Other Black guard guides:
- 2h warband build: viewtopic.php?f=73&t=36468
- SnB warband build: viewtopic.php?f=73&t=36467
- 2h Scenario/6 men build: viewtopic.php?f=73&t=36470&p=398146#p398146
How to debuff as a BG:
Keep always in mind that all your debuffs are “Hex” that means only Warrior Priest (wp is able to do grp cleanse) and Archmage are able to clean em, when you are gonna focus a target and start to debuff him remember the order you apply your debuffs is the same order it will be removed by a cleanse, this allow us to hide our most important/dangerous buffs behind other less annoying or easier to reapply. Almost all your buffs/debuffs strength will depend on your current “Hatred pool” by the time you cast the skill, that means you should take care of this resource to use your skills at max strength/duration.
How to buff as a BG:
Blackguard as an unique tank skill called “Dark Protector” by casting it on a friendly target (don't need to be someone of your group or warband) almost every single buff you will cast on yourself will be cast on the same strength on your “Dark Protector” target.
Note: Morales are not shared by “Dark Protector”.
Buff shared by “Dark Protector” skill:
- Shield of rage: A shield that absorb damage.
- Brutal Smash: Fixed str buff plus a variable wp buff (depending of your current hatred by the time you cast the skill)
- Elite training: Next 4 melee attacks will be parried giving a variable amount of AP based on your hatred.
- Feeding on weakness: Fixed toughness buff plus a selfheal (Health strength will depends of your current hatred pool and the amount of damage done with this skill), both stat buff and heal will be shared with DP.
- Force of fury: Fixed armor buff plus a chance to be crit and damage reduction based on your hatred pool.
Buff not shared by "Dark Protector" skill:
- Bolstering Anger: Heals yourself for 398 every 3 second at the cost of 10 hatred per tick, last 30 seconds or until you run out of hatred.
- Khaine's warding (Morale 4): Every time someone of your group block an attack every member of your group at 100 feet will regain 800 health point. [Not shared by “Dark Protector” but affects your whole group anyway.]
Shared debuffs (2h and snb builds):
Debuffs dependant of your hatred pool:
- Horrific wounds: Armor debuff [The armor reduction stacks with the Morale 1 “Demolishing strike”.]
- Crush the weak: Crit chance debuff
- Crushing anger: Drain ap plus interrupt skill
Fixed debuffs (not dependant of your hatred pools):
- Pitiless strike: Toughness debuff
- Crippling anger: Snare plus damage over time
- Furious howl: Parry/Block aoe debuff (centered on the Blackguard)
- Mind killer: Int/Wp debuff (With Soul killer tactic can be turned into a outgoing heal debuff)
- Chocking fury: Damage plus the target will spend additional 20 AP any time he uses an skill.
- Wave of Scorn: Damage plus aoe snare, wide cone. [Went trough even if the damage is blocked/parried]
- Shatter enchantment: Removes one buff from your target.
- Distracting Below (Morale 2): Debuff your target and any enemy at 40 feet around him reduccing his damage done for 10% seconds by 50%.
- In Malekith's Name (Morale 4): 1800 aoe damage centered on the Blackguard plus 5 sec silence.
- Blast of Hatred (Morale 4): 2400 morale damage damage over 15 sec plus 40% snare, wide cone.
- Crimson death: Damage plus 10% chance to be crit aoe, wide cone.[Went trough even if the damage is blocked/parried]
Special mentions:
- Spitefull slam: After sucessfully blocking an attack you can knockdown your target up to 5 seconds depending of your hatred pool (at 90 hate is the strongest knockdown on destro side).
- Exile: Knockback your target a variable distance depending of your hatred pool (at 90 hate is the strongest knockback on destro side).
- Shatter Enchantment - A very usefull skill that allow us to remove buffs of the grp "Echantment" for our target (pretty handy against slayers' rampage - buffhead ID: 1459)
Special thanks to all those order players that has been "killed by" and "killed" me. And to Pain and Pleasure guild & Ocara for their warbands and feedback while testing every build and mechanic of my Blackguard to be able to write this guide
Please keep in mind this guide was written on 2020 and many things has changed since then and may be out of date for the current status of the server
