>>529982989
extended skill duration stun-locks mobs up to banished knights, maintains and builds up poise damage + ult gauge, and generates aggro. also stops teammates downed gauge from lowering for a while. worth using all the time. heal on ult helps save flasks for the entire team. damage reflect is good for interrupting certain enemy comboes (banished knights again), kinda helps maintain aggro (at least crucible knights tend to reset their combos) and stuns boss mobs with "spinning blade" equivalent moves like skinny godskins rather fast.

>>529993016
don't overly rely on guard counters for damage, get a watchdog sword or similiar to stun-lock mobs like zamor knights for your team and an eleonora poleblade for the bleed dps.