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.

Stance 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
 Desperate Combat Buff 1m 30s Self Set:  Desperate Combat
 Desperate Spear Melee + Debuff 2s 6.2m Set:  Desperate Combat
 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


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.

Stance 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

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
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
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.

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