Understand Guandao
Useful when…
- Polearm melee with a listed range of 3 units.
- Normal attacks with strong listed critical chance and Slash-weighted damage.
- Area damage from regular or heavy slams.
What is its normal attack profile?
Normal attacks deal 202 listed damage: 141.4 Slash, 50.5 Impact, and 10.1 Puncture. They have 28% critical chance, a 2.2× critical multiplier, and 4% status chance at a listed speed of 0.833 attacks per second. Range is 3 units, follow-through is 0.6, and combo duration is five seconds. Its critical and status properties are notably uneven, so do not assume it is equally suited to status-focused normal hits.
What do the slam attacks add?
The regular slam deals 404 Impact in an area with 50% falloff at 7 units. The heavy slam deals 606 Blast with 30% falloff at 8 units. Both list 10% status chance, unlike the normal attack's 4%. Heavy attack damage is listed as 1,212 and wind-up is 0.9 seconds.
What supports sensible investment?
Guandao has one Vazarin and one Madurai polarity. Its listed 28% critical chance and low normal status chance support considering a critical-oriented setup, while its 3-unit range supports choosing it for reach. That is conditional guidance based on the supplied properties; no particular mod list or final damage is specified.
How does Guandao Prime differ?
Guandao Prime requires mastery rank 12 and lists 32% critical chance, 2.4× critical multiplier, 20% status chance, and a one-second normal-attack speed. Guandao requires mastery rank 4 and has 28% critical chance, 2.2× multiplier, 4% status chance, and 0.833 speed. Prime therefore raises several listed properties and has a longer combo duration, but it is a later-mastery alternative rather than an automatic immediate substitute. Pathocyst is a throwable glaive with described viral pathogens, Quassus is a warfan, and Synoid Heliocor is a hammer with scans and Heavy Attack kills that recompose enemies as allies; they provide different mechanics and handling.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Normal-attack status chance is only 4%.
- Normal attacks have a listed speed of 0.833.
- Heavy-slam damage falls off at its listed area edge.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Assuming the normal attack's 4% status chance applies to slams.
- Treating Guandao Prime as available at Guandao's mastery requirement.
- Confusing its long reach with a special ranged attack.