Vigilant Guardian
Official Overview (Blizzard)
The Vigilant Guardian will activate Pre-Fabricated Sentries to attack players periodically while employing its own defense routines. Throughout the encounter the Vigilant Guardian will Expose its core, inflicting lethal damage to all players not shielded by an Automated Defense Matrix. When automa are defeated, their energy is automatically redistributed to the next largest Powered Down automa. Automa restored to full power in this way reactivate.
Tanks
• The Vigilant Custodian and the Pre-Fabricated Sentries use Dissonance to inflict very high damage to their current target. • The Vigilant Guardian can only be damaged by the Detonation of an Unstable Core dropped by Automated Defense Matrixes. • Force Field greatly reduces the damage taken from Exposed Core.
Healers
• The Vigilant Guardian can only be damaged by the Detonation of an Unstable Core dropped by Automated Defense Matrixes. • Force Field greatly reduces the damage taken from Exposed Core. • Deresolution will trigger Spikes of Creation caught in its path. • The Vigilant Guardian can only be damaged by the Detonation of an Unstable Core dropped by Automated Defense Matrixes. • Force Field greatly reduces the damage taken from Exposed Core.
Damage Dealers
• The Vigilant Guardian can only be damaged by the Detonation of an Unstable Core dropped by Automated Defense Matrixes. • Force Field greatly reduces the damage taken from Exposed Core. • Deresolution will trigger Spikes of Creation caught in its path. • The Vigilant Guardian can only be damaged by the Detonation of an Unstable Core dropped by Automated Defense Matrixes. • Force Field greatly reduces the damage taken from Exposed Core.
Abilities
Automa
The Vigilant Guardian is aided by various automa. Automa are Powered Down until restored to full power. When Automa are defeated their power is redistributed to the next largest automa nearby that is still Powered Down.
Powered Down
Automated Defense Matrix
The Automated Defense Matrix creates a Force Field when powered up. Drops Unstable Cores on death.
Force Field
Force Field
Sear
Unstable Core
Detonate
Point Defense Drone
Targets enemies at random with its Blast ability once powered up.
Blast
Searing Ablation
Searing Ablation
Pre-Fabricated Sentry
The Vigilant Guardian periodically awakens Pre-Fabricated Sentries to assist itself.
Wave of Disintegration
Dissonance
Volatile Materium
The Vigilant Guardian periodically awakens Volatile Materium to assist itself.
Adaptive Subroutines
Stage One: Systems Online!
The Vigilant Guardian begins the encounter protected by the gateway to the Sepulcher of the First Ones. Detonating an Unstable Core nearby will damage the Vigilant Guardian.
Exposed Core
Optimal Core Temperature
Overclock
Radioactive Core
Refracted Blast
Spike of Creation
Deresolution
Stage Two: Roll Out, then Transform
Once the Vigilant Guardian reaches 40% health remaining it rolls forward and then transforms into its battle mode.
Refracted Blast
Matter Dissolution
Anti-Matter
Split Resolution
Fractured Core
Pneumatic Impact
Stage Three: Self-Destruct Sequence
At 15% health remaining, the Vigilant Guardian activates its self-destruct sequence.
Core Overload
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