Imperial Guard Ally

Imperial Guard Ally
Affiliation	Summoned creatures
Type	Human
Professions	Warrior Ranger Elementalist 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

Dragon Slash /

• "None Shall Pass!"
• Dragon Slash (elite)
• Gash
• Healing Signet
• Sever Artery
• Signet of Strength
• Symbolic Strike
• Purge Signet

Shove /

• "For Great Justice!"
• Dismember
• Endure Pain
• Executioner's Strike
• Lion's Comfort
• Shove (elite)
• Tiger Stance
• Stonesoul Strike

Triple Chop /

• "I Will Avenge You!"
• Bull's Strike
• Cyclone Axe
• Dismember
• Endure Pain
• Lion's Comfort
• Triple Chop (elite)
• Lightning Touch

Crippling Slash /

• "To the Limit!"
• "Watch Yourself!"
• Crippling Slash (elite)
• Endure Pain
• Gash
• Lion's Comfort
• Dark Prison
• Dancing Daggers

Quivering Blade /

• Barbarous Slice
• Endure Pain
• Gash
• Lion's Comfort
• Quivering Blade (elite)
• "Go for the Eyes!"
• "Never Give Up!"
• "Never Surrender!"

Ranger

Barrage /

• Barrage (elite)
• Distracting Shot
• Dryder's Defenses
• Healing Spring
• Lightning Reflexes
• Poison Tip Signet
• Troll Unguent
• Splinter Weapon

Glass Arrows /

• Crossfire
• Dual Shot
• Glass Arrows (elite)
• Lightning Reflexes
• Poison Tip Signet
• Power Shot
• Troll Unguent
• Brutal Weapon

Trapper's Focus

• Barbed Trap
• Dust Trap
• Flame Trap
• Healing Spring
• Piercing Trap
• Trapper's Focus (elite)
• Trapper's Speed
• Tripwire

Evaluation

Dragon Slash

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.

Shove

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.

Triple Chop

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.

Crippling Slash

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.

Quivering Blade

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.

Barrage

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.

Glass Arrows

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.

Trapper's Focus

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

• 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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