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Soldiers
Guardian
Class Description
Guardians are made to be a traditional tank in MMORPGs. They are able to use any type of armor aside from cloth, though heavy armor is where their masteries are based. Something to keep in mind when playing as a Guardian is that the heavier their armor is, the less damage they will take. Also, heavier armor decreases the chances of them being effected by knockdown attacks. They make very good tanks, however, their skills that have the effect of regenerating their life in battle aren’t as good as the Dark Templar’s.
Guardians are the most preferred during raids, because they have the highest defense and health in the game. They are the only class that is capable of wearing the full plate type of armor, which makes them a great asset.
Class Proficiencies
Guardians are proficient in heavy armor, but may wear light and medium armor as well. Medium armor masteries come to them at level ten. Also, the highest form of heavy armor that they can attain is “full plate.” Guardians have the ability to use shields, too. This allows them to have greater defense when fighting against other players or mobs that use bows or swords.
Guardians are proficient in using multiple different weapons, such as swords, poles, and blunts. Although they do not have very many choices of weapons, this is accounted for in the fact that they have adequate damage dealing skills and have very high defense.
Class Skills, Feats, and Explanation
For this class, it is recommended that you go along with Juggernaut feats first. These give greater damage and defense while using one handed swords and shields. This is mostly beneficial because you can not only be an offensive class, but at the same time can defend against enemies as well. This makes your class somewhat of a tank, although other classes, such as the Dark Templar is another alternative.
After attaining your Juggernaut feats, you should then start working on the Soldier feats. These are general benefits shared between all three types of Soldiers, but also increase attack and defense.
A more in depth list of what feats should be learned can be found in the Appendix.
Class Strategies
This class is a tank because of this be prepared to be the tank. You will not have any skills that will pull mobs away from party members and to you, but you will do enough damage to hold the aggro.
Generally, whereas the mages and other damage dealers will wait a second or two after the mob is attacking someone, Guardian’s should already be attacking. Due to the defense from medium and full plate armor, the defense is not very much of an issue.
When solo, there really are not many strategies at low levels. Really all that is done is running close to mobs, but far enough as to only pull one or two at a time, and then pounding on them. There is one skill that is especially useful, however, called Slam. This skill will knock down enemies who are in front of you. This is helpful as it keeps them from being able to attack you for a period of about three seconds, which is plenty of time to do damage to them.