Guardian Commander

Skills

Passive effect

Holding down the attack button initiates concentrating, and when fully completed its attack is enhanced. While concentrating, all attacks from the front are nullified and Physical damage is dealt to enemies. Based on the HP of the HP barrier, amplifies Physical attack by up to 30%. When the HP barrier disappears, deals Physical damage to nearby enemies based on the remaining HP. Tackle: Dashes are considered as attacks. Cannot dash consecutively.

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When swapping, a guardian shield appears and deals Physical damage. It creates an HP barrier with 10 HP for 10 seconds and deals Physical damage to enemies that hit it.^[1]

Fixed skills: 0 · Randomly assigned: 2 of 4

Shield Bash Cooldown: 8 s

Blocks the next incoming attack and pushes them away with a guardian shield, dealing Physical damage. When the counterattack is successful, gains an HP barrier with 10 HP for 5 seconds. When the guardian shield disappears, creates an explosion, dealing Physical damage.

Shield Smash Cooldown: 10 s

Smashes enemies with its guardian shield, dealing Physical damage, and gains an HP barrier with 10 HP for 5 seconds. When the guardian shield disappears, deals Physical damage to enemies on the ground over a wide area.

Shield Charge Cooldown: 13 s

Raises its guardian shield to gain an HP barrier with 5 HP for 5 seconds, charges forward while pushing away enemies, and fires its guardian shield, dealing Physical damage.

Shield Rush Cooldown: 25 s

Gains an HP barrier with 5 HP for 10 seconds, amplifies Physical attack by 20%, and greatly increases concentration speed when attacking. While the effects last, pulls nearby enemies close every 2 seconds, dealing Physical damage.

Recommended Builds

Physical charges with barriers

Preserve your barrier while landing charged attacks. Build physical damage before stacking defensive inscriptions.

Skills

Shield Smash
Recommended Combines an attack with barrier generation.
Shield Rush
Recommended Helps release charged attacks faster.

Items

Architect’s Breastplate
Recommended Provides a barrier for one second after using a skill.
Attendant’s Pauldrons
Recommended Improves concentration speed and physical attack.
Hunter's Wooden Longbow
Recommended Add critical damage to charged attacks after securing critical chance.

Inscriptions

Courage2
Recommended An early target for physical damage.
Arms2
Recommended Supports early physical damage; keep good equipment instead of forcing the inscription.

Dark Abilities

Coziness
Recommended Choose in Dark Mirror when you can maintain a barrier. Its benefits end when the barrier breaks.

How to Play

From Rare, use frontal blocking while concentrating; from Unique, turn barriers into physical attack. Common has no frontal block, and barrier scaling is capped. Generate barriers with Shield Smash, then use Shield Rush to charge basic attacks faster. Dodge attacks from behind and restore a broken barrier first. The simulator adds recommended candidates up to the slot limit. Remove or replace them as needed.

Why It Works

Start with physical equipment around Courage 2 and Arms 2. Use Architect’s Breastplate for a short barrier and Attendant’s Pauldrons for faster concentration. Add Hunter's Wooden Longbow once critical chance is sufficient. You do not need all three items to begin.

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Flavor text

The legendary skeleton that defeated enemies on the front lines guarding the Demon King

Translation notes

Correction: “When swapping, a guardian shield appears that creates an HP barrier with 10 HP for 10 seconds and deals Physical damage to attacking enemies.” — The shield also deals physical damage when it appears.
The Korean description and shield hit settings confirm physical damage on appearance; this omitted effect was restored.
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