you can attack with both your weapon and shield | |
Bash | melee | 10 | 6 | 3 | Shield bash that generates additional threat and temporarily stuns oppenent | |
Catch a Breath | heal | 16 | 31 | Recovers Morale (and Power with equipped trait) | ||
Shield Taunt | debuff | 22 | 8 | You clash your weapon upon your shield to attract the enemies attention |
Drawing the Ire
Ability | Category | Level | Power Cost | Range | Description | |
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Shield-Blow | melee | 8 | 3 | Shield hit that generates threat | ||
Vexing Blow | melee | 6 | 5 | 3 | Attack that gains threat | |
Challenge | debuff | 26 | 7 | 7 | You taunt your foes to gain threat |
Parry and Retaliate
Ability | Category | Level | Power Cost | Range | Description | |
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Retaliation | melee | 8 | 3 | 3 | After you parry you can perform a swift attack | |
Overwhelm | melee | 10 | 6 | 3 | A powerful attack after Retaliation | |
Whirling Retaliation | melee+AoE | 14 | 8 | 5 | You whirl in a circle to attack multiple foes | |
Thrust | bleed | 18 | 6 | 3 | After Retaliation, Causes your foe to bleed |
Ranged Skills
Ability | Category | Level | Power Cost | Range | Description | |
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Shoot | ranged | 30 | 9 | 30 | Range Weapons |
Passive Skills
Armour Proficiencies
Weapon | Category | Level | Description | |
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Light Armour | 1 | |||
Medium Armour | 1 | |||
Shields | Off-hand | 1 | Increases Armour and Chance to Block | |
Heavy Armour | 15 | |||
Heavy Shields | Off-hand | 15 | Increases Armour and Chance to Block |
Combat Characteristics
Name | Level | Cost | Description | |
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Block Rank 1 | 7 | 4s 90 | Adds 1.0% to Block Chance | |
Parry Rank 1 | 9 | 8s 10 | Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance | |
Accuracy Rank 1 | 11 | 12s 10 | Reduces Miss by a medium amount. | |
Critical Rank 1 | 13 | 16s 90 | Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance | |
Block Rank 2 | 17 | 28s 90 | Adds 1.0% to Block Chance | |
Evade Rank 1 | 19 | 36s 10 | Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance | |
Parry Rank 2 | 21 | 44s 10 | Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance | |
Accuracy Rank 2 | 23 | 52s 90 | Reduces Miss by a medium amount. | |
Critical Rank 2 | 25 | 62s 50 | Adds 1.0% to Critical Hit Chance | |
Accuracy Rank 3 | 29 | 84s 10 | Reduces Miss by a medium amount. | |
Evade Rank 2 | 31 | 96s 10 | Adds 1.0% to Evade Chance | |
Parry Rank 3 | 33 | 108s 90 | Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance | |
Block Rank 3 | 35 | 122s 50 | Adds 1.0% to Block Chance | |
Parry Rank 4 | 39 | 152s 10 | Adds 1.0% to Parry Chance | |
Accuracy Rank 4 | 41 | 168s 10 | Reduces Miss by a small amount. | |
Block Rank 4 | 43 | 184s 90 | Adds 1.0% to Block Chance |
Instrument Proficiencies
Name | Level | Cost | |
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Horn Use | 5 | 2 50 | |
Lute Use | 5 | 2 50 |
Misc. Passive Skills
Skill | Category | Level | Description | |
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Shield Spike Use | 20 | Increases shield damage(currently bugged only allows about 10-20 seconds of additional damage) |
Weapon Proficiencies
Weapon | Category | Level | Description | |
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Daggers | 1H | 1 | Chance to land critical hit | |
One-Handed Axes | 1H | 1 | Reduces Enemy's Armour but with increased chance to miss | |
One-Handed Clubs | 1H | 1 | Chance to Stun | |
One-Handed Hammers | 1H | 1 | Chance to Stun | |
One-Handed Maces | 1H | 1 | Chance to Stun | |
One-Handed Swords | 1H | 1 | Increases to-hit chance | |
Spear | MHO | 10 | Chance to Wound causing damage over time | |
Two-Handed Axes | 2H | 10 | Reduces Enemy's Armour but with increased chance to miss | |
Two-Handed Clubs | 2H | 10 | Chance to Stun | |
Two-Handed Hammers | 2H | 10 | Chance to Stun | |
Two-Handed Swords | 2H | 10 | Increases to-hit chance | |
Bows | Ranged | 30 | ||
Crossbows | Ranged | 30 |
Guardian Traits
As you gain levels and complete class deeds you will acquire an arsenal of guardian traits to flesh out your build. Feel free to mix and match as you find a build that works for you. Guardian deeds have a number of affects including reduced attack duration, increased healing, decreased cooldowns, and increased threat modifiers.
Deeds
Name | Level | Reward | Task | Limit per Day | |
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Stinging Blow | 1 | Stinging Blow | Strike enemies with the Sting skill (750) | ||
Reactive Block | 1 | Reactive Block | Strike enemies with Shield-Swipe (400) | ||
Shield Expertise | 1 | Defensive Expertise | Strike enemies with Shield-Blow (1,500) | ||
Controlled Breathing | 10 | Controlled Breathing | Use Catch a Breath (250) | ||
Harasser | 10 | Harasser | Use Vexing Blow (800) | ||
To the Rescue | 10 | To the Rescue | Evade enemy attacks (1,000) | ||
Guardian's Ward | 10 | Guardian's Ward | Strike enemies with Guardian's Ward (1,200) | ||
Quickness | 20 | Quickness | Strike enemies with the Sting skill (1,500) | ||
Grim Challenge | 20 | Grim Challenge | Use Challenge (300) | ||
Selfless Defence | 20 | Selfless Defence | Use Protection (200) | ||
Stoic | 20 | Stoic | Use Guardian's Pledge (200) | ||
Strong Lungs | 30 | Strong Lungs | Use Deep Breath (100) | ||
Brave Heart | 30 | Brave Heart | Use Warrior's Heart (150) | ||
Heat of Battle | 30 | Heat of Battle | Use Thrill of Danger (125) |
Legendary Deeds | ||||
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Name | Level | Reward | Task | |
The Best Defense | 42 | Shield-smash | Find missing pages (8) | |
A Shield-maiden's Song | 44 | Guardian's Threat | Find missing pages (8) | |
The Final Word | 46 | Challenge the Darkness | Find missing pages (8) |
Traits
Name | Level | Source | Description | Line Bonus |
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Stinging Blow | 1 | -3.0 Sting Skill Reset, +10.0% Sting Damage | +10 Might | |
Guardian's Ward | 1 | Increases your natural damage mitigation | Increase Threat | |
Defensive Expertise | 3 | +3.0% Block, +130 Armour | Increase Threat | |
Reactive Block | 4 | Damage your attacker whenever you Block | +10 Might | |
Harasser | 6 | Vexing Blow hits three targets | +10 Vitality | |
To the Rescue | 12 | +5.0% Run Speed | +10 Vitality | |
Deflected Blows | 15 | Class quest | Regenerate some Power whenever you Block | |
Controlled Breathing | 16 | Catch a Breath heals additional Morale and also heals Power | ||
Stoic | 20 | +15 Vitality, +15 Fate | Increase Threat | |
Quickness | 20 | -5.0% Attack Duration, +10 Might | None | |
Selfless Defense | 24 | Your Protection ability lowers the threat of the target | Increase Threat | |
Grim Challenge | 26 | -15.0 Challenge skill Reset | +10 Vitality | |
Heat of Battle | 28 | +3.0 Retaliation Response Time | ||
Brave Heart | 30 | -90.0 Warrior's Heart Skill Reset, +3.0 Shield-Swipe Response Time | ||
Strong Lungs | 34 | -150.0 Deep Breath Skill Reset | +10 Might | |
Challenge the Darkness (Legendary) | 39/41 | Complete the book The Final Word | Taunt with +5.0% Parry Chance, +5.0% Block Chance | - |
Guardian's Threat (Legendary) | 39/41 | Complete the book A Shield-maiden's Song | +20.0% Perceived Threat | - |
Shield Smash (Legendary) | 39/41 | Complete the book The Best Defence | Taunt | - |
To the King (Legendary) | 45 | Complete the level 45 class quests | Powerful attack | - |
Class Quests
Your best rewards will come from your class quests, and your Guardian arsenal will be improved admirably with a few of these quest goodies. When you hit Levels 15 and See your local Guardian trainer for 30, seek out your class your class quests. trainers and collect the quests. Unless you have some quests to complete with other fellows or in your kinship, you should prioritize your class quest to collect the rewards sooner.
A Shield Against Adversity (Level 15)
A Guardian's Duty (Level 30)
Articles of Fortitude and Implements of Battle (Level 45)
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