All Highguard Wardens and Their Abilities

Highguard, the brand-new 3v3 raid shooter from Wildlight, is built around a selection of Wardens, all of whom have their own unique abilities. These distinct characters slot into five different classes and are at the heart of the game’s frenetic action. As in any shooter with ‘heroes,’ it’s important to learn about these character abilities and hit the right synergy while composing teams. With this in mind, here’s an overview of all Highguard Wardens and their abilities.

All Highguard Wardens and Abilities Explained

Highguard features a total of eight Wardens, spread across five different categories. Here is every character in the game, along with their respective class:

• Atticus – Assault
• Scarlet – Assault
• Slade – Assault
• Redmane – Destruction
• Kai – Defensive
• Una – Defensive
• Condor – Recon
• Mara – Support

Atticus

Atticus fights on the frontfoot and can manipulate lightning to his advantage:

• Tactical (Shockspear) – Throw a charged spear that shocks nearby enemies. Continuous damage charges his passive.
• Passive (Supercharged Axe) – Charged axe releases an electrical explosion that damages nearby resource nodes.
• Ultimate (Powerstorm) – Rise into the air and rain lightning spears that do heavy damage to players and structures.

Scarlet

Scarlet can catch opponents off guard by entering stealth mode. She can also pass through destructible walls by turning them into sand.

• Tactical (Sandstorm) – Enter stealth mode, making yourself hidden to enemies that are far away.
• Passive (Shifting Sands) – Shift a destructible wall into sand, temporarily making it passable.
• Ultimate (Whirling Blades) – Throw up to 6 deadly daggers. Killing a player with a dagger resets your cooldown.

Slade

Slade sprays fire around the arena and can dish out a ton of damage.

• Tactical (Heatwave) – Sends out a cascading wave of molten fire.
• Passive (Firebomb) – Explodes and spreads magma to an area.
• Ultimate (Firestorm) – Rains down fire upon the targeted area.

Redmane

Redmane is all about brute force as he can burst through walls and even roar to damage enemies nearby.

• Tactical (Pounce) – Smash through breakable walls. Hold to charge a powerful leap.
• Passive (Enraged) – Gains a movement and reload speed buff after killing enemies.
• Ultimate (Beast’s Roar) – Roar to destroy walls and other breakable objects in front of you. It also damages enemies.

Kai

Kai is a defensive character whose ice-based abilities can create walls and reinforce broken ones.

• Tactical (Ice Wall) – Create an ice wall.
• Passive (Frozen Repair) – Restore broken walls with ice.
• Ultimate (Frost Giant) – Transform into Kai’s Inner Ice Demon.

Una

Una can summon spirits to assist her during combat in a variety of ways.

• Tactical (Forest Wisps) – Summon mischievous spirits who lob concussion grenades at enemies.
• Passive (Helping Hand) – Spirits appear to give Una loot.
• Ultimate (Tree Walker) – Summon a large forest spirit that throws smaller explosive spirits at enemies.

Condor

Condor is the game’s only recon Warden at the moment, and her abilities are based around tracking enemies.

• Tactical (Eyes in the Sky) – Send out her bird, which scans to detect enemies that move.
• Passive (Hunter’s Instinct) – Condor’s bird warns her when enemies are nearby.
• Ultimate (Soaring Guardian) – Launch 3 smoke clouds that reveal enemies within its wake.

Mara

Mara is Highguard’s sole Support Warden, and she can grant teammates an Overshield or create Spawn Points to set up their next assault.

• Tactical (Soul Armor) – Grants allies an overshield that absorbs damage.
• Passive (Sacrifice) – Sacrifice downed enemy players to charge your tactical.
• Ultimate (Immortal Core) – Create a spawn point for your team.

And that wraps up everything you need to know about Highguard’s Wardens and their abilities. We’ll be updating this list as new heroes are added, so be sure to check back. Also, let us know your thoughts on the game so far in the comments.