List of guardian traits
This is a list of guardian traits.
Zeal[edit]
“"Behold, the symbol of your defeat!"
Zeal utilizes the power of symbols and spirit weapons to punish your enemies. It strengthens the power of your justice virtue as well as your ability to apply vulnerability to foes.
— In-game description
Tier | Trait | Description | |
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Minor Adept | Zealot's Resolution | Cast Lesser Symbol of Resolution when you are struck while below the health threshold. | |
Major Adept | Wrathful Spirit | Aegis grants boons when it ends. | |
Major Adept | Fiery Wrath | Deal increased strike damage to burning foes. | |
Major Adept | Zealous Scepter | Gain might when your Virtue skill 1 passive effect triggers; gain more might while wielding a scepter. | |
Minor Master | Symbolic Exposure | Symbols inflict vulnerability on foes. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes. | |
Major Master | Furious Focus | 1 | While you have fury, your attacks inflict vulnerability. |
Major Master | Zealous Blade | Your power is increased. Gain additional power while wielding a greatsword. Your greatsword skills have reduced recharge. | |
Major Master | Kindled Zeal | Gain condition damage based on your power. | |
Minor Grandmaster | Symbolic Power | Symbols deal increased strike damage. | |
Major Grandmaster | Eternal Armory | Spirit Weapons gain additional casts and burn foes with their first strike. | |
Major Grandmaster | Shattered Aegis | When an aegis you applied blocks an attack, it unleashes a Mystic Rebuke. | |
Major Grandmaster | Symbolic Avenger | Your strike damage is increased whenever your Symbols hit a foe. |
Radiance[edit]
“"Burn away the unworthy."
Radiance improves your ability to burn and blind your foes, as well as improving your critical-hit capability. It grants bonuses while you are under the effects of retaliation[sic] and strengthens the effects of your signets.
— In-game description
Tier | Trait | Description | |
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Minor Adept | Justice is Blind | Gain a light aura and blind nearby foes when you activate Virtue skill 1. | |
Major Adept | Inner Fire | 10 | Gain fury when you strike a foe that has burning stacks over the threshold. |
Major Adept | Right-Hand Strength | Your precision is increased. Gain increased power while wielding a one-handed weapon in your main hand. | |
Major Adept | Healer's Resolution | 20 | Gain resolution when using a heal skill. |
Minor Master | Renewed Justice | 1 | Virtue skill 1 is renewed when you kill a foe. |
Major Master | Wrath of Justice | Striking an enemy with the damaging effect from Virtue skill 1 casts Lesser Signet of Wrath. | |
Major Master | Radiant Fire | 10 | Zealot's Flame is improved. Burning you inflict has increased duration, and your torch skills gain reduced recharge. |
Major Master | Retribution | Strike damage dealt is increased while you have resolution. | |
Minor Grandmaster | Radiant Power | Attacks against burning foes have an increased chance to critically hit. Your ferocity is increased. | |
Major Grandmaster | Amplified Wrath | Burning you inflict deals increased damage. Burning duration applied by the passive effect of Virtue skill 1 is increased. | |
Major Grandmaster | Perfect Inscriptions | Signets gain improved passive effects and continue to grant their passive bonuses while recharging. | |
Major Grandmaster | Righteous Instincts | Resolution increases your chances to critically strike and grants might each interval. |
Valor[edit]
“"My conviction shields me."
Valor focuses heavily on blocking and meditation-based abilities, relying on aegis and various boon enhancements. Block attacks and protect your allies, enduring any onslaught that your foes may present.
— In-game description
Tier | Trait | Description | |
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Minor Adept | Valorous Defense | 30 | Gain aegis when you are struck while below the health threshold. |
Major Adept | Strength of the Fallen | Lose conditions every interval. Health degenerates more slowly while downed. | |
Major Adept | Smiter's Boon | 16 | Cast Lesser Smite Condition when you use a healing skill. |
Major Adept | Focus Mastery | Focus skills grant you protection and gain reduced recharge. | |
Minor Master | Steadfast Courage | Gain protection when you block an incoming attack with aegis. | |
Major Master | Stalwart Defender | Gain toughness when wielding a shield, and shield skills gain reduced recharge. | |
Major Master | Redemption | 10 | Cast Lesser Litany of Wrath when you activate Virtue skill 3. |
Major Master | Communal Defenses | 15 | Blocking an attack grants aegis to nearby allies. |
Minor Grandmaster | Might of the Protector | 1 | Gain might when you block attacks. |
Major Grandmaster | Altruistic Healing | Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally. | |
Major Grandmaster | Monk's Focus | Meditation skills heal you and grant fury to nearby allies. | |
Major Grandmaster | Tenacious Defense | Aegis you grant reduces the recharge time of Virtue skill 3 when it blocks an attack. |
Honor[edit]
“"On my honor, I will protect you."
Honor improves your ability to assist allies through healing, cleansing, and revival. Many of its abilities affect multiple allies at once and have large areas of effect.
— In-game description
Tier | Trait | Description | |
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Minor Adept | Vigorous Precision | Gain vigor at the end of your dodge roll. | |
Major Adept | Invigorated Bulwark | Increase your healing to other allies each time you block an attack. Mace skills gain reduced recharge and their boons gain increased duration. | |
Major Adept | Protective Reviver | Cast Lesser Shield of Absorption when you begin reviving an ally. Shield of Absorption revives allies when it detonates. | |
Major Adept | Protector's Restoration | Cast Lesser Symbol of Protection when you use a healing skill. | |
Minor Master | Selfless Daring | The end of your dodge roll heals nearby allies. | |
Major Master | Honorable Staff | Gain concentration. Empower now grants endurance to allies in addition to its effects. Staff skills recharge time is reduced. | |
Major Master | Pure of Heart | Aegis heals when it blocks an attack. | |
Major Master | Empowering Might | 1 | Grant might to nearby allies when you critically strike. |
Minor Grandmaster | Purity of Body | Your Virtue skill 2 passive also regenerates endurance. | |
Major Grandmaster | Pure of Voice | Shout skills convert conditions to boons on allies. | |
Major Grandmaster | Writ of Persistence | Symbols are improved and heal allies. | |
Major Grandmaster | Force of Will | Gain increased vitality. Healing others is improved based on a percentage of your vitality. |
Virtues[edit]
“"Justice, resolve, and courage carry me forward."
A guardian's virtue improves the effects of their justice, resolve, and courage-based skills, granting them additional effects and bonuses.
— In-game description
Tier | Trait | Description | |
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Minor Adept | Inspired Virtue | Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you. | |
Major Adept | Unscathed Contender | Strike damage dealt is increased while you have aegis. Strike damage dealt is increased while you are above the health threshold. | |
Major Adept | Resolute Subconscious | 30 | Gain resolution and aegis when disabled. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear. |
Major Adept | Master of Consecrations | Consecrations gain increased duration. | |
Minor Master | Virtue of Resolution | Gain resolution when you activate a Virtue. Resolution you grant has increased duration. | |
Major Master | Inspiring Virtue | Strike damage dealt is increased after activating a virtue. | |
Major Master | Absolute Resolve | Activating Virtue skill 2 removes conditions from nearby allies. Virtue skill 2's passive effect is stronger. | |
Major Master | Glacial Heart | ½ | Mighty Blow becomes Glacial Blow. Heal when you disable, immobilize, or chill a foe. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear. |
Minor Grandmaster | Power of the Virtuous | Gain condition damage based on your vitality. Virtues gain reduced recharge. | |
Major Grandmaster | Permeating Wrath | The passive effect of Virtue skill 1 triggers more quickly and now burns in an area. | |
Major Grandmaster | Battle Presence | Nearby allies gain the passive effect of Virtue skill 2. Willbender: Heal allies when your Resolve effect triggers. | |
Major Grandmaster | Indomitable Courage | The active effect of Virtue skill 3 breaks stun and grants stability to nearby allies. Its passive effect gains a shorter interval. |
Dragonhunter[edit]
“"I will set my trap and wait for them to come."
The dragon hunter is a ranged, methodical hunter that uses various traps to ensnare their prey while picking them off with arrows of light. Their virtue skills become corporeal and more powerful in exchange for a longer casting time.
— In-game description
Tier | Trait | Description | |
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Minor Proficiency | Longbow Proficiency | You can wield a longbow. | |
Minor Adept | Virtuous Action | The guardian's resolve has further increased, allowing Virtues to be manifested as physical aspects. Gain access to Traps. | |
Major Adept | Hunter's Premonition | Traps skills grant aegis when used. | |
Major Adept | Dulled Senses | Cripple enemies that you disable. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear. | |
Major Adept | Soaring Devastation | Wings of Resolve delivers an attack upon landing. Movement speed is increased. | |
Minor Master | Defender's Dogma | 1 | Gain vitality. Blocking an attack causes justice to reach its maximum charge and reduces the cooldown of Spear of Justice. |
Major Master | Hunter's Determination | Activating your elite skill breaks stuns. | |
Major Master | Zealot's Aggression | Deal increased strike damage to crippled foes. Justice's passive effect cripples enemies. | |
Major Master | Bulwark | Shield of Courage gains increased radius and duration. | |
Minor Grandmaster | Pure of Sight | Deal bonus strike damage based on your distance to the enemy. | |
Major Grandmaster | Hunter's Fortification | 1 | Remove conditions and heal when blocking attacks. |
Major Grandmaster | Heavy Light | 1 | Gain stability when disabling an enemy. Deal increased strike damage to disabled or defiant foes. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear. |
Major Grandmaster | Big Game Hunter | Striking an enemy tethered by your Spear of Justice inflicts vulnerability and increases strike damage dealt. Tether duration is increased. |
Firebrand[edit]
“"Let the ancient magics of Vabbi burn away our foes."
Firebrands harness the power of ancient Vabbian tomes to burn away impurities and conquer their foes. Each tome contains raw, powerful magic and must be used with patience and care.
— In-game description
Tier | Trait | Description | |
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Minor Proficiency | Axe Proficiency | You can wield axes. | |
Minor Adept | Purity of Word | Gain knowledge of Elonian lore, igniting a fierce drive to purge corruption and manifesting your Virtues as mystic tomes. Gain access to Mantras. Using Tome skills consumes pages. You regenerate pages every interval. | |
Major Adept | Unrelenting Criticism | Axe skills gain a chance to inflict bleeding. Symbol of Vengeance now dazes on its initial strike. | |
Major Adept | Liberator's Vow | 7 | Grant allies quickness when you use your heal skill. |
Major Adept | Archivist of Whispers | Your Virtues gain additional pages. | |
Minor Master | Swift Scholar | Equipping a Virtue grants you quickness. Every third Tome skill grants you pages. Stacks reset when exiting a tome. Quickness can only be gained once per interval | |
Major Master | Weighty Terms | The final charge of your Mantra skills will slow nearby foes and grant you pages. | |
Major Master | Stalwart Speed | 7 | When you grant aegis or stability, grant quickness. This can affect multiple targets simultaneously. |
Major Master | Legendary Lore | Tome skills gain bonuses from scribbling in the margins by ancient bards. | |
Minor Grandmaster | Imbued Haste | Gain increased attributes while affected by quickness. | |
Major Grandmaster | Stoic Demeanor | 1 | Retain Courage passive while it is on cooldown. Grant boons to nearby allies when you disable, immobilize, or slow an enemy. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear. |
Major Grandmaster | Quickfire | 7 | Retain Justice passive while it is on cooldown. Granting quickness to an ally also grants Ashes of the Just. |
Major Grandmaster | Loremaster | Retain Resolve passive while it is on cooldown. You generate pages more quickly. |
Willbender[edit]
“"I will silence the threat before it can fester."
Willbenders are protectors of the Canthan throne and fated guardians to the Weh no Su. Their sword arm is as strong as their loyalty— unflinching and ruthless. They are known for a swift hand and unmatched swordplay, striking before their foe has time to react.
— In-game description
Tier | Trait | Description | |
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Minor Proficiency | Sword Proficiency | You can wield swords in your off-hand. | |
Minor Adept | Willbender Training | The guardian's Virtues are now movement based, giving them a swift advantage in combat. Gain access to the Physical skill type. | |
Major Adept | Searing Pact | Gain condition damage. Willbender Flames now inflict burning on foes they strike. | |
Major Adept | Power for Power | Gain increased power. Willbender Flames deal increased damage to foes they strike. | |
Major Adept | Conceited Curate | Gain increased vitality. Willbender Flames now heal you when they strike an enemy. | |
Minor Master | Righteous Sprint | Gain increased movement speed. Gain swiftness when you activate a virtue. | |
Major Master | Restorative Virtues | Triggered virtue effects reduce the cooldown of active weapon abilities. Gain vigor when activating Flowing Resolve. | |
Major Master | Holy Reckoning | Triggered virtue effects now grant might to allies in addition to their bonuses. Gain fury when activating Rushing Justice. | |
Major Master | Vanguard Tactics | Activating Courage grants resistance. Shadowstepping grants resolution and protection. | |
Minor Grandmaster | Lethal Tempo | Each time you activate a virtue or your virtue's passives are triggered, gain a damage bonus. Gaining stacks of this boon refreshes other stacks. | |
Major Grandmaster | Phoenix Protocol | Gain alacrity and regeneration when resolve's effect triggers, but you no longer heal. Resolve has a modified duration. Gain alacrity when you use Flowing Resolve. | |
Major Grandmaster | Tyrant's Momentum | Lethal Tempo grants increased damage, but has reduced duration. Justice's duration is modified. | |
Major Grandmaster | Deathless Courage | While Courage is active, incoming strike damage and condition damage is reduced. |