Guardians are really in-demand when it comes to raids as they are the main tank on Dragon Nest. Prior to being a tank, they need every block skills to fend off every enemy attack. But, did you know that you might not be needing all block skills in future level 80 cap?
Let's see first the future skill boost of Guardian in the future.
Guardian Skill Boost
Paladin
1. Divine Ascension
(PVE) Consume 1 guardian bubble to cast. CD change to 2sec. Damage increase 50%
- Lv11: 693%+24394
2. Divine Vengeance
(PVE) Consume 1 guardian bubble to cast. CD change to 2sec. Damage increase 50%
3. Elemental Aura
(PVE/PVP) Fire, Light, Ice elemental attack increase. (elemental defence removed)
- Lv5: 30% elemental attack increase
4. Conviction Aura
(PVE/PVP) Fire, Light, Ice elemental defence increase. (elemental attack removed)
- Lv5: 24% elemental defence increase
5. Stance of Faith
(PVE/PVP) Generate 5 guardian bubble when cast.
6. Divine Avatar- Allows you to generate guardian bubble when cast.
Guardian
1. Stance of Faith EX
(PVE/PVP) Generate 10 counters when cast
(PVE) During the stance, Divine Vengeance & Divine Ascension can be used without being hit.
2. Guardian Force
(PVE) CD change to 5sec (from 20sec)
3. Justice Crash
(PVE/PVP) Change to light-elemental
(PVE) Damage increase
- Lv11: 1356%+65720
4. Divine Punishment EX
(PVE) Continuous damage to surrounding enemies increases. Increases moving speed.
- 84% damage (from 42% damage), movement speed +20%.
5. Auto block EX- Evolved to a mini Judge’s power / Crusader Zeal. If activated after Divine Avatar since it is possible to generate bubbles after Avatar now.
What's the connection of this skill boost to not needing block at level 80?
Take a look at Stance of Faith. It generates 5 guardian bubble once cast, not to mention the bubble you get from it when you successfully block an attack. The Guardian boost made this give 10 Autoblock EX bubble charges so why level it even though level 1 gives the same amount of bubbles? The answer is : More controlled blocks. Level 1 gives 9 seconds of use. While Max level for 80 cap is 11 which is 39 seconds. Tech ring this to make it level 12 with 42 seconds. 20% skill duration crest makes this 50.4 practically 50 seconds. Which means 50 seconds duration with 60 second CD with a down time of 10 seconds gives us a near infinite block rotation. And this is what your whole class revolves around.
Some of the arguments you get with a long Stance of Faith is the inability to jump for party wipe mechanics. As far as everyone knows, these jump/wipe mechanics are at least 60 sec apart from each other. So simply use it right as it is ending and have yourself a timer + Do not recast until the wipe mechanic is done. Ex. Sea Dragon’s magma / Green Dragon’s Spider flower stage / DDN flower are all at least 60 seconds long, while stance of faith is 50 seconds. You will never have problems with these mechanics even though your Stance was 45sec + long in 60 cap. Just timed these skills carefully.
If the update will come on other DN server, then possible Stance of Faith will be the main block skills of Guardians. SoF is really good as you can control your blocking. The only challenge is that you need to time it so you won't be casting it in the wrong time and place. And lastly, since you will be getting more SP in level 80 cap, then you will increase SoF's level ad get as much time to cast it as often as you can. In fact, it was mentioned above that it can be casted indefinitely.