Guardian

Guardian

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	When bound by faith and respect, the flock will overwhelm the wolf

This page is about the Ascendancy class. For the Ascendant passive, see Guardian (Ascendant passive).

The Guardian is an Ascendancy class for Templars.

Overview

Guardians are a powerful option for tank/support Templars dedicated to partying, possessing passives with an emphasis on enhancing and protecting a party. Guardians can specialize in Auras, granting up to 4 additional unique and powerful defensive auras to their party. They also have passives that protect and enhance allies in a number of other ways. Even as a solo character, Guardians themselves can benefit from its selection of defensive passives, or use their auras and buffs to command an army of minions.

Passive skills

Minor skills

This class has the following minor passive skills:

Name	Stats
Armour and Energy Shield, Aura Effect	14% increased Armour 5% increased maximum Energy Shield 5% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills [1] [2]
Armour and Energy Shield, Block Recovery	14% increased Armour 5% increased maximum Energy Shield 30% increased Block Recovery [1]
Armour and Energy Shield, Life Regeneration	14% increased Armour 5% increased maximum Energy Shield Regenerate 0.5% of Life per second [1]
Armour and Energy Shield, Link Effect	14% increased Armour 5% increased maximum Energy Shield Link Skills have 5% increased Buff Effect [1]
Armour and Energy Shield, Minion Damage	14% increased Armour 5% increased maximum Energy Shield Minions deal 10% increased Damage [1] [2]

Notable skills

The class has the following notable passive skills:

Radiant Faith

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Grants maximum Energy Shield equal to 10% of your Reserved Mana to
you and nearby Allies
Grants Armour equal to 25% of your Reserved Mana to you and nearby Allies [1]

Radiant Faith

Buff

Your are being granted Energy Shield by a Guardian

Radiant Faith is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Guardian that grants the Radiant Faith buff, which grants increased energy shield and additional armour relative to the amount of mana you've reserved to you and nearby allies.

Mechanics

Because Radiant Faith is classified as an aura buff and not an aura skill / aura skill gem, mods such as #% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your Skills does not increase the amount of Armour and Energy Shield granted from this ascendancy passive skill. However, those receiving the buff can increase the amounts received by their own Increased Armour and Increased Energy Shield stats.

Note, that while the wording is similar to the Hierophant's Sanctuary of Thought, the mechanics are quite different. Sanctuary of Thought functions as a conversion so Increased Maximum Mana and Increased Maximum Energy Shield mods stack with each other additively. Radiant Faith grants the percentage of your actual mana as base energy shield, so Increased Maximum Mana and Increased Maximum Energy Shield effectively stack multiplicatively with each other, which allows for extreme stacking of energy shield with proper gear.

Version history

Skill	Modifiers	Prerequisite	Preceding Passive

Version	Changes
3.22.0	No longer grants Armour equal to 160% of your Reserved Life to you and nearby Allies. Instead, it now grants Armour equal to 25% of your Reserved Mana to you and nearby Allies.
3.10.0	Now grants maximum Energy Shield equal to 10% of your Reserved Mana to you and nearby Allies (from 15%).
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Armour and Energy Shield, Aura Effect

Unwavering Faith

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Auras from your Skills grant 5% increased Recovery Rate of Life,
Mana and Energy Shield to you and Allies [1]

Unwavering Faith is a Notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Guardian that adds the effect of increased recovery to each of your active non-curse auras.

Mechanics

The effects of Unwavering Faith behave like an aura and are added onto the effects of whatever non-curse auras the player has cast. Thus, the effects that are granted can be further enhanced by the Guardian's own Aura Effect stat, with the resulting effect always being rounded down to the nearest integer. Generosity SupportGenerosity SupportSupport, Aura
Icon: G
Level: (1-20)Requires Level 31Supports aura skills that affect you and allies, increasing the aura's effect on allies, but preventing it from affecting you at all. Cannot support curse auras, or other auras that only affect enemies. Cannot support skills used by totems. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Auras do not affect you
Non-Curse Auras from Supported Skills have (20-39)% increased Effect

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills have (2-40)% increased Aura Area of EffectThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. will contribute its Increased Aura Effect to the total stat of any auras it supports. This is done on a per aura basis.

Auras that do not affect players will not grant Unwavering Faith. This includes auras such as PridePrideSpell, AoE, Aura, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 50% Mana
Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 24Casts an aura that causes nearby enemies to take more physical damage.+(0-1) metre to radius
Nearby Enemies take at least (15-19)% more Physical Damage,
raising up to (30-39)% as they stay in the Aura for 4 seconds

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Area of EffectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Flesh and StoneFlesh and StoneSpell, Aura, AoE, Stance
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 25% Mana
Cooldown Time: 2.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Casts an aura that affects you and nearby enemies differently depending on your stance. Using the skill again alternates between Blood Stance and Sand Stance.Nearby Enemies are Blinded while in Sand Stance
You take (11-15)% less Damage from Attacks from Enemies that aren't nearby while in Sand Stance
Nearby Enemies are Maimed while in Blood Stance
(0-50)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Enemies Maimed by this Skill take (8-11)% increased Physical Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. (in either stance).

Version history

Version	Changes
3.22.0	No longer provides Auras from your Skills grant +1% Physical Damage Reduction to you and Allies or Auras from your Skills grant 0.2% of Life Regenerated per second to you and Allies Instead, it now provides Auras from your Skills grant 5% increased Recovery Rate of Life, Mana and Energy Shield to you and Allies.
3.10.1d	Fixed a bug where ZealotryZealotryAura, Critical, Spell, AoE Level: (1-20) Reservation: 50% Mana Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec Can Store 1 Use(s) Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 24Casts an aura that grants bonuses to damage and critical strike chance of spells to you and your allies, and gives a chance to create Consecrated Ground against stronger enemies.+(0-1.9) metres to radius You and nearby Non-Minion Allies have a 10% chance to create Consecrated Ground on Hitting a Rare or Unique Enemy, lasting 8 seconds You and nearby allies have (20-39)% increased Spell Critical Strike Chance You and nearby allies deal (10-15)% more Spell Damage Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (2-40)% increased Area of EffectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. didn't provide the Life Regeneration it should have if a Guardian with the Unwavering Faith passive had cast it.
3.9.0	Unwavering Faith now grants the Physical Damage Reduction and Life Regeneration aura as a single combined aura rather than a separate aura for each other aura skill you had. This matters for effects that care how many buffs you have, such as Mantra of FlamesMantra of Flames Crimson JewelLimited to: 1Adds (3-5) to (8-12) Fire Attack Damage per Buff on you Adds (2-3) to (5-8) Fire Spell Damage per Buff on youThe strong grow stronger still.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket..
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Radiant Faith Armour and Energy Shield, Aura Effect

Harmony of Purpose

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Enemies in your Link Beams cannot apply Elemental Ailments
Enemies in your Link Beams have -20% to all Elemental Resistances
Linked Targets and Allies in your Link Beams have +5% to all Maximum Elemental Resistances [1]

Harmony of Purpose

Buff

You have additional Maximum Elemental Resistances

Harmony of Purpose is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Guardian that grants the target of your link skill and allies touching the link bonus maximum elemental resistances. It also causes enemies touching the link to have lower elemental resistance and prevents them from applying elemental ailments.

Ruthless mode

Harmony of Purpose (Ruthless)

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Enemies in your Link Beams cannot apply Elemental Ailments
Enemies in your Link Beams have -10% to all Elemental Resistances
Linked Targets and Allies in your Link Beams have +5% to all Maximum Elemental Resistances

Harmony of Purpose in Ruthless mode has a weaker resistance debuff against enemies touching your links.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.22.0	Reworked. Old mods listed below: Nearby Enemies cannot gain Power, Frenzy or Endurance Charges You and nearby Party Members Share Power, Frenzy and Endurance Charges with each other 20% chance to gain a Power, Frenzy or Endurance Charge on Hit [Ruthless-specific This patch note only applies to Ruthless mode and does not affect the main game mode.] Provides "Enemies in your Link Beams have -10% to all Elemental Resistances" in Ruthless (-20% in non-Ruthless).
3.13.0	Now grants 20% chance to gain a Power, Frenzy or Endurance Charge on Hit (from 10%).
3.2.0	Added 10% chance to gain a Power, Frenzy, or Endurance Charge on Hit.
2.3.0	Changed Nearby Party Members have Conduit to You and Nearby Party Members Share Power, Frenzy, and Endurance Charges with each other.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Armour and Energy Shield, Charge Duration

This article describes historical game content.

Prayer of Glory

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Using Warcries is Instant
If you've Warcried Recently, you and nearby allies have 15% increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed
Warcries cost no Mana

Prayer of Glory was a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Guardian that grants a temporary aura for 4 seconds after using a warcry, which grants increased attack, cast and movement speed to the player and allies. It also removes the cast time and mana cost for warcry skills.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.4.0	Removed from the game.
2.2.2	The Guardian skill Prayer of Glory now also has "Your Warcries cost no mana."
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Armour and Energy Shield, Warcry Duration

Time of Need

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

Every 4 seconds, Regenerate 100% of Life over one second
Every 4 seconds, remove Curses and Elemental Ailments from you [1]

Time of Need is a Notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Guardian. Every 4 seconds, it removes any curses and elemental ailments on you and regenerates you life to full over 1 second.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.22.0	No longer has 80% reduced Effect of Curses. Now provides Every 4 seconds, remove Curses and Elemental Ailments from you. Now regenerates 100% of Life over 1 second (from 30%).
3.13.0	No longer removes elemental status ailments. Now grants 80% reduced Effect of Curses on you (from 25%) and causes you to Regenerate 30% of Life over one second every 4 seconds (from 5 seconds).
2.3.0	Frequency of life regeneration and curse and ailment removal increased from 10 seconds to 5 seconds. No longer removes non-elemental status ailments. Added 25% reduced Effect of Curses on You.
2.2.2	Fixed a bug where the Ascendancy skills Time of Need (Guardian), [...] would not resume after you die and resume at a checkpoint.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Armour and Energy Shield, Life Regeneration

Bastion of Hope

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

If you've Attacked Recently, you and nearby Allies have +25% Chance to Block Attack Damage
If you've Cast a Spell Recently, you and nearby Allies have +25% Chance to Block Spell Damage [1]

Bastion of Hope is a notable Ascendancy passive skill for the Guardian that grants yourself and nearby allies additional attack or spell block chance if you've used an attack or spell recently, respectively.

Interactions

Bastion of Hope will not work with attacks or spells that are triggered. A provided example for spells is utilizing MjölnerMjölner
GavelOne Handed Mace
Physical Damage: (97.2-118.8) to (181.8-222.2)
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.15
Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 60, 412 Str, 300 Int15% reduced Enemy Stun ThresholdTrigger a Socketed Lightning Spell on Hit, with a 0.25 second Cooldown
Socketed Lightning Spells have no Cost if Triggered
+300 Intelligence Requirement
+200 Strength Requirement
(80-120)% increased Physical Damage
Skills Chain +1 times
(80-100)% increased Lightning DamageLook the storm in the eye and you will have its respect. with a socketed ArcArcSpell, Chaining, Lightning
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-23) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 120%Requires Level 12An arc of lightning reaches from the caster to a targeted enemy and chains to other enemies, but not immediately back. Each time the arc chains, it will also chain a secondary arc to another enemy that the main arc has not already hit, which cannot chain further.Deals (6-198) to (32-1122) Lightning Damage
Chains +(4-7) Times
15% more Damage with Hits and Ailments for each remaining Chain

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Chains +(0.05-1) TimesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.- using an attack with Mjölner will grant Bastion of Hope's Attack Block Chance, but will not do so for its Spell Block Chance. This same interaction also occurs with the usage of any channelling attack, such as CycloneCycloneAttack, AoE, Movement, Channelling, Physical, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 2 Mana
Attack Speed: 300% of base
Attack Damage: (44-59)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (44-59)%
AoE Radius: 1.6Requires Level 28Channel this skill to move towards a targeted location while spinning constantly attacking enemies in an area around you. While channelling this skill, you cannot be knocked back.(5-28) to (8-42) Added Attack Physical Damage
10% increased Area of Effect per 0.1 metre additional Melee Strike Range
30% less Movement Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% more Movement SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., linked with Cast while Channelling SupportCast while Channelling SupportSupport, Channelling, Spell, Trigger
Icon: W
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 38Must support both a channelling skill and a non-channelling spell skill to work. The channelling skill will trigger a spell periodically while channelling. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.Trigger a Supported Spell every (0.45-0.35) seconds while Channelling Supported Skills
Supported Triggered Spells deal 30% less Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Channelling Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Damage
Supported Triggered Spells deal (0.5-10)% increased DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. and any non-channelling spell. The inverse will also occur when casting a spell that triggers an attack, such as a Toxic RainToxic RainAttack, AoE, Chaos, Duration, Projectile, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-11) Mana
Attack Damage: (50-72)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (50-73)%Requires Level 12Fire arrows into the air that rain down around the targeted area, dealing damage to enemies they hit and creating spore pods where they land. Each spore pod deals chaos damage over time to nearby enemies and slows their movement speed. The pods last for a duration before bursting, dealing area damage.Deals (8-238) Base Chaos Damage per second
Base duration is 1.00 seconds
Fires 5 Arrows
Modifiers to Projectile Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
Each Spore Pod applies 5% less Movement Speed to nearby Enemies, to a maximum of 30%

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base duration is (0.01-0.2) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. triggered by Replica Maloney's MechanismReplica Maloney's Mechanism
Ornate QuiverRequires Level 45Has 1 SocketHas 2 Sockets
Trigger a Socketed Bow Skill when you Cast a Spell while
wielding a Bow, with a 1 second Cooldown
(7-12)% increased Attack Speed
+(50-70) to maximum Life
5% chance to Blind Enemies on Hit with Attacks"The Midnight Tinkerer's aid was invaluable during our brief alliance,
but when we failed to make any progress on resurrection, he continued his search elsewhere...".

Ruthless mode

Bastion of Hope (Ruthless)

Ascendancy Notable Passive Skill

If you've Attacked Recently, you and nearby Allies have +15% Chance to Block Attack Damage
If you've Cast a Spell Recently, you and nearby Allies have +15% Chance to Block Spell Damage

Bastion of Hope in Ruthless mode grants a lower amount of block/spell block.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.22.0	No longer provides +50% Chance to Block Attack Damage for 2 seconds every 5 seconds or If you've Blocked in the past 10 seconds, you and nearby Allies cannot be Stunned. Additional block chance to you and allies if you've used an attack or spell recently increased from +10% to +25%. [Ruthless-specific This patch note only applies to Ruthless mode and does not affect the main game mode.] Now provides "If you've Attacked Recently, you and nearby Allies have +15% Chance to Block Attack Damage" and "If you've Cast a Spell Recently, you and nearby Allies have +15% Chance to Block Spell Damage" in Ruthless (both +25% in non-Ruthless).
3.2.0	No longer grants 5% additional Block Chance. Duration of stun immunity after blocking a hit increased from 4 seconds to 10 seconds. Added If you've Attacked Recently, you and nearby Allies have +10% Chance to Block Attack Damage and If you've Cast a Spell Recently, you and nearby Allies have +10% Chance to Block Spell Damage.
2.3.0	Added 50% additional Block Chance for 1 second every 5 seconds.
2.2.2	The Guardian skill Bastion of Hope now has a radius of 60 (increased from 40). This radius is no longer affected by bonuses to the radius of skills.
2.2.0	Added to the game.

Armour and Energy Shield, Block Chance