The Guardian | Divinity Original Sin Wiki

The Guardian is a level 12 Boss in Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition. He is found near The Fortress.

The Guardian
Characteristics
Level	12
Difficulty	Hard
Location	Hiberheim

Combat Mechanics

Classic Mode

• The Guardian is extremely tough defensively and also resistant to all damage types!
• He casts Hasted on himself at the beginning of the fight.
• When his HP <60%, he casts Rage on himself.
• The Guardian has the opportunist talent.

Tactician Mode

• He can cast Mass Fear. (Confimed that he can cast this in Classic+ diffuculty)

Tips & Tricks

• An easy way to kill him: use a special wand that you can get from Hilda or craft with a branch & Tenebrium Ore.
• The witchcraft spells Drain Willpower and Lower Resistances are useful.
• His lowest resistances are to physical damage, so try to whittle his health down and use mages to buff allies and control him as much as possible.
• The easiest way to kill him: Trigger the fight and lure him into the lava trap right behind him. He can be killed in just one turn this way. You just need to sneak behind him until you reach the top of the stairs and toggle sneak to trigger the fight. Once the fight starts just walk all the way past the lava trap and up the next stairs and the Guardian will follow you, trigger the trap and kill himself in the lava.

*The absolute best way I have found to defeat him is to cast the witchcraft spell decaying touch, and then spam him with healing magic and regeneration scrolls. He has no immunity to healing magic! By far the fastest way to kill him!