Blue Warden

Blue Line Tank Warden Build

By Eadondryt of Evernight – Updated for Yondershire, U33

Trait Trees

This is how I trait to Blue Warden:

Yellow Points:

This is mostly about Marked/Diminished target, we want to invest enough points to get the AoE version, so we can debuff any adds as well. Picking up the finesse line to help with any resists of our javelin taunt and AoEs.

Shields Up: 5% extra block when changing from ranged stance to melee is now a must have, makes stance swapping very useful and lasts 15 seconds. When fully buffed our chance to block can be at 20%.

Finally: Hurry up with that. If we will be swapping into ranged regularly, might as well throw a ranged Adroid Manouvre for induction buffs on the healers/dps.

Red Points:

I had three points left over, and could not think of anywhere else to put them, possible in the AoE damage for morale taps, but those skills are not used at all in my rotation, unless its lots of trash, then the extra damage is nice, but does not make a big difference.

35 Trait Points Build for Legendary Servers:

60 Trait Points Build for Beginners:

Virtues

These are the virtues I use to reach the Stat Goals. I use these 5 virtues on all my tanks as I find these exact ones to be the best for tanks.

Here are the Virtues which go along with the Stat Goals:

1. Loyalty (Great for Vitality)
2. Fidelity (Great for Vitality + Tactical Mit)
3. Charity (Gives great amount of Resistance, decent Vitality and Physical Mit)
4. Tolerance (Gives great amount of Tactical Mit, decent Physical Mit and Resistance)
5. Innocence (Gives great amount of Physical Mit, decent Tactical Mit Mit and Resistance)
   • If you are over Physical Mitigation cap, swap Innocence with Honour

If you don’t have these virtues, here are some alternatives:

• Honour (Gives decent Tactical Mit, Morale and Critical Defence)
• Fortitude (Gives decent Morale, Resistance and Critical Defence)
• Compassion (Gives great Physical Mit, decent Tactical Mit and Armour Value)

Legendary Items

With the new LI revamp, Warden received some interesting new Traceries, which can be utilized well for Tanking Wardens. They will need 2 LIs dedicated for tanking.

*Note: Please use Word of Craft Traceries as per Stat Goals.

1-Hander Weapon

Type	Sockets
Heraldic Tracery	Heraldry of the Sparrow
Word of Power	Base Morale Multiplier
Word of Power	Incoming Heal Bonus
Word of Mastery	Defiant Challenge Damage Return
Word of Mastery	Fist Gambit Damage & Critical Chance
Word of Mastery	Gambit Builder Damage
Word of Mastery	Gambit Lifetap Damage
Word of Mastery	Spear Gambit Damage
Word of Mastery	Surety of Death Damage Over Time
Word of Craft	Grand Willpower
Word of Craft	Grand Willpower

Warden’s Javelin

Type	Sockets
Heraldic Tracery	Heraldry of the Sparrow
Word of Power	Area Effect Target Count
Word of Power	Incoming Damage Reduction (Physical)
Word of Power	Incoming Damage Reduction (Tactical)
Word of Mastery	Heal Bonus for Conviction
Word of Mastery	Marked Target Double-cast Chance
Word of Mastery	Mastery Cooldown
Word of Mastery	Shield Gambit Line Healing
Word of Mastery	Shield Tactics Tactical Mitigation Debuff
Word of Mastery	Steadfast Cooldown
Word of Craft	Grand Armour
Word of Craft	Grand Armour

Rotation

How to Tank 

First you need to make sure you know which gambit lines buff what, here is a handy guide:

Shield-Spear line: Self-Heals, Block buff, Partial Block Chance Buff and Incoming Healing
Fist-Shield line: AoE Dmg and Evade Buff
Shield-Fist line: Mitigation buffs and tactical mitigation rating.
Wall of Steel: Parry Buff

Plugins:

Personally I use Buffmonitor, so I can see which of my buffs are about to expire and refresh them based on that.

Pre Fight Battle Preparation:

This takes a while to set up, but it is worth it.
Dance of War – 3% Physical Mitigations
Conviction – 3% Tactical Mitigations
Shield Mastery – Big Evade and Block Buff
War Cry – Evade Buff
Maddening Strike – Evade Buff
Surety of Death – Bigger Evade Buff

Rotation:

I start with a warning shot to ensure I have aggro for 5 seconds.
Sh-Spsp -> Defiant Challenge -> Sh-Spsh -> Sh-Sp-Shsp (This gets your Block and ICHR maxed and lock aggro in)

Depending on how long you waited before the fight started, your Dance of War/Conviction/Shield Mastery will begin to expire.

Swap Ranged Stance, use shield-mastery, swap melee stance for block buff.

Refresh evade buffs, then throw in Wall of Steel for the parry buff and ranged adroit manouvre when you have time. I usually do a battle memory for one of these, as the buffs do not last long and take a while to build.

You can also use the 2/3 gambit builders for the 2% extra mitigations, but I found its not worth the time to build them, compared to having BPE maxed.

Rotation Video

Consumables

There are the consumables to use on Warden:

Updated as of U33.

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