Guardian of Ancient Kings

Guardian of Ancient Kings
Guardian of Ancient Kings Level 75 Retribution paladin ability 5 min cooldown Instant cast Summons a Guardian of Ancient Kings to help you deal damage for 30 sec. The Guardian of Ancient Kings will attack your current enemy. Both your attacks and the attacks of the Guardian will infuse you with Ancient Power that is unleashed as Ancient Fury when the Guardian departs.
Usable by
Class	Paladin
Properties
Type	Utility
School	Holy
Cooldown	5 minutes
Other information
Level learned	75
Related buffs
Guardian of Ancient Kings Protected by a Guardian of Ancient Kings. Attacks by you and your Guardian infuse you with Ancient Power and unleash Ancient Fury when your Guardian departs. Duration: 30 seconds Ancient Power Strength Increased by 20%. When your Guardian of Ancient Kings despawns or is killed, you will release Ancient Fury, causing Y damage, split among all enemies within 10 yards.

Guardian of Ancient Kings
Guardian of Ancient Kings Level 75 Holy paladin ability 5 min cooldown Instant cast Summons a Guardian of Ancient Kings to help you heal for 30 sec. The Guardian of Ancient Kings will heal the target of your next 5 single-target heals, and nearby friendly targets for 10% of the amount healed. Every time the Guardian heals, it increases your haste by 10%.
Usable by
Class	Paladin
Properties
Type	Utility
School	Holy
Cooldown	5 minutes
Other information
Level learned	75
Related buff
Guardian of Ancient Kings Protected by a Guardian of Ancient Kings. The Guardian will heal the target of your next 5 heals, and nearby friendly targets for 10% of the amount healed. Duration: 30 seconds

Guardian of Ancient Kings
Guardian of Ancient Kings Level 75 Protection paladin ability 3 min cooldown Instant cast Summons a Guardian of Ancient Kings to protect you for 12 sec. The Guardian of Ancient Kings reduces damage taken by 50%.
Usable by
Class	Paladin
Properties
Type	Utility
School	Holy
Cooldown	3 minutes
Other information
Level learned	75
Related buff
Guardian of Ancient Kings Protected by a Guardian of Ancient Kings. Incoming damage reduced by 60% Duration: 12 seconds

Guardian of Ancient Kings is a paladin ability introduced in Cataclysm, learned at level 85 for 28 20. It summons a temporary guardian that has a different effect depending on the talent spec of the paladin.

It was first announced in the Cataclysm paladin preview.

Gallery

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  Guardian of Ancient Kings in WoW.

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  Guardian of Ancient Kings in the TCG.

Beta

During the beta, the weapons equipped by the Guardian of Ancient Kings were:

Retribution

• Main Hand (two hand):  [Decimation]

Protection

• Main Hand:  [Honor of the Fallen]
• Off Hand (shield):  [Crystal Plated Vanguard]

Holy

• Main Hand:  [Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings]
• Off Hand (shield):  [Bastion of Purity].

On live realms, the Protection and Holy guardians have no weapons. The Retribution guardian uses a sword made of light.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Uses the new Assist pet stance functionality.
  
• Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26):
  • Casting Guardian of Ancient Kings no longer resets the auto-attack swing timer.
  • The Holy version of Guardian of Ancient Kings will now more reliably heal targets at max range from the paladin.
  • The Retribution version of Guardian of Ancient Kings now benefits from the paladin's hit and expertise.
    
• Hotfix (2011-01-03): "The Strength bonus from the Retribution version of Guardian of Ancient Kings now applies its bonus based on total Strength instead of just base Strength."
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.
  

External links

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