Hellgate Guardian Skills

The Templar Guardian class is the "tank" of the game, capable of using skills and equipment to withstand tremendous damage. You'll want one of these in your party. Guardians aren't just meat shields, though. They have plenty of useful skills and can kill effectively as well, whether with swords or pistols. Contents
Guardian Description
There are many differences between the two Templar classes, but both will work largely as melee fighters. Guardians are best at taking on big packs of monsters at once, while Blademasters kill very quickly, but can not take the damage from a mob. Guardians actually prefer mobs, with skills and auras that increase their healing rate, or damage, or other properties when there are more enemies nearby. Guardians can have a harder time with a single monster than with a pack, oddly enough.

Guardians can use pistols, and it's nice to have those handy for dealing with various running or flying monsters, but the class is best with a sword and shield.

There was early worries that the Guardian was too defensive a character and that Guardians would not be able to kill as quickly as other characters. They can't, if you measure only the actual damage output, but Guardians have such strong defensive skills that they seldom need to retreat or reposition, standing them in stark contrast to the various higher damage "glass cannon" characters. Blademasters might do more damage, but they spend a great deal of time running around to reposition and string out monster mobs, while the Guardian can just wade in and tank the lot, doing damage the whole time. Its more a difference in play style than doing "less damage".

Guardian Skills

The Guardian has 27 skills, mostly involving surviving in the midst of battle, without resorting to "tactical retreats" like Marksmen and Evokers particularly have to do. Skills are focused on healing, defence and keeping the foes to attack the Guardian, and not some fragile party member. The skills are roughly divided into four Skill Groups: Swordsmanship, Auras, Prayers, and Taunts. Skills in related groups are sometimes, but not necessarily, connected by dependency lines and have each other as prerequisites. Guardians have a lot of auras with all sorts of effects, including healing, damaging, and otherwise inconveniencing monsters. In addition to all the various auras, Guardians have a variety of shield skills, defence-boosting skills, and a few combat skills as well.

Guardian Equipment