List of guardian traits

This is a list of guardian traits.

Zeal

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"Behold, the symbol of your defeat!"

Zeal utilizes the power of symbols and spirit weapons to punish your enemies. It strengthens the power of your justice virtue as well as your ability to apply vulnerability to foes.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Zealot's Resolution		Cast Lesser Symbol of Resolution when you are struck while below the health threshold.
Major Adept	Wrathful Spirit		Aegis grants boons when it ends.
Major Adept	Fiery Wrath		Deal increased strike damage to burning foes.
Major Adept	Zealous Scepter		Gain might when your Virtue skill 1 passive effect triggers; gain more might while wielding a scepter.
Minor Master	Symbolic Exposure		Symbols inflict vulnerability on foes. Deal increased strike damage to vulnerable foes.
Major Master	Furious Focus	1	While you have fury, your attacks inflict vulnerability.
Major Master	Zealous Blade		Your power is increased. Gain additional power while wielding a greatsword. Your greatsword skills have reduced recharge.
Major Master	Kindled Zeal		Gain condition damage based on your power.
Minor Grandmaster	Symbolic Power		Symbols deal increased strike damage.
Major Grandmaster	Eternal Armory		Spirit Weapons gain additional casts, improved count recharge, and burn foes with their first strike.
Major Grandmaster	Shattered Aegis		When an aegis you applied blocks an attack, it unleashes a Mystic Rebuke.
Major Grandmaster	Symbolic Avenger		Your strike damage is increased whenever your Symbols hit a foe.

Radiance

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"Burn away the unworthy."

Radiance improves your ability to burn and blind your foes, as well as improving your critical-hit capability. It grants bonuses while you are under the effects of retaliation[sic] and strengthens the effects of your signets.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Justice is Blind		Gain a light aura and blind nearby foes when you activate Virtue skill 1.
Major Adept	Inner Fire	10	Gain fury when you strike a foe that has burning stacks over the threshold.
Major Adept	Right-Hand Strength		Your precision is increased. Gain increased power while wielding a one-handed weapon in your main hand.
Major Adept	Healer's Resolution	20	Gain resolution when using a heal skill.
Minor Master	Renewed Justice	1	Virtue skill 1 is renewed when you kill a foe.
Major Master	Wrath of Justice		Striking an enemy with the damaging effect from Virtue skill 1 casts Lesser Signet of Wrath.
Major Master	Radiant Fire	10	Gain Zealot's Flame when you critically hit an enemy. Burning you inflict has increased duration, and your torch skills gain reduced recharge.
Major Master	Retribution		Strike damage dealt is increased while you have resolution.
Minor Grandmaster	Radiant Power		Attacks against burning foes have an increased chance to critically hit. Your ferocity is increased.
Major Grandmaster	Amplified Wrath	1	Burning you inflict deals increased damage. Burning duration applied by the passive effect of Virtue skill 1 is increased.
Major Grandmaster	Perfect Inscriptions		Signets gain reduced recharge, improved passive effects, and continue to grant their passive bonuses while recharging.
Major Grandmaster	Righteous Instincts		Resolution increases your chances to critically strike and grants might each interval.

Valor

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"My conviction shields me."

Valor focuses heavily on blocking and meditation-based abilities, relying on aegis and various boon enhancements. Block attacks and protect your allies, enduring any onslaught that your foes may present.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Valorous Defense	30	Gain aegis when you are struck while below the health threshold.
Major Adept	Strength of the Fallen		Lose conditions every interval. Health degenerates more slowly while downed.
Major Adept	Smiter's Boon	16	Cast Lesser Smite Condition when you use a healing skill.
Major Adept	Focus Mastery		Focus skills grant you protection and gain reduced recharge.
Minor Master	Steadfast Courage		Gain protection when you block an incoming attack with aegis.
Major Master	Stalwart Defender		Gain toughness when wielding a shield, and shield skills gain reduced recharge.
Major Master	Strength in Numbers	10	While you are in combat, grant protection to yourself and nearby allies each interval.
Major Master	Communal Defenses	15	Blocking an attack grants aegis to nearby allies.
Minor Grandmaster	Might of the Protector	1	Gain might when you block attacks.
Major Grandmaster	Altruistic Healing		Heal yourself when you grant a boon to an ally.
Major Grandmaster	Monk's Focus		Meditation skills heal you, grant fury to nearby allies, and gain reduced recharge.
Major Grandmaster	Tenacious Defense		Aegis you grant reduces the recharge time of Virtue skill 3 when it blocks an attack.

Honor

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"On my honor, I will protect you."

Honor improves your ability to assist allies through healing, cleansing, and revival. Many of its abilities affect multiple allies at once and have large areas of effect.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Vigorous Precision	10	Gain vigor when you critically strike.
Major Adept	Invigorated Bulwark		Increase your healing to other allies each time you block an attack. Mace skills gain reduced recharge and their boons gain increased duration.
Major Adept	Protective Reviver		Cast Lesser Shield of Absorption when you begin reviving an ally. Shield of Absorption revives allies when it detonates.
Major Adept	Protector's Restoration		Cast Lesser Symbol of Protection when you use a healing skill.
Minor Master	Selfless Daring		The end of your dodge roll heals nearby allies.
Major Master	Honorable Staff		Gain concentration. Gain additional concentration while wielding a staff. Staff skills recharge time is reduced.
Major Master	Pure of Heart		Aegis heals when it blocks an attack.
Major Master	Empowering Might	1	Grant might to nearby allies when you critically strike.
Minor Grandmaster	Purity of Body		Your Virtue skill 2 passive also regenerates endurance.
Major Grandmaster	Pure of Voice		Shout skills gain reduced recharge and convert conditions to boons on allies.
Major Grandmaster	Writ of Persistence		Symbols are improved and heal allies.
Major Grandmaster	Force of Will		Gain increased vitality. Healing others is improved based on a percentage of your vitality.

Virtues

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"Justice, resolve, and courage carry me forward."

A guardian's virtue improves the effects of their justice, resolve, and courage-based skills, granting them additional effects and bonuses.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Adept	Inspired Virtue		Virtues apply boons to allies when activated. Deal increased strike damage for each boon on you.
Major Adept	Unscathed Contender		Strike damage dealt is increased while you have aegis. Strike damage dealt is increased while you are above the health threshold.
Major Adept	Resolute Subconscious	30	Gain resolution and aegis when disabled. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
Major Adept	Master of Consecrations		Consecrations gain reduced recharge and increased duration.
Minor Master	Virtue of Resolution		Gain resolution when you activate a Virtue. Resolution you grant has increased duration.
Major Master	Inspiring Virtue		Strike damage dealt is increased after activating a virtue.
Major Master	Absolute Resolve		Activating Virtue skill 2 removes conditions from nearby allies. Virtue skill 2's passive effect is stronger.
Major Master	Glacial Heart		Mighty Blow becomes Glacial Blow. Chill and damage foes that you disable. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
Minor Grandmaster	Power of the Virtuous		Gain condition damage based on your vitality. Virtues gain reduced recharge.
Major Grandmaster	Permeating Wrath		The passive effect of Virtue skill 1 triggers more quickly and now burns in an area.
Major Grandmaster	Battle Presence		Nearby allies gain the passive effect of Virtue skill 2. Willbender: Heal allies when your Resolve effect triggers.
Major Grandmaster	Indomitable Courage		The active effect of Virtue skill 3 breaks stun and grants stability to nearby allies. Its passive effect gains a shorter interval.

Dragonhunter

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"I will set my trap and wait for them to come."

The dragon hunter is a ranged, methodical hunter that uses various traps to ensnare their prey while picking them off with arrows of light. Their virtue skills become corporeal and more powerful in exchange for a longer casting time.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Proficiency	Longbow Proficiency		You can wield a longbow.
Minor Adept	Virtuous Action		The guardian's resolve has further increased, allowing Virtues to be manifested as physical aspects. Gain access to Traps.
Major Adept	Piercing Light		Traps gain reduced recharge and slow enemies.
Major Adept	Dulled Senses		Cripple enemies that you disable. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
Major Adept	Soaring Devastation		Wings of Resolve delivers an attack upon landing. Movement speed is increased when Wings of Resolve is not on cooldown.
Minor Master	Defender's Dogma	1	Blocking an attack causes justice to reach its maximum charge and reduces the cooldown of Spear of Justice.
Major Master	Hunter's Determination		Activating your elite skill breaks stuns.
Major Master	Zealot's Aggression		Deal increased strike damage to crippled foes. Justice's passive effect cripples enemies.
Major Master	Bulwark		Shield of Courage gains increased radius and duration.
Minor Grandmaster	Pure of Sight		Deal bonus strike damage based on your distance to the enemy.
Major Grandmaster	Hunter's Fortification	1	Remove conditions when blocking attacks. Receive less damage when you have no conditions on you.
Major Grandmaster	Heavy Light	1	Gain stability when disabling an enemy. Deal increased strike damage to disabled or defiant foes. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
Major Grandmaster	Big Game Hunter		Striking an enemy tethered by your Spear of Justice inflicts vulnerability and increases strike damage dealt. Tether duration is increased.

Firebrand

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"Let the ancient magics of Vabbi burn away our foes."

Firebrands harness the power of ancient Vabbian tomes to burn away impurities and conquer their foes. Each tome contains raw, powerful magic and must be used with patience and care.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Proficiency	Axe Proficiency		You can wield axes.
Minor Adept	Purity of Word		Gain knowledge of Elonian lore, igniting a fierce drive to purge corruption and manifesting your Virtues as mystic tomes. Gain access to Mantras. Using Tome skills consumes pages. You regenerate pages every interval.
Major Adept	Unrelenting Criticism		Axe skills gain a chance to inflict bleeding. Symbol of Vengeance now dazes on its initial strike.
Major Adept	Liberator's Vow	7	Grant allies quickness when you use your heal skill.
Major Adept	Archivist of Whispers		Your Virtues gain additional pages.
Minor Master	Swift Scholar	8	Equipping a Virtue grants you quickness. Every third Tome skill grants you pages. Stacks reset when exiting a tome. Quickness can only be gained once per interval
Major Master	Weighty Terms		The final charge of your Mantra skills will slow nearby foes and grant you pages. Mantra charge-recovery times are reduced.
Major Master	Stalwart Speed	7	When you grant aegis or stability, grant quickness. This can affect multiple targets simultaneously.
Major Master	Legendary Lore		Tome skills gain bonuses from scribbling in the margins by ancient bards.
Minor Grandmaster	Imbued Haste		Gain increased attributes while affected by quickness.
Major Grandmaster	Stoic Demeanor	1	Retain Courage passive while it is on cooldown. Grant boons to nearby, allies when you disable, immobilize, or slow an enemy. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
Major Grandmaster	Quickfire	7	Retain Justice passive while it is on cooldown. Granting quickness to an ally also grants Ashes of the Just.
Major Grandmaster	Loremaster		Retain Resolve passive while it is on cooldown. You generate pages more quickly.

Willbender

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"I will silence the threat before it can fester."

Willbenders are protectors of the Canthan throne and fated guardians to the Weh no Su. Their sword arm is as strong as their loyalty—unflinching and ruthless. They are known for a swift hand and unmatched swordplay, striking before their foe has time to react.

— In-game description

Tier	Trait		Description
Minor Proficiency	Sword Proficiency		You can wield swords in your off-hand.
Minor Adept	Willbender Training		The guardian's Virtues are now movement based, giving them a swift advantage in combat. Gain access to the Physical skill type.
Major Adept	Searing Pact		Gain condition damage. Willbender Flames now inflict burning on foes they strike.
Major Adept	Power for Power		Gain increased power. Willbender Flames deal increased damage to foes they strike.
Major Adept	Conceited Curate		Gain increased healing power. Willbender Flames now heal you when they strike an enemy.
Minor Master	Righteous Sprint		Gain increased movement speed. Gain swiftness when you activate a virtue.
Major Master	Restorative Virtues		Triggered virtue effects reduce the cooldown of active weapon abilities. Gain alacrity when activating Flowing Resolve.
Major Master	Holy Reckoning		Triggered virtue effects now grant might in addition to their bonuses. Gain fury when activating Rushing Justice.
Major Master	Vanguard Tactics		Activating Courage grants resistance. Shadowstepping grants resolution and protection.
Minor Grandmaster	Lethal Tempo		Each time you activate a virtue or your virtue's passives are triggered, gain a damage bonus. Gaining stacks of this boon refreshes other stacks.
Major Grandmaster	Phoenix Protocol		Gain alacrity and regeneration when resolve's effect triggers, but you no longer heal. Resolve has a modified duration.
Major Grandmaster	Tyrant's Momentum		Lethal Tempo grants increased damage, but has reduced duration. Justice's duration is modified.
Major Grandmaster	Deathless Courage		Killing a foe extends the duration of Courage up to the maximum duration. You cannot be downed while Courage is active. Courage no longer grants aegis, and its initial duration is reduced.

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