Guarded | Darkest Dungeon 2 Wiki

Guarded
Type	Buff
Effect	Protected by {o}

Guarded is a Status Effects in Darkest Dungeon 2. Status Effects are now used as Tokens that are guaranteed effects upon use during combat. These are sorted as Buffs, Debuffs, Stealth, Unique and Special effects. Some effects come from Skills and Trinkets. Skills can now cause a variety of effects that are shown by tokens. To see what each token means, each token can be moused over and the list of tokens can be viewed at the token glossary. This can also be done during combat.

Guarded Information

• Type: Buff
• Effect: Protected by {o}

Guarded is a status effect in Darkest Dungeon 2. Guarded is a defensive strategy effect that deflects incoming damage to another hero. Guarded lasts for three turns. Using it again during these three turns will restart the stat. This effect only triggers when the guarded character is directly attacked. The guarded hero can still indirectly receive damage through other AoE (Area of Effect) attacks if they are within range. 

 This effect is best used on weak Heroes who have fewer HP or are at risk for death. 

Some skills that confer the guarded condition on a hero also grant the skill user defensive buffs, such as Block, to reduce the deflected damage.

Skills that Apply Guarded

Listed below are the following Skills that applies the Guarded status effect in Darkest Dungeon 2:

• Defender

Items that Apply Guarded

There are currently no items that apply the guarded effect.

Darkest Dungeon 2 Notes & Tips

• Guarded can protect vulnerable heroes who might perish with another hit, or protect heroes with low HP.