Player Guide: Class Changes Summary: Guardian

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Quick Links:
Skills and Skill Changes
In Depth - The Defender of the Free Tree
In Depth - The Keen Blade Tree
In Depth - The Fighter of Shadow Tree
Legacy Changes and Legacy lists (by Schinderhannes)



Mechanical Changes

Threat Changes
Threat/aggro management is being changed/simplified and is now mainly being generated through DPS.
For the Guardian this means threat/aggro is only manageable through a increased passive threat level opposed to other classes and though force taunts.

Find out what skills are affected through these threat changes in: Skills and Skill Changes


Bleed Mechanics
Especially in The Keen blade bleeds are of the essence.
A lot of skills add bleeds and get removed by using Overwhelm, whilst doing more damage in return.

Find out what skills are affected through these bleed mechanics in: In Depth - The Keen Blade Tree

Tree Summaries

The Defender of the Free
A Guardian that specializes in The Defender of the Free tree will primarily focus on protection and survival, will use Mitigations and Defense to protect allies and AoE and single target taunts to manage threat/aggro.
Role: Tank
Buff that activates upon choosing specialization: Shield skills have a 25% chance to apply a fortification buff which boosts your mitigations by 1%. This buff can be stacked up to 5 times.

Link to More information: In Depth - The Defender of the Free Tree


The Keen Blade
A Guardian that specializes in The Keen Blade tree will focus on dealing damage through high(er) base damage, bleeds and finishing skills.
Role: DPS
Buff that activates upon choosing specialization: Landing a critical hit will apply a bleed to the target(s). These bleeds can stack up to 5 times.

Link to More information: In Depth - The Keen Blade Tree


The Fighter of Shadow
A Guardian that specializes in The Fighter of Shadow tree focuses on debuffing targets, whilst gaining survivability in the process. They use Light Damage and can tank using a 2 handed weapon.
Role: DPS-Tank
Buff that activates upon choosing specialization: Attacks against marked targets provide a 5% chance to restore 10% max morale.

Link to More information: In Depth - The Fighter of Shadow Tree