STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II: The Sith Lords™: Ultimate Jedi Guardian Build

The Jedi Guardian class is characterized as a heavily melee-focused combatant, prioritizing physical strength and lightsaber skills over heavy Force powers, essentially acting as a “warrior” class with high durability and the ability to deal significant damage in close-range combat, often utilizing Force Jump for mobility and offensive maneuvers; they excel with weapons and have limited Force powers compared to other classes like the Consular.

The Guardian starts with 4 Class Skills, which include Demolitions, Awareness, Persuade, and Treat Injury. It’s worth noting that Class Skills cost 1 Skill Point to increase, while Cross-Class Skills cost 2 Skill Points to increase. Of these, Persuade and Treat Injury are the most important Class Skills.

Jedi Guardians are the only Jedi class who can select Weapon Specialization: Lightsaber; Prestige classes can also select this feat.

STR: 16 – Strength measures physical power. A high Strength adds modifiers to melee damage and chance to hit, which is important for characters that use close-combat weapons (vibroblades, lightsabers).

DEX: 12 – Dexterity measures agility and reflexes. A high Dexterity adds modifiers to ranged attack rolls (blasters) and increases a character’s Defense, making them harder to hit.

CON: 14 – Constitution represents health and resiliency. A high Constitution adds modifiers to the vitality points gained at each level-up. Constitution also determines what types of implants the character can equip. This attribute is important for all classes.

INT: 8 – Intelligence represents knowledge and reasoning. A high Intelligence adds modifiers to the number of points a character has to spend on essential skills.

WIS: 14 – Wisdom represents willpower and perception. A high Wisdom adds modifiers to Jedi Force Points and Force Power saving throws. The Force Powers of a Jedi with high Wisdom are also much harder to resist.

CHA: 12 – A high Charisma increasing the potency of a character’s Force Powers. It also reduces the penalty when using Force Powers of an opposing alignment (a light side character with a high Charisma can use dark side powers with less of a penalty), and a high Charisma also improves your companions’ chance to hit. Finally, Charisma influences a character’s Persuade skill.

Skills are completely up to you, but I recommend that all skill points go into treat injury.

Treat Injury improves the amount of damage healed when a medpac is used, adding the modified rank to the number of vitality points healed. Advanced medpacs and life support packs apply multipliers to the user’s skill, increasing the amount healed again.

Minimum rank 20 is needed for any character to receive 100% of an item’s chemical value when it’s broken down by that character using a lab station.

Toughness: Vitality bonus is retroactive for levels previously gained, but Master Toughness bonus overrides Toughness bonus (+2, not +3 in total).

Master Flurry: This feat allows a character to make an extra melee attack during the round. This is made with the main hand when wielding a double-bladed weapon or two weapons.

Master Two-Weapon Fighting: This feat reduces the attack penalty of a character wielding a double-bladed weapon or two weapons (one in each hand). The normal penalties of -6 (main hand) / -10 (off hand) are reduced.

Weapon Specialization: Lightsaber: Adds a +2 damage bonus with lightsabers.

Superior Two-Weapon Fighting III: This feat reduces the attack penalty of a character wielding a double-bladed weapon or two weapons (one in each)

Superior Weapon Focus: Lightsaber III: Adds an additional +1 damage bonus with lightsabers (for a cumulative total of +4)

Master Energy Resistance: This power absorbs the first points of damage from energy, sonic, fire, cold and electrical attacks. Damage over and above the first points is suffered as normal. This effect lasts for 120 seconds.

Master Force Barrier: This power shields the Jedi in the Force, absorbing the first points of damage from slashing, bludgeoning and piercing attacks. Damage over and above the first points is suffered as normal.

Master Valor: This powers adds a +5 bonus to all attributes and saving throws. This power affects the Jedi and all party members. The effect lasts for 20 seconds.

Master Speed: For the duration of the effect (36 seconds), movement speed is doubled. This power also gives you two extra attacks.

Master Battle Meditation: This power grants a bonus to attack rolls, damage, will saves and increases vitality points regeneration to the player’s entire party.

Force Armor: When this power is activated, the Jedi is temporarily granted a bonus to Defense and all saving throws. The effect lasts for 20 seconds.

Master Heal: This power heals all party members within a 15 meter radius. This power does not affect droids.

Once your character has reached level 15 and become sufficiently aligned to the light side (75-100) or dark side (0-25) of the Force (signalled by a scene of Visas and her master), speaking to Kreia will allow you to choose a prestige class

For this build, you should choose Jedi Weapon Master for your prestige class.

As a Jedi Weapon Master, you will be mostly sacrificing their force usage for raw power. Weapon Master is a prestige class that favors physical combat, like lightsabers and other weapons such as vibroblade and blasters.

Jedi Weapon Masters are the only Jedi class that can select Superior Weapon Focus: Lightsaber and Superior Two-Weapon Fighting, but they cannot select Caution, Close Combat, Conditioning, Empathy, Gear Head or Stealth Run.

Implant: Physical Boost Package – Adds +1 Constitution, +1 Dexterity, and +1 Strength

Head: Circlet of Saresh – Adds +1 Wisdom

Hands: Ossluk’s Gloves – Adds +1 Constitution, +1 Dexterity, and +2 Strength

Body: Jal Shey Advisor Armor – Adds +3 to Defense, +4 Max Dexterity Bonus, +1 Persuade, +2 Charisma, and +1 Wisdom

Belt: Adrenaline Stimulator – Adds +4 to Fortitude, Reflex, and Will and +2 to Dexterity

Weapon: Double-Bladed Lightsaber – Damage: Energy, 2-24 (2d12), and Critical Threat: 20-20,x2

Power Crystal: Upari
– Damage Bonus: +1-8 Energy
– Attack Modifier: +3

Power Crystal: Ultima-Pearl
– Damage Bonus: +2 Energy
– Massive Criticals: +1-6
– Attack Modifier: +3

Lens: Pontite Lens
– Damage Bonus: +2-12 Energy
– Attack Modifier: +1

Emitter: Expert Fencing Emitter
– Defense Bonus: +2
– Damage Bonus: +3 Energy

Energy Cell: Ultimate Diatium Energy Cell
– Damage Bonus: +5 Energy

Note: If you want, you can switch out one of the power crystals for the named crystal you find on Dantooine.

Ferocity (Juyo) – The ferocity Form, also known as Juyo or Form VII, is a very precarious fighting style that is best against single powerful opponents. This form has the following effects:

– Defense: -4

– Defense vs Current Target: +2

– Saves vs Force Powers: -4

– Attacks per round: +1

– Critical Hit Attack Modifier: +4

(Note that Defense bonuses are cumulative, so this form provides a net -2 Defense against your current target).

This is the final lightsaber form learned by a Jedi Guardian, Jedi Weapon Master or Sith Marauder.

Saves vs Force Powers penalty actually increases enemy Force power Difficulty Classes rather than decreasing saves.

(Note that the Critical Hit Attack Modifier increases the likelihood that a critical threat will result in extra damage). The only indication this has an effect in the Threat Breakdown is if there’s threat success with Attack < Defense (for example, threat success with Attack 40 vs Defense 44; without this Form, success would require at least Attack = Defense, or 44).

Maximum 6 attacks per round are possible with this form (+1), Flurry (+1), Master Speed or Fury (+2), and an off hand or double-bladed weapon (+1). Floating numbers on the screen may only display up to five at a time, but all six attacks (five main hand and one off hand) occur and are recorded in the Combat section of the Journal screen’s Messages Log.