Vigilant Guardian

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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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