Guardian

Tank primary archetype combined with Tank secondary is a Guardian class.^[1]

Skills/abilities

Tanks will not be forced to have a shield but it will definitely be a viable option.^[2] – Jeffrey Bard

Skill	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3
Absorb bubble	Absorbs a fixed amount of damage then does that damage to nearby targets upon expiration.^[3]	Increases the duration of the buff.^[3]	Adds thorn damage while absorb is active.^[3]
Block (passive)	Increases your block percentage by X.^[4]	Further increases block.^[4]	Chance to deal weapon damage on a successful block.^[4]
Bulwark (Tank ability)	Summon a wall in front or behind the tank. Enemies are knocked down if they contact the wall.^[5]^[6]	Adds damage to the knockdown.^[6]	Tank is able to place the wall anywhere on the battlefield within a certain distance.^[6]
Charge	Charge to a single target on the battlefield (friend or enemy) and do damage to enemy targets upon reaching them.^[7]	Additional physical and magical mitigation upon reaching the target for a short duration.^[7]	Does damage and knocks down enemies between caster and target.^[7]
Cover	Target a friendly player, to absorb 50% of their incoming damage for 6 seconds.^[5]^[8]	Increases damage that's redirected.^[8]	Gives the target damage reduction buff for the duration. The damage reduction applies to both the tank and the ally.^[8]
Crowd control break	Breaks non-animated knockdown crowd control effects (such as root, snare and stun).^[9]	Increases resistances to crowd control effects.^[9]	Gain focus for each CC effect that is cleared through this use.^[9]
Hatred	Single target that adds hate.^[10]	Add a forced target lock.^[10]	Add hate over time per tick.^[10]
Heavy armor (passive)	Increases armor given by heavy armor.^[11]	Further increases armor given.^[11]	Each piece of armor added gives health percentage bonus to the tank.^[11]
Impale	Target an enemy and lauch a spear to damage and pull the enemy into melee range.^[5] Lasso effect pulls the target to the tank and does damage.^[12]	Adds a stun.^[12]	Adds damage over time.^[12]
Longsword combo	Target an enemy and use your sword and shield to strike with multiple blows. Dealing damage and powering up your focus with this weapon attack.^[5]	-	-
Melee strike	Does damage and adds hate.^[13]	Damage over time hate over time.^[13]	Changes to cone effect.^[13]
Perception	Use this skill to detect threats within range of your perception.^[5]	-	-
Righteous fury	Use your ultimate when your focus has reached 80%, to launch spears at all targets within your forward arc. Dealing damage and pulling them to you.^[5] Pulls targets in a cone to the caster and does damage.^[14]	Adds target lock and hate. All targets pulled now target lock the Tank and their hate is increased.^[14]	Increases the arc radius to 360°.^[14]
Shield might	Single target knock down or stun (bash).^[12]	Changes to a frontal cone attack.^[12]	Increases the block chance for a duration after success. Duration of block chance increases based on the number of targets hit.^[12]
Shield throw	Throws shield and adds hate.^[15]	Changes to cone attack.^[15]	Add stun to the first target hit.^[15]
Ultimate defense skill	Ultimate ability: Uses focus to increase your physical and magical defenses as well as immobilizing you.^[16]	Receive increased healing from outside sources while active.^[16]	Breaks crowd control on cast and grants invulnerability to crowd control.^[16]