I'm currently making a guardian on elite and could use some advice on my build (which is aiming to be a tank for mostly group play). As of right now I'm thinking I'll make something like this

http://hellgate.ingame.de/skilltree/guardian/?l=50&s=0203000205070200022807000100

but I've never used taunt before and I'm not sure how many points I should put into it. The other thing I can't decide is what aura to use.

If you want to be a tank go with aura of defence. Aura of power is the nly other good aura and that is if you want to be a spammer, or play on your own.

I'm a fan of the following build...

http://hellgate.ingame.de/skilltree/guardian/?l=50&s=a22001010a170000002007100500

AoR ends up very similar to AoD after Patch 1.0, and most of the rest should make sense... big aura range means you should almost always get max regen, the point in Heaven's Arc means you can hit the flying guys, Anchor's 60% bonus is nice when you're being charged. Hamper is a nice cut to enemy (especially boss) armour for a point... If you really want, I can find the post on the official forums where someone talked through why this build actually works well.

not true


Aura of Salvation is awesome, it just gets no love from the HG community. stack yourself with high def gear, as much +AA as you can find, and with AoS, I never really get ignited, poisoned, phased etc.

http://hellgate.ingame.de/skilltree/guardian/?l=50&s=021101040a07a000002007100300
that's my build, with spiritual strength only added as needed. any extra points there would go into either grand aura, or sword of reckoning.
btw, spectral shield on shield turn = not fair for the monsters.

This post was edited by blind_chief on Feb 12 2008 12:23pm

Yeah that works too

I didn't even realize that they had an aura for that. But yeah I would say get that instead of the Aura of Defence.

what about the taunt line? good bad? 1 pointers?

oh and I moved some points around to this http://hellgate.ingame.de/skilltree/guardian/?l=50&s=0203000298070200012506000200

This post was edited by Democlese on Feb 12 2008 04:06pm

never messed around with the taunt line other than 1 into challenge.

I have never used them but they seem stupid. If you are in a group...hopefully you have a MM, but when you hit 20 get heavens arc and after that you have no rel need for those skills.

1 to challenge comes in very handy when soloing, and even in groups having the mobs direct their attacks to yourself.


with all the respecs offered to subs, if you are one, just give it a shot. 1 can't hurt, and save some skills to see if it is a branch you want to explore.

http://hellgate.ingame.de/skilltree/guardian/?l=50&s=02200108aa170000002005000100

this build is just beautyfull to play with, the maxed skills ofc nott need to be maxed if you have items for it, i use AoD becouse it´s the only standing aura yet.. the defenses you get good from items.. i have for example 5k stun def.

i have go with this build and reached lvl 50 yesterday, it´s amazing team AND non team play, i easy kill in liverpool at nm, AoD makes i nearly never die, no living mobs alone can kill me.. only if the come in dangerus combinations.. (Elite)

and when shild turn get´s higher lvls it´s amazing also..

my tactic is to charge to the middle of the mobs or just walk, activate anchor and start with make a shild turn (you can make one every 8 seconds, now start make hamper normal attac / SoJ and then easy stun them again and again and again, he really feels owning when get to lvl 35-40.

i have got 2x reskillers when i was lvling him and this is the best build without shouts, later im planing to make a challenge / shout / anchor combination, but this is the best killing and ´tanking machine, with basic 1060 armor and 1,7k life, you are ultimate.

and yes, the skills in speritual are needed for the high life, normaly when other templars die.. i still reamin..

all from me bye.