Miyu's Imperial Guard Devotion and Tank Guide
 Imperial Guard
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Job Base:
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Royal Guard
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Written by:
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Miyu / Mio 
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Job Bonuses (@ Baselevel 200)
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STR
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AGI
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VIT
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INT
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DEX
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LUK
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| +9 | +3 | +9 | +10 | +9 | +3 |
4th Job Bonuses (@ Baselevel 260)
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POW
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STA
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WIS
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SPL
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CON
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CRT
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| +6 | +9 | +5 | +7 | +3 | +3 |
Welcome to Miyu's Comprehensive Swordsman Guide!
Stand firm, defend with honor!
(STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
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Greetings, Aspiring Guardian! ⚔️
I am Commander of the Imperial Guard, and I welcome you to Miyu's Comprehensive Royal Guard Manual! 🛡️
- 🛡️ Core Mechanics – Master the art of defense and protection
- ⚔️ Builds – Forge your path as an unbreakable guardian
- 🏰 Tactics – Learn advanced tanking strategies
- 🔱 Equipment – Don the finest armor and shields of the realm
- 📜 Advanced Skills – Discover the sacred arts of the Royal Imperial Guard
Whether you seek to become a stalwart defender in PvE, an immovable object in WoE, or a strategic guardian in group content, this guide will help you master the noble path of the Royal Guards.
About Imperial Guards
Imperial Guard
The Imperial Guard stands as the pinnacle of the Crusader class in Ragnarok Online, representing the highest job class. As the 4th job class, Imperial Guards succeed the Royal Guards, the third job class.
▶ The Imperial Guard class is exclusive to the Norman race, descendants of an ancient lineage blessed with extraordinary defensive capabilities.
▶ Legend speaks of the profound transformation from Royal Guard to Imperial Guard. In a time of great conflict, the Royal Guard order split between two paths: traditionalists who held to conventional methods, and visionaries who sought to merge martial prowess with divine power. The latter emerged victorious, ascending to become the Imperial Guards of today.
Through rigorous training and unwavering faith, they transcended their former limitations. No longer mere defenders, Imperial Guards are now warrior-mystics who channel divine energy through their shields and armor. Their presence on the battlefield serves as both inspiration to allies and warning to enemies, embodying the perfect union of martial excellence and spiritual power.
For more details about the initial release of the 4th job classes, visit the following link:
https://www.divine-pride.net/forum/index.php?/topic/4672-kro-fourth-class-jobs-skills-info-and-related-items-updated-23072023/
About me
Respect and Honor!
My Swordsman Journey ⚔️
📌You can mostly find me by my in-game aliases: Young
💬 "I've also been a dedicated Swordsman tank since my earliest days in Ragnarok Online. My journey started in KRO Korean Ragnarok Online from (2005-2014), continued in NovaRO Nova Ragnarok Online (2014-2022), and now I've found my new home in MuHRO since early 2022. "Defense is the best offense" - Miyu 2k25
Swordsman Tanking was one of the roles that i fell in love with and even to this day, although they aren't as popular as other roles/class however you can count yourself a very important asset to any team and party kind of runs or Party Activies.
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Disclaimer
I respect you, you respect me~
Credits ⚖️
"All credit goes to their respective owners. ♥ This guide is crafted with love and passion, straight from my heart and soul."
This guide is intended to assist anyone in need and will not be used for profit or illegal distribution.
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- Some tables and information are borrowed from external sources, but I have respectfully redesigned, improved, and created unique versions of them.
- This guide is still a work in progress. Everything you see here may change or be adjusted depending on future game updates.
- This guide is based on my personal experience, knowledge, opinions, and preferences in the game.
- This is a guide, it's up to you whether you follow all or part of it or not at all.
- This guide will assist you from the range of being a Magician class to the Arch Mage class.
- I will strive to keep this guide up to date as long as I continue to play the game.
- There may be errors or inaccuracies in this guide. If you spot any, feel free to contact me, and I would greatly appreciate any corrections!
Pros and Cons
A Soldier's Weakness and Strength.
Pros ✅
- Exceptional Survivability: Royal Guards boast one of the highest HP pools in the game, combined with strong defensive skills like Prestige, Defender, and Auto-Guard, making them nearly unkillable in the right conditions.
- Devotion Support: Their signature skill Devotion allows them to protect key party members (e.g., DPS and healers) by redirecting damage to themselves, making them invaluable in both PvP and PvM content.
- High Damage Mitigation: With access to Defender, Shield Fortress, and equipment focused on reducing physical and magical damage, Royal Guards excel at absorbing enemy attacks.
- Versatile Playstyle: They can adapt to various roles, from tanking and supporting with Inspiration to dealing respectable AoE damage with Overbrand and Earth Drive.
- Strong Crowd Control: Royal Guards possess effective crowd control skills like Trample and Earth Drive, which can disrupt enemy formations and keep mobs under control.
- Reflect Damage: The Reflect Damage skill punishes attackers, making it a great tool for handling high DPS opponents or mob-heavy situations.
- Party Utility: Skills like Guardian Shield, Providence, and Ultimate Sacrifice provide significant buffs to themselves and their allies, enhancing survivability and damage output.
- Immunity to Magic: With skills like Prestige, Royal Guards can hold their ground and maintain positioning, even in scenarios where Massive magic aoe's are in your screen.
- Durability in PvP: Their ability to absorb and redirect damage, combined with their crowd control and reflect skills, makes them a dominant force in PvP environments.
Cons 🅾️
- SP Intensive: Royal Guards rely heavily on their SP pool for maintaining key skills like Devotion and Inspiration, making SP management a constant challenge.
- Gear Dependent: Optimal performance requires heavy investment in specialized gear for tanking, devotion, and reflect builds, which can be costly and time-consuming to acquire.
- Limited Mobility: Royal Guards lack inherent mobility skills, making them slower compared to other classes and reliant on mounts or external buffs to improve movement speed.
- Lower Damage Output: While capable of dealing damage, their primary focus on defense and support means their DPS is generally lower compared to dedicated damage-dealing classes.
- Skill Cooldowns: Many of their key abilities, like Inspiration and Shield Fortress, have long cooldowns, limiting their uptime in extended fights.
- Positioning Reliance: Skills like Devotion require careful positioning to ensure the right targets are protected, making them challenging to play effectively in chaotic scenarios.
- Vulnerability to Dispells: Despite their strong physical and magic defenses, Royal Guards can struggle against monsters that can dispell your defensive skills
- Complex Gameplay: Balancing their various roles (tank, support, and dps) can be challenging, requiring significant game knowledge and situational awareness.
- High Cost of Maintenance: Maintaining mounts, gear, and consumables for SP and HP recovery and buffs adds to the expense of playing this class effectively.
Stats and traits
Imperial Guards excel at both defense and damage reflections - making them the ultimate tanks!
| [ Stats ] | ||
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| STR | 30-90 | Primary stat that increases weight capacity and physical attack power. (Aim for at least 50 STR for optimal tanking.) |
| AGI | 60-90 | Provides ASPD and Flee. Every 5 AGI grants 1 SoftDEF. (Focus more on damage absorption than evasion. 60-90 AGI is sufficient for most tank builds.) |
| VIT | 130+ | Core tanking stat that increases HP by 1% per point and enhances defense. Imperial Guards have excellent HP modifiers. (Aim for at least 120 VIT for maximum survivability.) |
| INT | 80-100+ | Provides SP management and magic defense. (Mostly for SP, magic defenses and for prestige activation) |
| DEX | 90-120 | Important for faster casting. (90 for pure tanks, 120+ only if you are lacking stats for no-cast) |
| LUK | 90-100+ | Helps with perfect defense chance and critical resistance. (Specifically for prestige activation) |
| [ 4th Job Trait Stats ] | ||
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| POW | 0+ | Primary trait stat that increases physical attack. not as necessary as you may think. |
| STA | 100-110 | Core defensive trait that directly increases physical resistance. Crucial for tank builds. |
| WIS | 100-110 | Provides magic resistance. Important for overall survivability against magic damage. |
| SPL | 0-72 | Not a primary focus. Only invest if using magic-based shield skills. |
| CON | 0 | Better to contribute elsewhere. not as important for tanking. |
| CRT | 0-72 | Optional for pure healings. although not necessary but an option . |
Stats 📀
★ Strength (STR) [Optional]
▷ Your primary stat for both defensive and offensive capabilities. Each point increases weight capacity and physical attack power. Higher STR allows you to wear heavier shields and armor while maintaining good damage reflection. For optimal performance, aim for [50+ STR].
STR also helps with Shield Chain damage if you're using that build variation.
★ Agility (AGI) [Optional]
▷ Provides ASPD and Flee bonuses, with every 5 points granting 1 SoftDEF. For tank builds, [60-90 AGI] is sufficient since the focus is on damage absorption rather than evasion.
AGI also helps reduce the duration of movement-impairing effects in PvP/WoE.
★ Vitality (VIT) [Essential]
▷ Your core tanking stat that increases Max HP by 1% per point and enhances defense. Imperial Guards have excellent HP modifiers, making VIT extremely effective. Aim for [120+ VIT] for maximum survivability.
VIT provides resistance against Crystallization, Freezing, and other status effects in PvP/WoE.
★ Intelligence (INT) [Essential]
▷ Primarily useful for SP management and magic defense. [90-100 INT] is sufficient for most tank builds to maintain SP and for Prestige.
INT helps reduce the duration of mental status effects like Sleep and Confusion.
★ Dexterity (DEX) [Optional]
▷ Important for insta-cast via stats. Pure tanks can manage with [70-90 DEX].
DEX also helps reduce the duration of some status effects like Crystallization.
★ Luck (LUK) [Essential]
▷ Contributes to perfect defense chance and provides critical resistance. [90-100 LUK] is sufficient for most builds, though most players would like 100% magic dodge chance. Can also help with status resistance in PvP situations.
Traits 💿
★ Power (POW) [Optional]
▷ Primary trait stat that increases physical attack. again not useful, unless you went for physical build tank.
Status physical attack increases by 5 per point.
P.ATK increases by 1 per 3 points.
★ Stamina (STA) [Essential]
▷ Core defensive trait that directly increases physical resistance (RES). Very Crucial for tank builds.
RES increases by 1 per point.
RES increases by 5 per 3 points.
★ Wisdom (WIS) [Essential]
▷ Provides magic resistance (MRES), crucial for overall survivability against magic damage.
MRES increases by 1 per point.
MRES increases by 5 per 3 points.
★ Spell (SPL) [Optional]
▷ Not a primary focus for Royal Guards. Only invest if using magic-based shield skills.
Status Magic Attack increases by 5 per point.
S.MATK increases by 1 per 3 points.
★ Concentration (CON) [Useless]
▷ Do not get, you'll benefit nothing from it at all.
HIT and FLEE increase by 1 per point.
Additional defensive bonuses every 5 points.
★ Creative (CRT) [Optional]
▷ Optional for higher healing numbers
H.PLUS increases by 1 per point.
C.RATE increases by 1 per 3 points.
Stats Allocations 📋
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💡[1st Image]: This 1st Build Mostly focuses on (test)
💡[2nd Image]: This 2nd Build Mostly focuses on (test)
💡[3rd Image]: This 3rd Build Mostly focuses on (test)
Game Commands and Settings
Game Commands for Swordsman ⚙️
| Commands 📜 | Example 💡 | Description 📃 |
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| @ltp | - | Marks your last point after porting on the mini-map. |
| @hidemount | - | Swordsman Classes only. Hides your mount. Known issue: Take off mount button goes away (use @unmount) |
| @unmount | - | Swordsman Classes only. Helps you dismount if your mount is hidden with @hidemount |
| @cooldown | - | Displays the user's Instance cooldown timers |
| @showdelay | - | Displays Cast Delay or Cooldown for skills, requires Skill Failure Display option to be on |
| @lastwarp @lw | - | Teleports you to the last location you visited via Warper NPC |
| @refresh | Reloads displayed positions (Removes Position Lag errors) | |
| @noks | - | Prevents players from damaging mobs who hit you or were hit by you |
| @battlestats @bs | - | Displays in-depth character stats |
| @battlestats2 @bs2 | - | Displays in-depth defensive character stats |
| @killcounter mobid killcounterlist | - | You can count 5 different mobs at the same time. So you type @kc >mobid< >1 (first position of 5)< |
| @showzeny | - | Displays gained zeny. |
| @unequipall | - | Takes off the gear you wearing. |
| @hold | - | Movement by clicking will be ignored |
| @noattack | - | Autoattack action will be ignored (your character will still stand within attack range when clicking on an enemy) |
| @hidepet @hidepets | - | Pets will no longer be shown. |
| @hidehateffects | - | Turns off all headgear/garment effects on Player Characters |
| @autoloot @al | - | Automatically loots drop rate below the rate selected |
| @restock | - | Restock allows you to automatically draw a set of registered items from the current opened Storage. |
| @storeall | - | Stores all Items into an opened storage. |
| @getall | - | Moves all Items from an opened storage into inventory |
| @stockall | - | Moves all items from cart to inventory
Types: -1 = All (default), 0 = Healing, 2 = Usable, 3 = Etc, 4 = Armor, 5 = Weapon, 6 = Card, 7 = Pet Egg, 8 = Pet Armor, 10 = Ammunition |
| @dropall | - | Drops all items from inventory except equipped or favourited items
Types: -1 = All (default), 0 = Healing, 2 = Useable, 3 = Etc, 4 = Armor, 5 = Weapon, 6 = Card, 7 = Pet Egg, 8 = Pet Armor, 10 = Ammunition |
Defensive Cards
HP Cards 🃏
Paladin's HP and Vit Cards
Up to date until EP21 (Episode 21)
Skills
Equipments and Enchants
Let me show you what's best in store!
(still under construction)
Main Gears ♎️ (Headgear)
Main Gears ♓️ (Armors)
Main Gears ♐️ (Weapons)
Main Gears ♊️ (Shield)
Main Gears ⛎ (Garment)
Main Gears ♑️ (Shoes)
Main Gears ♉️ (Accessories)
Shadow Gears ♒️ (Shadows)
Builds
Consumables / Essentials
Pets / Companion
Leveling
Gameplay
Gallery
Sprites / Outfits / Palettes
Acronyms / Abbreviation / Terminology
Tips and Tricks
The more you know!
Attack Speed Modifiers
We Shall be fast like our birb frens!
Paladin's ASPD 🎈
| Equip ⚔️ | Attack Speed 📈 | From 2nd Class 2️⃣ |
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| 🖐 Bare-Handed | 156 | 0 |
 Shield |
-5 | 0 |
 Dagger |
-7 | +1 |
 Mace |
-4 | +1 |
 Sword(1h) |
-5 | -2 |
 Sword(2h) |
-9 | +6 |
 Axe(1h) |
-8 | +2 |
 Axe(2h) |
-12 | +3 |
 Spear(1h) |
-10 | +3 |
 Spear(2h) |
-10 | +2 |
| ASPD Potions 🧪 | Usable ❔ |
|---|---|
 Concentration Potion (645) |
✔️ |
 Awakening Potion (656) |
✔️ |
 Berserk Potion (657) |
✔️ |
Frequently Asked Questions
Why don't we ride horses? do they not exist? (・_・;)
FAQ 🔍
| Swordsman Class - Frequently Asked Questions | |
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| Questions | Answers |
| ▶ Will i have fun playing Tank / Paladin? | Yes |
| ▶ Will I regret playing this class? | No |
| ▶ Are we in a good position in the current meta? | Yes |
| ▶ Is this class also good for PvP / WoE / BG [Siege] content? | Yes |
| ▶ Is Auto-Guard mandatory? | Yes (Always) |
| ▶ Can Paladin buff another Paladin Class? | No |
| ▶ Can Paladin play as DPS too? | Yes |
| ▶ Should i worry more on HP and Reductions than Flee Tanking? | Yes |
| ▶ Is there a limit amount of Def/Mdef/M.res/Res that we can stack? | Yes |
| ▶ Should I use Defender always? | No |
| ▶ Is Re-casting Devotion Necessary? | Yes |
| ▶ Are Paladins a good starter or farming class? | No |
| ▶ Is using Sacrifice still good? | No |
| ▶ Can I use my Tank gears on other tanky classes? | Yes |
| ▶ Can I disregard DEX with 100% VCT? | Yes |
| ▶ Can I make Devotion insta-cast? | Yes |
| ▶ Can we still be decent without insta-cast? | Yes |
| ▶ Can we solo hunt MvPs? | Yes |
| ▶ Is Getting int and luk stat necessary? | Yes |
| ▶ Is 193 ASPD necessary? | No |
Special Mentions
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Special Thanks 🎁
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