Guide
This is because, as the Guardian,
your role is to help your
teammates by directly aiding
them in five major ways – none of
which are by getting kills. The role
of the Guardian is best summed
up in these five principles,“The
Guardian’s Code”.
1. Secure objectives, such as
Gold Fury and Fire Giant, with
Hand of the Gods.
As a Guardian, you are tanky.
Late-game, you will be nighindestructible, so it makes sense
that it’s the job of the Guardian
to be in the thick of things when
taking down an objective –
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knowing that, it also makes sense
the Guardian should have Hand
of the Gods (also known as HoG).
This is an active ability that, at
tier 3, instantly kills any objective
that is below 25% health.
This is huge. It lets a wellprepared team make their
enemies do all the work in taking
down an objective, then swoop
in and steal the benefits at the
last second. To prevent this, the
tank purchases tier 3 HoG, uses
it as soon as the objective is at
25%, and secures the objective
for their team. Many games
have been won or lost on this –
make sure you get your buff you
worked for (or hey, stealing an
unprepared enemy’s is always
good too)!
2. First one in, last one out start teamfights, and finish
them.
As the indestructible wall, you
should be up front – but seriously,
just jump up in their face. People
tend to just dump their abilities
on the first person they see, and
if they waste their abilities trying
to kill you (and failing, because
you is indestructible ROCKSTAR),
they won’t be able to use their
abilities to kill your squishy-butdeadly teammates. Also, it takes
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