Warden Traits

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Warden Specialization Sets & Traits

Determination

Determination
Wields Shield and Fist to protect allies from harm.

A tanking build which boosts defences while healing, able to survive attacks from many foes at once.

Skills Earned:

Restorative Shield-work

Warning Shot

+25% Shield Gambit Healing Potency

+7% Physical Mitigation

+7% Tactical Mitigation

+20% Morale

-10% Power Cost

These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Determination (blue) trait tree. You can only obtain the Set skills if you specialize in this tree.

Active Skills	Category	Cooldown	Range	Source
Restorative Shield-work	Buff	1m 30s	Self	Set:	Initial Skill
Warning Shot	Ranged + Force Attack	10s	30m	Set:	Initial Skill
Defiant Challenge	AoE + Force Attack + Reflect	30s	10.2m	Trait:	Warden's Challenge
For the Free Peoples	Fellowship Buff	1m 30s	40m	Trait:	For the Free Peoples
Desperate Combat	Buff	1m 30s	Self	Set:	Desperate Combat
Desperate Spear	Melee + Debuff	2s	6.2m	Set:	Desperate Combat
Desperate Shield	Melee + Debuff	2s	6.2m	Set:	Desperate Combat
Desperate Fist	Melee + Debuff	2s	6.2m	Set:	Desperate Combat

Set Traits	Description	Source
Thrill of Battle	Increased Morale-tap Damage and Healing.	Set:	5+ total ranks
Shield Mastery	Grants Mitigation bonuses to Shield Mastery and Shield Tactics.	Set:	10+ total ranks
Close Call	Evading restores a small amount of Morale.	Set:	15+ total ranks
Shield Tactics	Greatly improves the buffs from Shield Gambits.	Set:	20+ total ranks
Proactive Defence	Improved defence when consuming Advanced Technique or completing gambit chains.	Set:	25+ total ranks
Exultation of Battle	Increases Morale-tap duration.	Set:	30+ total ranks
Desperate Combat	Grants the skills Desperate Combat and Desperate Spear.	Set:	35+ total ranks

Obtained by spending Trait Points in the Warden Determination Trait Tree.

Trait	Description	Source
War-cry	Increases the damage of Fist Gambits.	Trait:	0+ ranks
Persevere	Increases Persevere Gambit Line Healing.	Trait:	0+ ranks
Warden's Challenge	Grants skill Defiant Challenge.	Trait:	5+ ranks
Careful Shield-work	Improves skill Shield Up.	Trait:	5+ ranks
Redirect Ire	Buff to threat generation, from Deflection and other skills.	Trait:	10+ ranks
Critical Protection	Critical Defence Buff.	Trait:	10+ ranks
Careful Blade-work	Improves skill Readied Blade (Skill).	Trait:	10+ ranks
Unassailable	Increases the duration of Shield Gambit buffs.	Trait:	15+ ranks
Undeniable Challenge	Improves skill Resounding Challenge.	Trait:	15+ ranks
Stand Your Ground	Avoidance Buff.	Trait:	15+ ranks
Practiced Fundamentals	Improves your Gambit Chain openers.	Trait:	20+ ranks
Indefatigable	Increases Shield Gambit Line Healing.	Trait:	20+ ranks
Lasting Hope	Increases the duration of your HoTs.	Trait:	20+ ranks
Never Surrender	Decreases the cooldown of Never Surrender.	Trait:	25+ ranks
Fear No Darkness	Increases your Morale-tap Damage and Healing.	Trait:	25+ ranks
For the Free Peoples	Grants skill For the Free Peoples.	Trait:	30+ ranks
Fellowship Protector	Fellowship Buff when consuming max Advanced Technique.	Trait:	30+ ranks

Recklessness

Recklessness
Wields deadly, war-like techniques to defeat foes.

A powerful damaging build that stacks single-target bleeds with the potential for sweeping AoE blows.

+5% Warden DoT Damage

-10% Attack Duration

-40% Persevere Gambit Line Healing

These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Recklessness (red) trait tree. You can only obtain the Set skills if you specialize in this tree.

Stance	Active Skills	Category	Cooldown	Range	Source
	Recklessness	Buff	1m 30s	Self	Trait:	Recklessness

Set Traits	Description	Source
Sharpened Spears	Increases Spear Gambit Initial Damage.	Set:	5+ total ranks
Unconventional Strikes	Increases Initial Damage for Gambits in a Chain.	Set:	10+ total ranks
Precision Training	Increases Critical Chance and Critical Damage.	Set:	15+ total ranks
Taking Advantage	Inflicts Damage when an Enemy avoids an attack.	Set:	20+ total ranks
One After Another	Same as Sharpened Spears + Heal on Enemy defeat.	Set:	25+ total ranks
Grand Master Weapons Training	Buff to Melee Damage, bleed damage from Spears, Club attack speed debuff, and Sword Parry chance.	Set:	30+ total ranks
Martial Fury	Improves Initial and DoT damage, and increases DoT duration.	Set:	35+ total ranks

Obtained by spending Trait Points in the Warden Recklessness Trait Tree.

Trait	Description	Source
Close Quarters Combatant	Increases Melee Damage.	Trait:	0+ ranks
Vital Points	Increases Bleed Damage.	Trait:	0+ ranks
Tempered Spear Tips	Increases Bleed Damage for Mighty Blow, Power Attack and Unerring Strike.	Trait:	5+ ranks
Physical Mastery	Buff	Trait:	5+ ranks
Way of the Spear	Increases Spear Gambit Initial Damage.	Trait:	10+ ranks
Foe of the Darkness	Increases Light-type Damage.	Trait:	10+ ranks
On the Offence	Increases Morale-tap Damage and Healing.	Trait:	10+ ranks
No Respite for the Wicked	Adds a debuff to Gambits in the Boot to Cauterizing Steel Gambit line.	Trait:	15+ ranks
Aggravating Wounds	Increases the Critical Chance of Damage-over-Time effects.	Trait:	15+ ranks
Deep Wounds	Increases the Critical Damage of Damage-over-Time effects.	Trait:	20+ ranks
Warden's Triumph	Improves the buffs given by the Gambits Adroit Manoeuvre and Warden's Triumph.	Trait:	25+ ranks
Lasting Impression	Increases duration of Damage-over-Time effects, and adds expiration damage for Spear Gambit Bleeds.	Trait:	25+ ranks
Recklessness	Grants skill Recklessness.	Trait:	30+ ranks
Muscle Memory	Adds a Power restore to Gambits used from Battle Memory.	Trait:	30+ ranks

Assailment

Assailment
Wields Javelin and clever tactics to harm and hinder foes.

Though the Warden can not specialize in Assailment, the ability to harry enemies when needed can be invaluable. Assailment techniques are focused on increasing javelin damage, debuffing enemies, and augmenting your core gambits, useful when fighting either alone or in a fellowship.

These skills are acquired by spending points in the Warden Assailment (Yellow) trait tree.

Active Skills	Category	Cooldown	Range	Source
Javelin of Deadly Force	Ranged + Buff	1m	30.2m	Trait:	Javelin of Deadly Force
Fire at Will	Fellowship Buff	1m	40m	Trait:	Fire at Will
Rapid Techniques	Buff	1m 30s	Self	Trait:	Rapid Technique

Obtained by spending Trait Points in the Warden Assailment Trait Tree.

Note: Some traits in this tree have an increased cost in Trait Points in order to acquire and/or rank up, regardless of specialisation.

Trait	Description	Source		Cost per Rank
Ranged Damage	Increases Ranged Damage.	Trait:	0+ ranks	1 Point
Bane of Shadow	Increases Light-type Damage.	Trait:	0+ ranks	1 point
Movement Training	Improves Ratings Buffs from Shield Gambits.	Trait:	0+ ranks	1 Point
Marked Targets	Gambits in the Boot - Cauterizing Steel sequence will apply a Physical Mitigation debuff to targets hit.	Trait:	0+ ranks	2 Points
Endurance Training	Reduces Attack Duration in Assailment.	Trait:	5+ ranks	1 Point
Bulls-eye	Increases Critical Chance and Ranged Critical Damage.	Trait:	5+ ranks	1 Point
Finesse	Buff	Trait:	5+ ranks	1 Point
Diminished Targets	Gambits in the Precise Blow - Spear of Fate sequence will apply a Tactical Mitigation debuff debuff to targets hit.	Trait:	5+ ranks	2 Points
Throwing Arm	Increases Javelin Skills Max Range.	Trait:	10+ ranks	1 Point
Battering Strikes	Adds a Critical Defence debuff to Gambits in the Offensive Strike - Unseen Strikes sequence.	Trait:	10+ ranks	2 Points
Strong Foundations	Gambit Builders will reduce the active cooldown of Mastery skills.	Trait:	10+ ranks	2 Points
Enduring Assailment	Increases duration of Suppression, Battering Strikes, and No Respite debuffs.	Trait:	10+ ranks	1 Point
Piercing Javelins	Improves Resistance Penetration of Javelin Skills and Gambits.	Trait:	15+ ranks	1 Point
Suppression	Adds a Damage debuff to Gambits in the War Cry - Desolation sequence.	Trait:	15+ ranks	2 Points
Javelin of Deadly Force	Grants the skill Javelin of Deadly Force.	Trait:	20+ ranks	3 Points
Adroit Ambush	Adroit Manoeuvre and Ranged Adroit Manoeuvre will remove the induction of the next Ambush.	Trait:	20+ ranks	2 Points
Snap Shot	Gambit Builders have a chance to reset Javelin skill cooldowns.	Trait:	25+ ranks, Javelin of Deadly Force (1)	2 Points
Fire at Will	Grants the skill Fire at Will.	Trait:	25+ ranks	2 Points
Rapid Technique	Grants the skill Rapid Techniques.	Trait:	30+ ranks	3 Points

Trait Tree