Animate Guardian
Using this skill on an identified item on the ground creates an Animated Guardian that moves and attacks similar to a zombie. Unlike other minions, a Guardian stays with you through different zones and even after logging out, so it can only be lost by death or by you unequipping the skill gem. You can only have one Guardian at a time, but it can be outfitted with various helmets, body armours, gloves, boots, shields, and melee weapons. Ranged weapons cannot be animated, similar to Animate Weapon. Items can be of any rarity, but must be identified and on the ground to be used. Animated items are consumed by the spell and cannot be recovered.
The Guardian uses weapons and shields just like player characters, and can dual wield if two one-handed weapons are equipped. If you animate an item type that the Guardian is already using (such as helmets, boots, etc), the new item will overwrite the old one. Equipping an armour piece restores 25% of its life; equipping one-handed weapons or shields will alternate between left and right hand. You cannot equip two shields.
Items that have modifiers like +x to Maximum life or +x% increased Attack Speed apply to the Guardian the same way they apply to player characters, so animating magic or rare equipment can potentially give you a powerful minion. Unique items can also be used, but they are usually too valuable to sacrifice.
Gem level progression
Template:GemLevelTable |- ! 1 | 10 || 18 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 16 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 15 || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A || 9,569 |- ! 2 | 13 || 22 || 15 || 18 || 4% || 18 || 4% || 18,908 |- ! 3 | 16 || 26 || 18 || 20 || 8% || 21 || 8% || 33,871 |- ! 4 | 19 || 30 || 21 || 22 || 12% || 24 || 12% || 56,446 |- ! 5 | 22 || 34 || 24 || 24 || 16% || 27 || 16% || 89,302 |- ! 6 | 25 || 38 || 26 || 26 || 20% || 30 || 20% || 135,415 |- ! 7 | 28 || 42 || 29 || 28 || 24% || 33 || 24% || 283,759 |- ! 8 | 32 || 47 || 33 || 31 || 28% || 37 || 28% || 453,996 |- ! 9 | 36 || 53 || 37 || 34 || 32% || 41 || 32% || 703,128 |- ! 10 | 40 || 58 || 40 || 37 || 36% || 45 || 36% || 1,016,223 |- ! 11 | 44 || 63 || 44 || 40 || 40% || 49 || 40% || 1,570,760 |- ! 12 | 47 || 67 || 47 || 42 || 44% || 52 || 44% || 2,286,879 |- ! 13 | 50 || 71 || 49 || 44 || 48% || 55 || 48% || 3,289,072 |- ! 14 | 53 || 75 || 52 || 46 || 52% || 58 || 52% || 3,351,223 |- ! 15 | 56 || 79 || 55 || 49 || 56% || 61 || 56% || 9,935,033 |- ! 16 | 59 || 83 || 58 || 51 || 60% || 64 || 60% || 21,343,930 |- ! 17 | 62 || 87 || 60 || 53 || 64% || 67 || 64% || 50,689,254 |- ! 18 | 64 || 90 || 62 || 54 || 68% || 69 || 68% || 90,043,412 |- ! 19 | || || || || || || || |- ! 20 | 68 || 95 || 66 || 57 || 76% || 73 || 76% || class="table-na" style="text-align: center; " | N/A |}
Quest reward
This skill can be gained as a reward for finishing quest:
- The Caged Brute in Act 1 (Normal), by Scion
Version history
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1.0.1 |
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1.0.0e |
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1.0.0 |
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