Guardian Spirit Dragon

Emergency bodyguard: at low health Amber eats the hit for you, but she then goes to sleep until your next [Destroy Them!] cast. Real protection with a real cost — losing your main damage source until the skill comes back — so it pairs best with cooldown-refund nodes.

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Skill

Guardian Spirit Dragon

1.0.466 review baseline

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Quick answer

PICK IT WHEN

Take it when survival or consistency is the reason the run ends. The companion, survival, safe signals describe the kind of problem it is meant to solve.

WATCH OUT

Do not spend a damage slot on it when the run is already safe and a core engine pick is available.

What this entry connects to

companion survival safe battle skill

This skill appears in the current routes for Long Tong.

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