Guardian - Bunker
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Overview
A PvP guardian build designed for point holding and supporting allies.
Skill Bar
Slot Changes
Elite
Renewed Focus3
90
Renewed FocusMeditation. Focus, making yourself invulnerable and recharging your virtues.
Duration: 3 seconds
Prevents Capture-Point Contribution
Utility
- over
"Save Yourselves!"60"Save Yourselves!"Shout. Draw conditions from nearby allies to yourself. Gain multiple boons for a shot duration.
Fury (10s): 20% Critical Chance
Might (10s): 30 Power, 30 Condition Damage
Protection (10s): -33% Incoming Damage
Regen (10s): 1,300 Heal
Retaliation (10s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source.
Swiftness (10s): 33% Movement Speed
Vigor (10s): 100% Endurance RegenerationNumber of Targets: 5
Breaks stun
Range: 600- massive amounts of condi clear at the risk of killing yourself.
"Retreat!"40"Retreat!"Shout. Grant aegis and swiftness to up to five nearby allies.
Aegis (20s): Block the next incoming attack.Swiftness (20s): 33% Movement SpeedNumber of Targets: 5Range: 600
Weapons
- Focus over Shield with
Focus Mastery for more self sustain. - Some Guardians prefer using Sword instead of Mace especially on the Battle of Kyhlo in case they get knocked off the capture point at the Clocktower as this way they won't have to walk around and can potentially prevent a decap.
Specializations
Equipment
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Superior Sigil of Renewal Heal Nearby Allies on Weapon Swap (360 radius). (Cooldown: 9s)
9
Superior Sigil of Leeching Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat steals some health. (Cooldown: 9s)
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Superior Sigil of Renewal Heal Nearby Allies on Weapon Swap (360 radius). (Cooldown: 9s)
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Superior Sigil of Leeching Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat steals some health. (Cooldown: 9s)
Superior Rune of the Soldier (1): +25 Vitality (2): +35 Toughness (3): +50 Vitality (4): +65 Toughness (5): +100 Vitality (6): Shouts remove a condition from each affected ally.
Cleric Amulet +900 Power +900 Toughness +1200 Healing Power
Usage
General Keep in mind that your role as a bunker isn't just to keep yourself alive - in fact you should keep most of your supportive skills for your allies in case they need to be healed, cleansed of conditions or protected by boons. You should be the first in line to res them as well.
- Your primary job is Team Support and thus you should focus on being in the center of team fights. Rotate to where the fight is.
Shouts
- All of your shouts remove two conditions with the combination of
Pure of Voice and , use them to remove both Power and Condition based pressure from your allies.
Superior Rune of the SoldierSuperior Rune of the Soldier(1): +25 Vitality (2): +35 Toughness (3): +50 Vitality (4): +65 Toughness (5): +100 Vitality (6): Shouts remove a condition from each affected ally.
- isn't just a decent buff to movement speed, with the AoE "Retreat!"40"Retreat!"Shout. Grant aegis and swiftness to up to five nearby allies.Aegis (20s): Block the next incoming attack.Swiftness (20s): 33% Movement SpeedNumber of Targets: 5Range: 600
Aegis it can be used to disrupt enemy burst and many of your traits synergize well with Aegis. - with the short CD and the boons it applies is your one of your best tools against both Power and Condition based pressure.
"Hold the Line!"35"Hold the Line!"Shout. Grant protection and regeneration to allies.Protection (4s): -33% Incoming DamageRegen (6s): 780 HealNumber of Targets: 5Range: 600 - because of the AoE
"Stand Your Ground!"30"Stand Your Ground!"Shout. Grant stability to yourself and allies.
5Stability (5s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.Retaliation (5s): Reflect incoming damage back to its source.Number of Targets: 5Range: 600Breaks stun
Stability is the most important of the utility slot shouts. Primarily use it to secure stomp/res attempts, but it's also a great tool against mass CC such as .
Gravity Well190Gravity WellWell. Create a powerful well that warps space in an area, knocking down, floating, and pulling foes caught in its event horizon. When it expires, foes still inside the well take heavy damage.
Pulse Damage: 160Final Damage: 798
Pull: 240
Float: 1sNumber of Targets: 5Pulses: 3Duration: 3sRadius: 240
Combo Field: DarkRange: 900 - can be used both offensive and defensive reasons.
"Feel My Wrath!"¼45"Feel My Wrath!"Shout. Grant fury and quickness to nearby allies.
Quickness (5s): Skills and actions are 50% faster.Fury (10s): 20% Critical ChanceMax Number of Allied Targets: 5Radius: 600
Virtues
- should be kept for the passive as long as possible, but the active AoE healing and condi cleansing is definitely worth utilizing.
Virtue of Resolve50Virtue of ResolveVirtue: Regenerates health.
Activate: Heal yourself and nearby allies.
Virtue of Resolve: 84 HealHealing: 1,625Number of Targets: 5Radius: 600 - (enhanced by your traits) is your only skill which is capable of breaking stun on not only you but also your allies while providing
Virtue of Courage75Virtue of CourageVirtue: Grants aegis every few seconds.
Activate: Grant aegis to yourself and nearby allies.Aegis (20s): Block the next incoming attack.Number of Targets: 5Aegis Refresh: 40 secondsRadius: 600 Stability, Aegis and Protection.
Self sustain
- in a team fight will heal you for a huge amount because of
Empower2½20EmpowerChannel might to yourself and allies around you. Heal nearby allies when it ends.Healing: 1,50012Might (10s): 360 Power, 360 Condition DamageNumber of Targets: 5Radius: 600
Altruistic Healing, plus will aid in spikes by giving allies 12 stacks of Might and release an AoE heal when the skill ends. Combine it with to get your allies up to 15 stacks of Might
Virtue of Justice25Virtue of JusticeVirtue: Burn foes every few attack.
Activate: You and your allies inflict burning on the next attack.
Burning (passive effect) (2s): 264 DamageBurning (active effect) (4s): 524 DamageNumber of Targets: 5Number of Attacks to Trigger: 5Radius: 600 - Hold on to as long as you can, the block it provides (if used at the right time) can negate the burst of an entire team.
Shelter1¼30ShelterBlock attacks while healing.Healing: 4,555Block Duration: 2 seconds - can create some breathing room / force enemy CDs.
Line of Warding140Line of WardingWard. Create a line in front of you that foes cannot cross.Duration: 5 secondsCombo Field: LightRange: 1,200 - As you should try to keep most of your shouts for allies, if you need to cleanse conditions from yourself try to use in melee range of an enemy first. The bouncing attacks should cleanse a couple of conditons.
Ray of Judgment¾20Ray of JudgmentPass a ray over foes and allies. Foes are damaged and blinded. Allies gain regeneration and cure one condition.Damage: 122Regen (3s): 390 Heal
Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.Number of Bounces: 4Range: 1,200 - Focus only: can be used while CC'd to prevent burst.
Shield of Wrath36Shield of WrathCreate a shield to block next three attacks. If the shield is not destroyed, it explodes and damages nearby foes.Damage: 609
3Shield of Wrath (4s): Block attacks. Explodes when it ends.Number of Targets: 5Radius: 240Combo Finisher: Blast
Pre-game buffing
- Give Swiftness to your team before the match starts! Use on the spawn point's exit gate ~4 seconds before the match starts. Each pulse of the symbol stacks
Symbol of Swiftness¾15Symbol of SwiftnessSymbol. Sear a mystic symbol into the target area, damaging foes and granting swiftness to allies.5Damage: 610Swiftness (4s): 33% Movement SpeedNumber of Targets: 5Symbol Duration: 4 secondsSymbol Radius: 180Combo Field: LightRange: 1,200
Swiftness.
In-Depth Bunker Guardian Guide
- For more information on how to play bunker guardian you can check out this Guide
Counters
- Team comps that rely heavily on rotations counters this build; the Bunker guard is great for teamfights but has slow movement and is not that effective in 1v1 or 2v2 situation, it really starts to shine at 3v3 and above.
Top Streamer
- Twitch: Tage - EU
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See Also
- Guide: Guardian - Bunker
This still has its moments post-HoT (AoE quickness, cleansing, blocks, and most importantly Stability), but it just not in the same tier as chrono/tempest/druid bunker specs.