The Dwarf Warrior can pick from two Secondary Classes in Lineage 2 Revolution upon hitting Level 31 and completing the relevant Class Change Quests. In Lineage 2 Revolution, you can opt between being a Guardian (Tank) or the Slayer (DPS). This guide will focus on playing as a Dwarf Guardian, discussing the relevant skill sets, as well as the best skill build that you should stick to.
Active Skills
Thrust
A damaging swing that decreases enemy damage, and provokes them to attack you. A skill to take the enemy aggro off your allies and onto you. This skill is essential for you to hold aggro as a tank, especially in party content. By ensuring you aggro mobs with this skill, you can leave your more DPS-oriented allies to dish out the required damage instead of worrying about survivability. On top of that, it decreases the enemies damage output, aiding you in being able to tank more hits.
Earthquake
Slams the ground, damaging and knocking down enemies within the area. This skill results in a decreased Atk for affected enemies. Earthquake represents an important area-of-effect crowd-control skill. Foes that are struck by the blow will be disabled via knock down, allowing you to get in some free hits while they are down.
Passive Skill
Lucky Dexterity
You can use any skill twice immediately and recover a small amount of HP when skill is active. This skill implies that you are able to deploy the same skill twice in quick succession. It also grants you a small amount of HP back, but do note that this Passive skill has a cooldown of 15 seconds.
Extreme Parry
Increases Max HP, Shield Defense success rate, Shield Defense and Defense Power. This ability provides additional defensive bonuses for you, which allows you to tank up and sustain longer in fights.
Ultimate Hate
Increases damages to monsters, reduces damage received from monsters and provokes the enemies to attack you. This is another ability which bolster you and your party’s survivability by mitigating damage and taking aggro off your allies.
Defense Aura
Automatically increases the Defense Power of you and your party members when located in the same area. A passive that contributes to your efficiency as a tank, as it directly strengthens your allies ability to survive via an increase in defense.
Skill Build Recommendations and Guide
Start of by putting a single skill point into all your available skills. The first level grants the most return out every unit of skill point you invest. Subsequently, move on to prioritizing passive skills over active skills.
With regards to Passives, continue to level up your Warrior Weapon Mastery and Heavy Armor Mastery. The reason for doing so is because these two passives continue to boost your damage output significantly per level. Following these two abilities, we suggest that you level up Extreme Parry and Ultimate Hate. This two passives will be criticall for you to be an effective tank in the late game.
You should only really consider taking active skills if you reckon you require more damage output, or more damage mitigation via Thrust. Do note that as you level your active abilities, the skill cooldowns remain the same.
How Good is Dwarf Guardian in Lineage 2 Revolution?
The Dwarf Guardian excells in the party content of Lineage 2 Revolution. A reliable tank, her job is to hold aggro and protect the rest of the party from incoming damage. Her ability to bolster the party’s defense through her party will serve a long way in increasing survivability in party content.
The Dwarf Guardian is also capable of performing well in solo play as well, despite being a more party-oriented player. She is able to take hits well from monsters and bosses in more difficult content. The only problem you might face if any, is her lack of damage output compared to other classes. She might run into the occasional problem of not lasting long enough to take down bosses with her low amounts of damage.
