Forgeguard
A sword-and-board arcane bruiser whose projected armor turns absorbed pressure into lightning, fire, and threat.
Talents
Reactive Aegis also grants an 8-second Lattice Ward absorbing 6 damage per rank. Its actual absorption can build Forge Heat.
Thunder Drive and Furnace Fist direct hits have a 12% chance per rank to deal bonus lightning damage and add threat, at most once per second across all targets.
Emergency Plating becomes Spell Mirror, a stronger defensive ward that retaliates against actual attackers. It replaces the overlapping armor cooldown.
Your own barriers build up to 100 Forge Heat as they absorb damage: absorbing 1% of your maximum health grants 1 heat. At 25 or more heat, your next Furnace Vent spends it all on bonus damage shared among up to 5 nearby enemies, totaling up to 25% of maximum health at 100 heat.
Your own barriers build up to 100 Forge Heat as they absorb damage: absorbing 1% of your maximum health grants 1 heat. At 25 or more heat, your next Reactive Aegis spends it all on an extra 8-second ward, worth up to 20% of maximum health at 100 heat.
Thunder Drive becomes a fire-wreathed gauntlet strike with higher threat.
Casting Reactive Aegis heals you for 3 per rank plus 10% of your Vitality.
A successful Furnace Vent hit reduces Reactive Aegis cooldown by 0.4 seconds per rank, once per second across all targets.
Gain a masterwork armor lock that grants a massive barrier and damage reduction.
Casting Reactive Aegis reduces Living Bastion cooldown by 1 second per rank.
Talent points are earned one per level from level 3, for 18 in total. Tiers unlock on points already spent in this specialization.