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Guardian (粋護陣) is an important defensive skill that is used to block against enemy damage. Guardian defends against all enemy attacks and spells for a short time, usually one or two seconds, significantly decreasing all enemy damage while leaving the character immobile with a noticeable cool-down delay after the skill effect ends.

Arte Description and History
The Guardian arte was introduced in Tales of Symphonia, providing direct access to the arte through the game menus and arte shortcuts. Although Guardian is used by only three of the characters in the game, all of the other characters have their own variant of Guardian, named differently in both the Japanese and English versions - Damage Guard (レデュース・ダメージ), Force Field (フォースフィールド), Guardian Seal (衝弾符), Earthly Protection (地精陣), and Bastion (不剄). All of these artes provide exactly the same effect as Guardian, with the same 10% of max TP cost.

A less potent form of this arte, the passive skill Magic Guard (マジックガード), can be activated quickly by holding down the guard button on the controller (usually the SQUARE button for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable games, or the X button for GameCube and Nintendo DS games) and pressing DOWN with the left directional pad or joystick. This shortcut method only blocks effectively against spells, and any physical attack can break the character's guard, canceling the skill. The basis of this skill first appeared in Tales of Destiny 2, as one of five defensive maneuvers that can be used at the cost of SP (basic guarding, "Spell Guard", "Advancing Guard", "Back Step", and jumping). In Tales of the Abyss, the primary melee characters can obtain the AD Skill Skill Guard (スキルガード), which replaces the Magic Guard shortcut with the arcane arte Guardian.

The passive skill Magic Guard has appeared in nearly every game after Tales of Destiny 2 was released, while the arte Guardian has appeared only in Tales of Symphonia and Tales of the Abyss.

Though the defensive skill that the protagonists use in Tales of Legendia is unnamed in the Japanese version, they announce Guardian in the English version.


 * -|Guardian=

Mothership Titles
Tales of Symphonia - Lloyd Irving, Kratos Aurion, Zelos Wilder (Guardian) Tales of the Abyss - Luke fon Fabre, Guy Cecil, Anise Tatlin, Asch (Guardian)

Escort Titles
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Lloyd Irving Tales of the Tempest - Caius Qualls

Tales of Symphonia
Localized Description: "Lv. 3 Sp. Attack: block most magic and weapon based attacks."


 * -|Damage Guard=

Mothership Titles
Tales of Symphonia - Colette Brunel (Damage Guard)

Escort Titles
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Colette Brunel

Tales of Symphonia
Localized Description: "Lv. 3 Sp. Attack: defend against most attacks and magic."


 * -|Guardian Seal=

Mothership Titles
Tales of Symphonia - Sheena Fujibayashi (Guardian Seal)

Tales of Symphonia
Localized Description: "Lv. 3 Sp. Attack: defend against most attacks and magic."


 * -|Earthly Protection=

Mothership Titles
Tales of Symphonia - Presea Combatir (Earthly Protection)

Tales of Symphonia
Localized Description: "Lv. 3 Sp. Attack: defend against most attacks and magic."


 * -|Bastion=

Mothership Titles
Tales of Symphonia - Regal Bryant (Bastion)

Tales of Symphonia
Localized Description: "Lv. 3 Sp. Attack: defend against most attacks and magic."