What places does Guardian shine?

I pulled him as a 6* from compensation and was very happy but I already have a 5* warlock and guilly2099. I’ve already completed V3 but is he any good for helping explore it as well? Thanks

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Scarcity27

@odishika123
Thank me later

Scarcity27

He's got some great utility.
Great block prof, and good crit, energy and bleed resistance from the sig as well.
He doesn't crit, so that's useful in certain match ups like Mr. Sinister.
He's good armor up, which helps against Havok.
He can perfect block, and auto block.
He's got taunt on sp1, which really helps with Surging Vengeance and All or Nothing.
His synergy with himself also boosts your other champs block prof.
If you have force field charges, his 4th light power drains the opponent. Saved me from sp3 many times.
And then of course, the almighty sp2.
@odishika123 will post a pic of the damage I'm sure.

Squirrelguy

NOT AGAINST THE GRANDMASTER.

lol, I had to take him for one of the paths/objectives for the SOP Finale, and a 5/65 max sig would take off 6% health during a wounded phase with 20 competence (did this multiple times, was pretty much always ~6%). People complain about a max of competence, but this was the most ridiculously long fight there. He doesn't crit, just does extra damage, which the GM bypasses, and the competence raises attack and crit damage a lot, but the crit damage is where you see a lot of the impact. I even was on the node that raises your attack with each competence, and it still is ridiculously slow.

Other than that, Guardian has shone across various forms of content. Love his design, animations, abilities, etc.

odishika123

He shines everywhere

To me he is the perfect example of utility and damage
His awakened ability grants massive energy resistance, block proficiency and 80% bleed resistance making him a very good option for fights with high attack values
His rotation is pretty simple
For short fights (100-150 hp)
Sp1 sp2 is the way to go
For bigger Health pool's (200k and above)
A couple of sp3 and a sp2 will get the job done unless they are shock immune.
Even unawakened he has very solid utility
With 5 force field charges you have 75% chance to auto block every special as long as you have an armor up buff
Against mutants with 2 or more charges he can block unblockable specials
He doesn't crit so he counter's Mr sinister
Instead he deals a burst of shock damage equal your critical damage rating
Parry incoming specials has to 100% chance to grant a perfect block passive making it possible to take no damage from specials
His sp1 gives taunt and 3 force field charges(last 22 second's
His sp3 grants 6 indefinite FFC
His main damage comes from sp2 the more force field charges the more damage it deals and if it should 'crit' you'll see a lot of big red numbers
On his light attack he consumes 2 FFC to power drain his opponent (it triggers through block)s this makes him a prime candidate for all or nothing nodes

Trust me bro rank him up you won't regret it

odishika123

He also has synergy that gives everyone on the team 1k block proficiency this helps champs like cull obsidian that relies on a parry heavy playstyle

It came back

I was excited to get and dupe mine awhile back, but I had the same question as you regarding his usability.

Between being suicide friendly and soloing SOP Emma, he’s proven time and time again and that he deserves a spot on your team almost always.

Poseidon1000

Thanks guys, sadly I probably won’t be able to dupe or awaken him for some time (he’s my 6th 6*) but after playing around and learning from all these things In going to hopefully find a lot of use in him, thanks again

Will3808

To answer your specific question about v3, yes, he’s very good for some first in v3 exploration. Other than ghost, he’s the person I used the most while exploring. He’s really good for the last kang boss.

Starheck

Hes good.
Tried r1 undupe 6* in rol with powergain synergy & feels like took forever to build his damage.

Great in paper, but in actual fight hes a benchwarmer, for me.

te_dua_shum

Others have already said a lot of good things about him, so i'll just leave here a quck note: he can kill 6.4.5 Hydra Adaptoid in 30 hits, probably even less if you're lucky with your crits ^_^

Sw0rdMaster

Hes good.
Tried r1 undupe 6* in rol with powergain synergy & feels like took forever to build his damage.

Great in paper, but in actual fight hes a benchwarmer, for me.

That's true, it does take awhile to ramp him. Doing SP1, SP2 is the quickest.

I used him on SOP Ghost and he did well. He did the fight in under 3 mins & 120 hits.

https://youtu.be/X6JtizBZgcY

Starheck

To answer the question, where guardian shine, IMO :
A fight that you dont want to crit, guil99 work better tho.
You need to control enemy powerbar, again guil99 or some hero better
Fight that require any buff or armor, sadly much heroes can do better.
Need to tank enemy special : its nice, but have no idea why we want to do that.
Devastating special .. well okay, & would be too op if he has easy access to powergain buff

And max sig guardian, his tankines is no joke.

Lyricstarfish_49

He also has synergy that gives everyone on the team 1k block proficiency this helps champs like cull obsidian that relies on a parry heavy playstyle

I think its also worth mentioning that his "Crits" add up to higher than average damage compared to most critical hits, with my rank 2 six star doing roughly 4.5 k mediums consistently. Against mutants it goes up to 6K damage on mediums.
This is without suicide masteries as well.

Saquongoat

I have a whole write up, but seeing as he’s unawakened this will be more helpful to you

Sw0rdMaster

Need to tank enemy special : its nice, but have no idea why we want to do that.

Not all champs you can easily dex their SP. So when you do this, he takes 0 damage and gains power as well.

Found this nice video on YT.

https://youtu.be/EYFYg-SUHtI

Real_Madrid_76_2

Never underestimate this bad boy, no way can he be outdamaged,no way will he be forgotten anywhere. Best Champ confirmed

altavista

I have a whole write up, but seeing as he’s unawakened this will be more helpful to you

Nice! With the way Kabam's forum search function makes it hard to find things, I missed your original post.

This is the information I always wanted about Guardian (knowing how many charges I'd need to end a fight with one SP2).

I was tracking it less formally on some of my exploration runs, and had my 5R5 Guardian using 35+ charges to KO 6.3.1 Blackbolt and timing lifecycle, 40+ charges to KO 6.3.4 IMIW, 16 charges for Hood 6.4.5.

Corkscrew

If you're ever inclined to tackle variant 1 (Mystic/Tech chapter), he's probably the only champ that can solo the energized Magik's and Electro. Limbo usually kills anyone else off (other than another Magik) in a few limbo activations.

But.... he needs to be very high sig for that.