Jedi Knight Jedi Guardian Builds

Guardian Builds (updated for 1.2)

Jedi Knights in SWTOR can become one of two advanced classes at level 10, a Jedi Sentinel (DPS Class) or a Guardian (Melee DPS/Tank Class). The Guardian uses heavy armor, shields and uses the force to tank or do heavy damage. Guardians have three trees to choose talents from: Defense (Tanking tree), Vigilance (DPS tree) and Focus (a shared DPS tree shared with the Jedi Sentinel Class).

Below I will list the best jedi guardian builds to use for jedi knight so you can play your class more effectively.

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Jedi Guardian changes in patch 1.2:

-Awe no longer costs Focus to activate.
-Dispatch can now be used on targets at or below 30% of maximum health (up from 20%).
-Force Kick no longer costs Focus to activate.
-Force Leap now places a "root" visual effect on the affected target.
-Master Strike can no longer be interrupted, and its damage has been increased by approximately 15%.
-Due to changes to the Guardian skill trees, Guardians have had their skill points refunded.
-Added Focused Defense, a new ability that allows the Guardian to spend Focus to lower threat. While active, one point of Focus is spent each time damage is taken to heal the Guardian for a small amount. This ability is usable while stunned and is not limited by the global cooldown.

Vigilance
-Commanding Awe is now located in Tier 5 of the skill tree. It increases the Guardian's damage reduction while Focused Defense is active.
-Single Saber Mastery is no longer restricted to certain stances.
-Stagger is now located in Tier 1 of the Vigilance skill tree.
-Sundering Throw is a new Tier 6 skill that replaces Protector.
-Zen Strike now generates 2 points of Focus when it is triggered.

Defense
-Blade Barrier is now located in Tier 4 of the skill tree.
-Blade Storm no longer consumes stacks of Courage while the "Momentum" buff is active.
-Command no longer reduces the cooldown of Challenging Call and is now located in Tier 5 of the skill tree.
-Dust Storm is now a 3-point skill that provides the same overall effect.
-Guardian Slash now generates 50% additional threat.
-Momentum is now a 2-point skill that provides the same overall effect.
-Pacification is now a 1-point skill with a slightly reduced overall effect.
-Shield Specialization is now located in Tier 5 of the skill tree.
-Stasis Mastery is now located in Tier 4 of the skill tree.

Focus
-Felling Blow is now a 3-point skill with the same overall effect. The effect now lasts 20 seconds (up from 15).
-Force Exhaustion's cooldown has been reduced to 18 seconds. Its overall effect is unchanged.
-Gravity now specifically affects Freezing Force and Force Exhaustion.
-Inner Focus has been redesigned. It now requires 2 points in Singularity and causes Combat Focus to immediately grant 2 stacks of Singularity per point.
-Master Focus now increases the damage of Master Strike instead of affecting Force Stasis.
-Singularity's buff effects now last 20 seconds (up from 15).
-Swelling Winds is now located in Tier 1 of the Focus skill tree. It increases the damage dealt by Force Sweep and Cyclone Slash and reduces the cooldown of Force Sweep.
-Through Peace, a new 2-point skill located in Tier 6, has been added. It reduces the initial activation cost of Focused Defense by 1 Focus per point.
-Unwavering Focus has been removed from the game.
-Zealous Leap now immobilizes the target for 1 second.
-Zephyr has been replaced by Zephyrean Slash, which allows Slash critical hits to have a chance to refund 2 points of Focus while the Guardian is in Shii-Cho Form.