The Ultimate Guardian Class Guide for Lord of the Rings Online in 2023

The Ultimate Guardian Class Guide for Lord of the Rings Online in 2023 - A LOTRO Gameplay Tutorial

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Welcome to my ultimate guardian class guide for Lord of the Rings Online in 2023. In this tutorial, we're doing a complete walkthrough of the guardian class in LOTRO, looking at its versatility as the best tank in this MMORPG, but also its flexibility in terms of DPS for leveling and beyond.
No guardian playthrough tutorial would be complete without smashing some orc skulls into the dust, so we also take our tank out into Mirkwood for a little bit of hands-on combat so you can see the class in action.
The guardian started off as the only real tank class in the Lord of the Rings Online when the game first launched, but over the years they've added other tank classes that can handle encounters reasonably well. I still think this is the ultimate tank class when you run the blue line, but others may have their own opinions. Personally, I think the red line DPS spec for leveling is the bees knees, but everyone has their own take on things!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:34 What is the guardian?
3:35 Traits & Specs
9:49 Combat Walkthrough
15:12 Outro
If you liked this LOTRO Gameplay Guide don't forget to check out the other videos on the channel as well!
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@Countryboycrimson Жыл бұрын

I'm one of the oddballs that actually use yellow guardian. I love being able to level and never worry about dieing even when pulling a full camp. I don't do endgame but I'm doing compeltionist run on everything else. To be fair, i do dip deep into red for more dps as I level.

@Renfail Жыл бұрын

Interesting!

@marklangley1734 Жыл бұрын

Hey Renfail, recently returned to the game after 12 years and I am levelling a yellow line Guardian and doing 3 man instances with friends. While I am only low level (32) Yellow is really pretty decent and goes over the top of red with what it can do. You have 4 AOE attacks which enables you to pull entire camps and destroy them. The debuffs and self healing just allow you to grind out mass packs while having the self healing to outlast most bosses. You have stuns, interrupts and options for sword and shield as well as 2H Sword play. If you want to chat about it just ping me a message. For those of you who played WOW - Yellow line Guardian is effectively a prot paladin from WOTLK era. It is very powerful if you are facing multiple mobs.

@Renfail Жыл бұрын

@@marklangley1734 interesting! Thx for the info

@JohnMHammer Жыл бұрын

One of the things that makes playing a Guardian fun is the reactive abilities. If you get stunned (or whatever) you use Turn the Tables and now your opponent is stunned instead! They swing at you and you parry, that opens up Whirling Retaliation (or Retaliation which does less damage and only hits one target but is what you use when Whirling Retaliation is on cooldown). Whirling Retaliation opens up Overwhelm (for a big hit) or Thrust (for a smaller hit that leaves a bleed which can then be turned into a bigger bleed with Overwhelm later). Overwhelm opens up To the King for another big hit and a nice buff to your next attacks. Same thing for blocks although the response chain is simpler. Setting up those reactive skills on your bars in a way that allows you to follow the chains easily helps a lot. Don't just scatter them all over your bars. Many solo Guardians use a two-handed weapon even though they're Red and can't block with it (as a Yellow Guardian can). They do more damage with most of their abilities that way at the expense of being able to block and use skills tied to an equipped shield. They also give up all the stats and mitigations that a shield provides. I prefer weapon/shield even when DPSing in Red but some people like the big two-hander...

@Renfail Жыл бұрын

I'm all about that shield and blocking/reacting :)

@blockmasterscott 4 ай бұрын

I agree with you. I tried 2H with red, and ended up going back to sword and board for these exact same reasons. 👍💪

@brianhunley5302 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoying your new lotro content.

@Renfail Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@legatuslegionarii2284 Жыл бұрын

Guardian here… Two things on yellow line: As a tank using blue line, you should also dive deep into yellow line because it gives you even more tanking and survival options (redirect etc.). This was a bit missing in your video. I also found that by using a two hander in yellow, damage output was at times even higher than in red because of the debuffs you put on the enemy while in yellow.

@Renfail Жыл бұрын

Not missing persay, just that everyone has a different opinion on ways to play =P Thanks for the infos!

@legatuslegionarii2284 Жыл бұрын

@@Renfail Agreed!

@silenciummortum2193 11 ай бұрын

Took 10 years off. Came back and picked this class up. I would glady take the deep in DPS in order ro not die, pop a potion and keep smashing. Slayer deeds are braindead with this class speccef into blue.

@Renfail 11 ай бұрын

@Juebar 8 ай бұрын

Very nice video! Do you have a playlist from the Guardian? I would be interested in the rotation you use. Can I see the rotation you use somewhere?

@Renfail 8 ай бұрын

I do not :)

@Juebar 8 ай бұрын

ah ok :)@@Renfail

@flyingmatteo89 Жыл бұрын

I have a question as a new player. Which one would you recommend for solo leveling and open world content between a blue line champion and a red line guardian? The former is a tank oriented dps and the latter is a dps oriented tank so I dunno which one to choose

@Renfail Жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter as all the open world content is the same; it's all solo content.

@1Tarz Жыл бұрын

Is a sword and shield good for the solo red line guardian? Renfail, I really enjoy your LOTRO videos. Awesome content!!

@Renfail Жыл бұрын

Yes it is! I ONLY use the Sword/Board on my guardian, as seen in the combat section of the video :) And thank you for the kind words :)

@jordanazevedo5688 Жыл бұрын

Yes for some reason the living from 130 to 140 felt better with a sword and shield than two handed

@neagah13 Жыл бұрын

I'm using the blue line on my guard, level 40 with full crafted maxed gear and i slash through 5-8 mobs with ease, i feel like you don't do that much damage considering your level, not to mention you're on the red line and you have an LI.

@Renfail Жыл бұрын

Lots of factors

@SilverPT84 Жыл бұрын

Hi, i play Yelow Line Guardian when im playing solo or in Group stuff if there is another Tank or i dont need so much defence. The bigest diference from Red Line is that you can deal realy nice damage with your tanking gear just swaping your sword and shield for a 2H and And Belt focused on Aoe skills and damage because you have a AOE damage spread from Flash of light and the maked target (Take On Heart) will take mora damage and hit you less. The targets nearby will get spread damage from your hits . So you can grab a bunch of mobs and you will have alot of survivability , health regen and Reflect skill 25% reduced damage + 25% reflect 15 secs + "Thrill of Danger" will heal you as you get hit while active. If i go RedLine , i Need to change the Virtues, Gear , weapond just to deal damage. I Like to have alot of HP and fighr loads of Mobs so this is really great to do with this line. Try Yelow/Red if you already play Red Line and you will be suprized with how much more you can do with this line. Or Yelow/Blue for even mor survivability. Guardiab will have a revamp soon so probably this unique line will disapear :( Just grab 2 Li and trow lower traceries on them and give it a go. You can grab mobs from really big distance just by making them and keep running untill you have them all then start the fight! As long as one target is marked the damage with spread to others ;)

@Renfail Жыл бұрын

nice!