Guardian - Bunker

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Overview

A PvP guardian build designed for point holding and supporting allies.

Skill Bar

StaffHealingUtilityElite

Mace/Shield

Slot Changes

Elite

Renewed Focus

3

90

Renewed Focus

Meditation. Focus, making yourself invulnerable and recharging your virtues.

Duration: 3 seconds

Prevents Capture-Point Contribution

Utility

"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 Regeneration

Number of Targets: 5

Breaks stun

Range: 600

over

"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 Speed

Number of Targets: 5

Range: 600

- massive amounts of condi clear at the risk of killing yourself.

Weapons

Focus over Shield with
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

9

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)

9

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)

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
and

Superior Rune of the Soldier

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.

, use them to remove both Power and Condition based pressure from your allies.

"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 Speed

Number of Targets: 5

Range: 600

isn't just a decent buff to movement speed, with the AoE Aegis it can be used to disrupt enemy burst and many of your traits synergize well with Aegis.
"Hold the Line!"

35

"Hold the Line!"

Shout. Grant protection and regeneration to allies.

Protection (4s): -33% Incoming Damage

Regen (6s): 780 Heal

Number of Targets: 5

Range: 600

with the short CD and the boons it applies is your one of your best tools against both Power and Condition based pressure.
"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: 5

Range: 600

Breaks stun

because of the AoE 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 Well

1

90

Gravity Well

Well. 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: 160

Final Damage: 798

Pull: 240

Float: 1s

Number of Targets: 5

Pulses: 3

Duration: 3s

Radius: 240

Combo Field: Dark

Range: 900

.
"Feel My Wrath!"

¼

45

"Feel My Wrath!"

Shout. Grant fury and quickness to nearby allies.

Quickness (5s): Skills and actions are 50% faster.

Fury (10s): 20% Critical Chance

Max Number of Allied Targets: 5

Radius: 600

can be used both offensive and defensive reasons.

Virtues

Virtue of Resolve

50

Virtue of Resolve

Virtue: Regenerates health.
Activate: Heal yourself and nearby allies.

Virtue of Resolve: 84 Heal

Healing: 1,625

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 600

should be kept for the passive as long as possible, but the active AoE healing and condi cleansing is definitely worth utilizing.
Virtue of Courage

75

Virtue of Courage

Virtue: Grants aegis every few seconds.
Activate: Grant aegis to yourself and nearby allies.

Aegis (20s): Block the next incoming attack.

Number of Targets: 5

Aegis Refresh: 40 seconds

Radius: 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 Stability, Aegis and Protection.

Self sustain

Empower

2½

20

Empower

Channel might to yourself and allies around you. Heal nearby allies when it ends.

Healing: 1,500

₁₂Might (10s): 360 Power, 360 Condition Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 600

in a team fight will heal you for a huge amount because of
, plus will aid in spikes by giving allies 12 stacks of Might and release an AoE heal when the skill ends. Combine it with

Virtue of Justice

25

Virtue of Justice

Virtue: Burn foes every few attack.
Activate: You and your allies inflict burning on the next attack.

Burning (passive effect) (2s): 264 Damage

Burning (active effect) (4s): 524 Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Number of Attacks to Trigger: 5

Radius: 600

to get your allies up to 15 stacks of Might
Hold on to

Shelter

1¼

30

Shelter

Block attacks while healing.

Healing: 4,555

Block Duration: 2 seconds

as long as you can, the block it provides (if used at the right time) can negate the burst of an entire team.
Line of Warding

1

40

Line of Warding

Ward. Create a line in front of you that foes cannot cross.

Duration: 5 seconds

Combo Field: Light

Range: 1,200

can create some breathing room / force enemy CDs.
As you should try to keep most of your shouts for allies, if you need to cleanse conditions from yourself try to use

Ray of Judgment

¾

20

Ray of Judgment

Pass a ray over foes and allies. Foes are damaged and blinded. Allies gain regeneration and cure one condition.

Damage: 122

Regen (3s): 390 Heal

Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.

Number of Bounces: 4

Range: 1,200

in melee range of an enemy first. The bouncing attacks should cleanse a couple of conditons.
Focus only:

Shield of Wrath

36

Shield of Wrath

Create 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: 5

Radius: 240

Combo Finisher: Blast

can be used while CC'd to prevent burst.

Pre-game buffing

Give Swiftness to your team before the match starts! Use

Symbol of Swiftness

¾

15

Symbol of Swiftness

Symbol. Sear a mystic symbol into the target area, damaging foes and granting swiftness to allies.

₅Damage: 610

Swiftness (4s): 33% Movement Speed

Number of Targets: 5

Symbol Duration: 4 seconds

Symbol Radius: 180

Combo Field: Light

Range: 1,200

on the spawn point's exit gate ~4 seconds before the match starts. Each pulse of the symbol stacks 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.

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