Guardian — Class changelogs

Guardian Succession has been improved to more effectively absorb incoming damage.

Her role now focuses more on applying follow-up damage to targets downed by allies rather than proactively suppressing multiple enemies with CC.

Her ability to pressure a single enemy with CC has been improved.

Succession: the changes apply to Succession skills.

Skill Prime: Black Blood Circle: changed to apply the Recover HP effect of Succession: Dragon's Calling to attack 1 as well.

• Removed All Evasion Decrease on hits and replaced it with All AP -20 for 10 sec on hits.
• Increased Damage Reduction while in Super Armor: 30% → 50%.
• Changed to maintain the skill without holding SHIFT + Q. Press LMB to attack instantly.
• Black Blood Circle (I to Absolute) can now also be maintained without holding SHIFT + Q. Press LMB to attack instantly.
• Improved so that the skill can be comboed into Fierce Disdain during the skill.

Skill Flow: Black Blood Eruption: changed the skill command: Q or RMB → Q or LMB.

Skill Prime: Mutilation: changed the defensive effect: Forward Guard → Super Armor.

• Changed Floating to apply in PvE only.
• Increased the PvP damage ratio of Prime: Mutilation III: 27.61% → 36.3%.

Skill Prime: Black Blood Slaughter: changed the defensive effect: Forward Guard → Super Armor during the skill.

Skill Prime: Frigid Wind: changed the defensive effect: Super Armor while moving, Forward Guard during attack → Super Armor during the skill.

• Improved to combo better into Prime: Mutilation after attacking.
• Increased the window during which the skill can combo into its attack motion.
• Increased the window during which the character can rotate toward the camera direction while moving.
• Changed the skill so the character no longer rotates toward the camera direction while attacking.

Skill Juggernaut: changed to not combo into Frenzy while moving with the skill.

Skill Frenzy: improved to combo better into Avalanche Strike and Mutilation after attack 2.

Skill Guard: fixed the issue where the skill could not be used with insufficient Stamina.

Skill Guard: fixed the issue where Stamina did not recover at the start.

Skill Guard: fixed the issue where she could sprint during the skill even with insufficient Stamina.

Skill Prime: Black Blood Slaughter: fixed the issue where Down Smash was applied to all hits.

Skill Prime: Black Blood Circle: updated the max number of Attack 1 hits in the skill description to match the actual attack.

Skill Neck Impaler: reduced the grapple range by approx. 33%.

Skill Chokeslam: increased the grapple range by approx. 50%.

Skill Neck Impaler: changed the wind-up motion time to remain consistent regardless of the previous skill combo.