Imperial Guard Ally

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Imperial Guard Ally
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Affiliation Summoned creatures
Type Human
Professions Warrior Warrior
Ranger Ranger
Elementalist Elementalist
Assassin Assassin
Level(s) 1..20
Campaign Factions

The Imperial Guard Reinforcement Order randomly summons three Imperial Guard allies from the list of possible professions below; they can be all of the same profession or cover two or three different ones.

Warrior Warrior[edit]

Dragon Slash Warrior/Monk[edit]

Shove Warrior/Monk[edit]

Triple Chop Warrior/Elementalist[edit]

Crippling Slash Warrior/Assassin[edit]

Quivering Blade Warrior/Paragon[edit]

Ranger Ranger[edit]

Barrage Ranger/Ritualist[edit]

Glass Arrows Ranger/Ritualist[edit]

Trapper's Focus Ranger[edit]

Evaluation[edit]

Pros
  • Can inflict bleeding and deep wound.
  • Can knock down kiting foes.
  • Has an adrenaline management skill.
  • Can remove conditions and hexes from him/herself with Purge Signet.
  • Has a very energy efficient build negating the drawback of the cost of Purge Signet.
  • Has a self-healing skill.
Cons
  • Lacks a defensive skill.
  • Cannot inflict bleeding or deep wound on non-fleshy foes.
Pros
  • Can knock down foes.
  • Can inflict deep wound.
  • Has an IAS skill.
  • Has an adrenaline management skill.
  • Has 2 self-healing skills.
Cons
  • Endure Pain can run out before a fight ends, causing a large and potentially fatal health loss.
Pros
  • Has multiple skills that deal AoE damage.
  • Can knock down kiting foes.
  • Can inflict blind, cracked armor and deep wound.
  • Has an IAS skill.
  • Has 2 self-healing skills.
Cons
  • Energy heavy build.
  • "I Will Avenge You!" is mostly ineffective due to an often lack of dead allies in PvE.
  • Endure Pain can run out before a fight ends, causing a large and potentially fatal health loss.
Pros
  • Can inflict bleeding, cripple and deep wound.
  • Can provide ranged damage with Dancing Daggers.
  • Can shadow step to foes.
  • Has an adrenaline management skill.
  • Has a defensive skill.
  • Has 2 self-healing skills.
Cons
  • Energy heavy build.
  • Cannot inflict bleeding and deep wound on non-fleshy foes.
  • Endure Pain can run out before a fight ends, causing a large and potentially fatal health loss.
  • "Watch Yourself!" does not affect the party because summoned creatures are not part of the party.
Pros
  • Can inflict bleeding, daze and deep wound.
  • Can increase the critical hit rate of allies with "Go for the Eyes!".
  • Has an adrenaline management skill.
  • Has an energy management skill.
  • Has 3 self-healing skills.
Cons
  • Cannot inflict bleeding and deep wound on non-fleshy foes.
  • Endure Pain can run out before a fight ends, causing a large and potentially fatal health loss.
  • "Never Give Up!" and "Never Surrender!" do not affect the party because summoned creatures are not part of the party.
Pros
  • Deals a large amount of AoE damage with Barrage and Splinter Weapon.
  • Effectively spams Barrage due to a limited amount of attack skills.
  • Can interrupt foes.
  • Can inflict poison.
  • Has 2 defensive skills.
  • Has 2 healing skills.
  • Can heal allies with Healing Spring.
Cons
  • Cannot inflict poison on non-fleshy foes.
  • Poison Tip Signet only affects 1 arrow and does not synergize with Barrage.
Pros
  • High damage output with Glass Arrows and Brutal Weapon.
  • Can punish blocking foes with Glass Arrows.
  • Can inflict bleeding and poison.
  • Has an unblockable attack.
  • Has an armor ignoring attack.
  • Has a defensive skill.
  • Has a self-healing skill.
Cons
  • Cannot inflict bleeding and poison on non-fleshy foes.
  • Cannot interrupt foes.
Pros
  • Can deal a large amount of pressure damage.
  • Can inflict bleeding, blind, burning and cripple.
  • Can knock down crippled foes.
  • Can heal allies.
Cons
  • Fragile when placing traps and lacks a defensive skill.
  • Cannot inflict bleeding on non-fleshy foes.
  • Cannot inflict cracked armor for the conditional damage of Piercing Trap.

Notes[edit]

  • All Imperial Guard summons have 480 health at level 20.
  • The level of the summoned creature will be the same as the summoner's actual level (it will not be increased by Journey to the North or Sunspear Battle Call).

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