Editing Fallen Guardian (Legacy)

{{SameName|Fallen Guardian|[[Fallen Guardian|Modern]] • [[Fallen Guardian (Legacy)|Legacy]]}}
{{RemovedSandboxOnly|date=5th of June 2026}}
{{for|other uses of [[Fallen (Disambiguation)|Fallen]], [[Gold Guard]] or [[Nuclear Guardian]]|}}
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|title1 = Fallen Guardian
|image1 = FallenGuardian1.png
|mode_appearance = [[Sandbox Mode|Sandbox]] via:<br/>[[Legacy Fallen Mode|{{Color|LegacyFallenMode}}]]<br/>{{InfoboxContainer|Events|*[[Classic Castle|The Classic Mission 5]]}}
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Originally:<br>[[Fallen Mode|{{Color|LegacyFallenMode|Fallen}}]]<br>[[Hardcore Mode|{{Color|HardcoreMode|Hardcore}}]]
|first_wave_appearance = 40 (Legacy Fallen)
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Originally:<br>40 (Fallen)<br>48 (Hardcore)
|base_hp = [[File:HealthIcon.png|20px|Health]]14,000<br/>Challenges<span class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">{{scroll|color = var(--InfoboxBorder)|height = auto|text = *[[File:HealthIcon.png|20px|Health]]6,000 ([[Back to Basics (Challenge)|Back to Basics]])}}</span>
|defense = {{Defense}}80%
|speed = [[File:SpeedIcon.png|20px|Speed]]Below Average (2.5)
|cash = {{Money|5}} on death
|spawned_by = *[[Fallen King (Legacy)|Fallen King]]
*[[Nuclear Fallen King]] (Formerly)
|hidden = No
|fly = No
|ghost = No
|lead = No
|immunity = {{Attr|Stun}}
|ability1 = '''{{WikiAb|Spear Thrust}}''' - The '''Fallen Guardian''' thrusts its spear at a tower which may stun multiple towers, if they are close to the target. The stun lasts for 3-4 seconds.
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==Description==
The '''Fallen Guardian''' is a large guardian [[Enemies|enemy]] that appears in the [[Sandbox Mode|Sandbox]] exclusive [[Legacy Fallen Mode|Legacy Fallen]] mode. Although it could not spawn naturally in [[The Classic Event]], the [[Fallen King (Legacy)|Fallen King]] could summon the '''Fallen Guardian''' during ''Rage Mode''. The '''Fallen Guardian''' always spawns just before the [[Fallen King (Legacy)|Fallen King]] and [[Void Reaver (Legacy)|Void Reaver]] (it also used to appear before the [[Nuclear Fallen King]] spawns). It also appears when the [[Fallen King (Legacy)|Fallen King]] (and formerly the [[Nuclear Fallen King]]) summons them during ''Rage Mode''. It also appeared in the legacy [[Hidden Wave (Legacy)|Hidden Wave]] and [[The Classic Event]] before its removal.

The '''Fallen Guardian''' is an extremely difficult enemy to defeat due to its high health (far higher than the [[Summoner Boss]] and [[Slow King (Legacy)|Slow King]]) and below average walkspeed. Additionally, it has a defense of 80%, meaning that the damage capabilities of most towers are reduced drastically. On top of that, the '''Fallen Guardian''' has the ability to thrust its spear at towers, stunning them for a period of time.

The '''Fallen Guardian''' is replaced by the [[Nuclear Guardian]] in [[Polluted Wasteland II]], the [[Cavalry]] in [[Badlands II]] and the [[Minigunner (Pizza Party)|Minigunner]] in [[Pizza Party]].

==Appearance==
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|Current
|The current '''Fallen Guardian''' is similar to its original version, except it dominus is now dark turquoise. It is now also right-handed and has a twisted left leg. Its neon parts are now light purple.
|Original
|The original '''Fallen Guardian''' had black reflective skin. It wore dark turquoise granite armor, which comprised of armbands, knee-pads, sleeves and chestplate. It had black granite gloves, its torso was dark turquoise granite, and it wielded a spear with purple halos near the head. It also wore a black marble dominus. On its dominus, there were parts which were neon purple. Purple smoke was emitted from their torso.
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==Strategy==
*Deal with the '''Fallen Guardian''' before moving on to the major boss that it spawns in front of. With high health, faster speed, the ability to stun towers and extremely high defense, the '''Fallen Guardian''' protects the major boss and can overwhelm poorly prepared defenses.
*As the '''Fallen Guardian''' has quite high defense, defense dropping towers like the [[Freezer]], [[Pyromancer]] or [[Jester]] can be quite useful at dropping it. Some towers, like the [[Freezer]], [[Frost Blaster]] or [[Toxic Gunner]] can also be useful at slowing it down.
**However, freezing towers and [[Warden]] can only freeze or stun the '''Fallen Guardian''' for a shorter period of time due to its size.
***Because of its [[Stun Immunity]], stunning towers like the [[Electroshocker]] can only slow it down instead of stopping it completely while knockback towers cannot knock it back.
***Having a concentrated group of [[Sledger]]s may be able to impede '''Fallen Guardians'''.
*The [[Accelerator]], [[Ranger]], [[Engineer]], [[Golden Minigunner]] and [[Pursuit]] are excellent towers against the '''Fallen Guardian''' due to their high DPS.
**The [[Commander]] can decrease the firerate of these towers, especially with its ''Call to Arms'' ability.
**The [[Ranger]] and [[Pursuit]] can be very useful, as they cannot be stunned.
**Be aware that if the [[Accelerator]] is stunned by the '''Fallen Guardian''', it will have to charge up again.
**While the [[Engineer]] can be stunned, its sentries cannot be damaged by the '''Fallen Guardian''', making it great against this enemy.
*If you can, try not to clump towers close together, as they will all be stunned by the '''Fallen Guardian''' with one thrust of its spear.
**It is best to place towers a distance away from the path so that they cannot get stunned.
*Splash damage towers, like the [[Mortar]] and [[Rocketeer]], can be useful against the '''Fallen Guardian''', as they spawn in groups and splash damage ignores defense, dealing full damage to the '''Fallen Guardian'''.
**You should not rely on these towers to kill '''Fallen Guardians''', as they do not have enough DPS to deal with '''Fallen Guardians''' alone.
*You can use the [[Medic]]'s ability to shield towers from the '''Fallen Guardian's''' stun.

==Gallery==
{{Gallery|
{{GalleryHeader|Previous Variants}}
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FallenGuardian-0.png|First version (13 October 2019 – 29 October 2020)
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{{GalleryHeader|Corpse Variants}}
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CorpseLegacyFallenGuardian.png|Second [[Corpse (Enemy)|Corpse]] variant, current version (12 March 2025 – Present)
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{{GalleryHeader|Thumbnails}}
<gallery>
2d88c0cd2af6124d90a50dfd35056109.jpg|'''Fallen Guardian''' on the game thumbnail.
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{{GalleryHeader|Promotional Videos}}
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April Fools 2022 - Tower Defense Simulator|'''Fallen Guardian''' on a promotional video.
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{{GalleryHeader|Trailers}}
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Tower Defense Simulator Trailer|'''Fallen Guardian''' in the game trailer.
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{{GalleryHeader|Miscellaneous}}
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War Machine Upgrade 5.png|'''Fallen Guardian''' on the [[War Machine]]’s current Level 5 upgrade icon and [[Accelerator]]'s first Level 5 upgrade icon.
IndexLegacyFallenGuardian.png|'''Fallen Guardian''' on its [[Index]] icon.
</gallery>
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==Trivia==
*Prior to the [[Overhaul v1.0|Overhaul Update]], the '''Fallen Guardian''' did not have partial electric immunity, unlike the [[Gold Guard]].
**While the [[Gold Guard]] was immune to the effects of the [[Freezer]] and [[Frost Blaster]], the '''Fallen Guardian''' is not.
*The '''Fallen Guardian's''' appearance is similar to the [[w:c:roblox-tower-battles:Guardian|Guardian]] from ''Tower Battles''.
**The '''Fallen Guardian''' was the only enemy in the [[Hidden Wave (Legacy)|legacy Hidden Wave]] that was not an enemy exclusive to the [[Hidden Wave (Legacy)|Hidden Wave]] or an event enemy.

==Update History==
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*'''13 October 2019''' - [[Release v1.0|Release v1.0.0]]
**'''Fallen Guardian''' added.
*'''27 November 2019''' - [[Release v1.3|Release v1.3.0a]]
**Health increased from 12,000 to 20,000.
**Speed increased from Slow to Above Average.
*'''29 November 2019''' - [[Release v1.4|Release v1.4.0]]
**Speed decreased from Above Average to Average.
**Health increased from 20,000 to 22,000.
**[[Burn Immunity|Burn]] and [[Freeze Immunity]] removed.
*'''11 February 2020''' - [[Release v1.7|Release v1.7.0]]
**Death animation added.
*'''18 March 2020''' - [[Release v1.8|Release v1.8.1]]
**Health decreased from 22,000 to 18,000. 
*'''29 October 2020''' - [[Overhaul v1.0|Overhaul v1.0.0]]
**Health decreased from 18,000 to 14,000.
**Speed decreased from Average to Below Average (2.5).
**Defense of 80 added.
**Appearance changed.
**[[Energy Immunity]] added.
**{{Bug}} Selling a tower while a '''Fallen Guardian''' is attacking it will cause its animations to break, it will be unable to move and will not be able to use its ''Spear Thrust'' ability.
*'''8 May 2021''' - [[Overhaul v1.3|Overhaul v1.3.0]]
**Defense changed from 80 to 80%
*'''4 December 2021''' - [[v1.0.0]]
**No longer appears in the [[Hidden Wave (Legacy)|Hidden Wave]] as it has been removed.
*'''12 March 2022''' - [[v1.1.0]]
**{{Bugfix}} Selling a tower while a '''Fallen Guardian''' is attacking it will no longer cause its animations to break.
*'''23 May 2023''' - [[v1.7.3]]a
**[[Energy Immunity]] replaced with [[Stun Immunity]].
*'''23 May 2024''' - [[v1.23.0]]
**Now appears in the [[Classic Castle]].
***Has 2,000 health in [[Classic Castle]].
*'''28 May 2024''' - [[v1.23.0|v1.23.3]]
**No longer appears in [[Classic Castle]], as it has been removed.
*'''2 August 2024''' - [[v1.27.0]]
**No longer appears in [[Fallen Mode|Fallen]] mode as it has been replaced by its [[Fallen Guardian|modern variant]].
*'''16 December 2024''' - [[v1.46.0]]
**{{Bug}} Has broken animations in [[Sandbox Mode|Sandbox]] mode.
*'''17 December 2024''' - [[v1.46.0|v1.46.4]]
**'''Fallen Guardian''' now appears in [[Legacy Fallen Mode|Legacy Fallen]] mode, if activated through [[Sandbox Mode|Sandbox]] mode.
*'''17 December 2024''' - [[v1.46.0|v1.46.5]]
**'''Fallen Guardian''' no longer appears in [[Legacy Fallen Mode|Legacy Fallen]] mode, as it has been removed.
*'''12 February 2025''' - [[v1.53.0]]
**No longer copies the statistics of the modern version in [[Sandbox Mode|Sandbox]] mode.
**{{Bugfix}} Animations now work again in [[Sandbox Mode|Sandbox]] mode.
*'''12 February 2025''' - [[v1.53.0|v1.53.3a]]
**'''Fallen Guardian''' now appears in [[Legacy Fallen Mode|Legacy Fallen]] mode and the legacy [[Hidden Wave (Legacy)|Hidden Wave]], which are exclusive to [[Sandbox Mode|Sandbox]] mode.
*'''12 February 2025''' - [[v1.53.0|v1.53.3b]]
**'''Fallen Guardian''' no longer appears in the legacy [[Hidden Wave (Legacy)|Hidden Wave]], as it has been removed.
*'''30 April 2025''' - [[v1.63.0]]
**{{Bug}} '''Fallen Guardian''' no longer uses the death sound effect.
*'''5 June 2026''' - [[v2.0.0]]
**No longer appears in [[Hardcore Mode|Hardcore]] mode, as it has been replaced by [[Void Guardian]]. Now appears exclusively in [[Sandbox Mode|Sandbox]] mode.
**No longer appears in the [[Index]].
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{{LegacyFallen|[[Fallen Hero (Legacy)|Fallen Hero]]|Wave 39|Fallen Guardian & [[Fallen King (Legacy)|Fallen King]]|Wave 40|End|N/A}}
{{FallenNuclear|[[Fallen Hero (Legacy)|Fallen Hero]]|Wave 39|Fallen Guardian & [[Nuclear Fallen King]]|Wave 40|[[Glitched Giant]]|[[Hidden Wave (Legacy)|Hidden Wave]]}}
{{HiddenWave|[[Mechanical Rot (Legacy)|Mechanical Rot]]|Fallen Guardian|[[Creator]]}}
{{ClassicCastle|[[Grave Digger]]|Wave 13|[[Fallen King (Legacy)|Fallen King]]|Wave 14|End|N/A}}


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