The Stone Guard
Official Overview (Blizzard)
The Amethyst Guardian gains energy when within 12 yards of another Guardian. The Guardian uses this energy to cast Amethyst Overload. If no other Guardian is within range, it instead gains the Solid Stone effect. In 10 player Normal Difficulty, a rotating set of three of the four guardians are present each week.
Abilities
Cobalt Guardian
The Cobalt Guardian gains energy when within 12 yards of another Guardian. The Guardian uses this energy to cast Cobalt Overload. If no other Guardian is within range, it instead gains the Solid Stone effect. In 10 player Normal Difficulty, a rotating set of three of the four guardians are present each week.
Cobalt Mine
Launches a charged cobalt shard at a player's location. After a 3 sec arming time, any player within 7 yds will detonate the shard, inflicting 0 Arcane damage and rooting all players within 7 yds for 6 sec.
Cobalt Overload
Upon reaching full energy the guardian overloads, inflicting 0 Arcane damage to all enemies and interrupting Cobalt Petrification. The Overload does not free fully petrified enemies.
Cobalt Petrification
The Guardian attempts to turn its enemies to cobalt, reducing the Arcane damage they take by 90% but progressively slowing their movement speed. Enemies who reach 100 stacks of Petrification turn to stone and cannot move or act.
Jade Guardian
The Jade Guardian gains energy when within 12 yards of another Guardian. The Guardian uses this energy to cast Jade Overload. If no other Guardian is within range, it instead gains the Solid Stone effect. In 10 player Normal Difficulty, a rotating set of three of the four guardians are present each week.
Jade Shards
The Jade Guardian fires shards of jade in all directions, inflicting 0 Nature damage to all players.
Jade Overload
Upon reaching full energy the guardian overloads, inflicting 0 Nature damage to all enemies and interrupting Jade Petrification. The Overload does not free fully petrified enemies.
Jade Petrification
The Guardian attempts to turn its enemies to jade, reducing the Nature damage they take by 90% but progressively slowing their movement speed. Enemies who reach 100 stacks of petrification turn to stone and cannot move or act.
Jasper Guardian
The Jasper Guardian gains energy when within 12 yards of another Guardian. The Guardian uses this energy to cast Jasper Overload. If no other Guardian is within range, it instead gains the Solid Stone effect. In 10 player Normal Difficulty, a rotating set of three of the four guardians are present each week.
Jasper Chains
The Jasper Guardian chains two enemy targets together. While the targets are over 10 yds apart the chains inflict 35,000 Fire damage, increased by 15% for each second they remain apart. The chains will break if the targets remain apart for 15 total seconds.
Jasper Overload
Upon reaching full energy the guardian overloads, inflicting 0 Fire damage to all enemies and interrupting Jasper Petrification. The Overload does not free fully petrified enemies.
Jasper Petrification
The Guardian attempts to turn its enemies to jasper, reducing the Fire damage they take by 90% but progressively slowing their movement speed. Enemies who reach 100 stacks of petrification turn to stone and cannot move or act.
Shared Abilities
All four guardians have access to these abilities.
Solid Stone
When no other stone guards are nearby the Guardian reverts to stone form. While in this form it takes 90% reduced damage but cannot gain energy.
Rend Flesh
The Guardian rends the flesh of the target, causing 0 Physical damage every 1 sec. Lasts 15 sec.
Power Down
When the guardians reach 75% and 40% remaining health, one of them will power down all Energized Tiles in the room to prevent players from using the energy.
Encounter Area
White Floor Tiles
These tiles absorb the energy from Living Amethyst, Living Cobalt, Living Jade, and Living Jasper when a player stands on them. Each tile absorbs one charge of energy. For each tile currently energized in the room, every player gains a stack of Energized Tiles.
Energized Tiles
The energy of the living stone flows through the room tiles, empowering players and permanent pets and increasing damage dealt by 1% and Spirit by 1%. This effect stacks.
Living Amethyst Crystal
The energy that powers the Amethyst Guardian forms into a crystal. Players who interact with this crystal gain the Living Amethyst effect.
Living Amethyst
10 charges of the energy that animates the Amethyst Guardian tear though your body. Each charge inflicts 149 Shadow damage every 1 sec. Players drain the energy charges into white floor tiles to energize them.
Living Cobalt Crystal
The energy that powers the Cobalt Guardian forms into a crystal. Players who interact with this crystal gain the Living Cobalt effect.
Living Cobalt
10 charges of the energy that animates the Cobalt Guardian tear though your body. Each charge inflicts 149 Arcane damage every 1 sec. Players drain the energy charges into white floor tiles to energize them.
Living Jade Crystal
The energy that powers the Jade Guardian forms into a crystal. Players who interact with this crystal gain the Living Jade effect.
Living Jade
10 charges of the energy that animates the Jade Guardian tear though your body. Each charge inflicts 149 Nature damage every 1 sec. Players drain the energy charges into white floor tiles to energize them.
Living Jasper Crystal
The energy that powers the Jasper Guardian forms into a crystal. Players who interact with this crystal gain the Living Jasper effect.
Living Jasper
10 charges of the energy that animates the Jasper Guardian tear though your body. Each charge inflicts 149 Fire damage every 1 sec. Players drain the energy charges into white floor tiles to energize them.
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