Guardian Talents

Every Guardian talent in Valor's talent web: the inner and outer rings, the Bulwark and Juggernaut specializations, and the two bridges.

Trained by the Castellan. Takes the hits and keeps enemies on itself. See Talents for how the web works.

Inner Ring

Talent	After	What it does
Guardian		Your role's start
+1 Armour	Guardian
Swift Strikes	+1 Armour	Sword skill: a fast series of strikes. 8 s cooldown, shared by all weapon skills
Taunt	+1 Armour	Enemies within 8 blocks attack you for 6 s. 20 s cooldown. Melee weapons
+2 Max Health	Swift Strikes
Guard Aura	Swift Strikes or Taunt	You and allies within 8 blocks take 10% less damage
Smash	Taunt	Mace skill: a heavy blow that knocks the enemy back and stops it blocking or using an item for 2 s. 10 s cooldown, shared by all weapon skills

Opens with a dungeon soul. See Rings.

Talent	After	What it does
Shield Bash	Guard Aura	Blocking a hit with a shield stuns the attacker for 1 s. Once every 8 s
Shield Wall	Guard Aura	For 6 s you take 40% less damage and move 15% slower. 45 s cooldown. Melee weapons
+1 Armour Toughness	+2 Max Health	Also leads to the bridge to the Warrior
+10% Knockback Resistance	Shield Bash or Shield Wall
Cleave	Smash	Axe skill: a spin attack that hits every enemy around you. 8 s cooldown, shared by all weapon skills. Also leads to the bridge to the Cleric
Shout	Shield Bash or +1 Armour Toughness	Enemies within 12 blocks deal 20% less melee damage for 8 s, and 20% less again for each Shout while it lasts. 12 s cooldown
Crush	Shield Wall or Cleave	A heavy blow for 150% weapon damage, 250% against an Exposed enemy. 12 s cooldown. Melee weapons
+2 Armour	+10% Knockback Resistance, Shout or Crush	Leads to both specializations

Taking one shuts the other.

Talent	After	What it does
Bulwark	+2 Armour	Shield. +2 Armour, and blocking a hit strikes the attacker back for your weapon damage, once a second
Divine Protection	Bulwark	For 8 s the next attack against you does nothing, or the next three with enough healing power. 30 s cooldown
Barrier	Bulwark	Raises a dome round you that stops projectiles, spells and enemies coming in. 40 s cooldown
Juggernaut	+2 Armour	Two-handed weapons. +2 Attack Damage and +10% Knockback Resistance
Two-Handed Skills	Juggernaut	Great hammers get Ground Slam, double axes Whirlwind and claymores Flurry, sharing the weapon skill cooldown. Of these, only great hammers are Guardian gear
Last Stand	Juggernaut	Channel for 2.5 s. Each pulse raises your max health and knockback resistance, up to double, and heals you a little. 60 s cooldown

Bridge	After	Gives
To the Warrior	+1 Armour Toughness	+1 Armour, +1 Attack Damage
To the Cleric	Cleave	+10% Healing Received