IC: The guardian will wait and prepare themself to take the next attack in order to mitigate or deflect it.
OOC: At the cost of roundtime (10 rt) the guardian will take reduced damage in proportion to their balance (damage - (balance *2 or *3)%). At 5 or less damage including parry or block, the attacker has a chance to get staggered. Minimum balance required, 5 and cooldown 20 seconds.
Ability required: Stability.
Maybe at higher balance, they also get resistance to getting knocked down and reduced balance lost.
Constitution adds 10% while strength adds 5%.
I'm not sure if this is too much or it's just an ability making what guardians good at, just excellent.
Guardian ability suggestion: Brace
Guardian ability suggestion: Brace
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