Keystone
Guardian
Guard allies you cast spells on and those that are very nearby. If you or a guarded ally would take damage based on level, you're both granted a shield.
Rune Effect
Cooldown: 75 - 40 seconds
Shield: 40 - 150 + 20% of your ability power + 6% of your bonus health
Proc Threshold: 50 - 165 postmitigation damage
Position in the Tree
Alternatives in the same row — picking Guardian means giving these up:
Best Champions With Guardian
From real ranked build data — win rate and games refer to the champion's build that includes Guardian.
Builds Featuring Guardian
About Guardian
Guardian belongs to Resolve and is one of its keystones, shaping how the whole rune page plays. Its effect: Guard allies you cast spells on and those that are very nearby. If you or a guarded ally would take damage based on level, you’re both granted a shield. In the current patch it appears in real ranked builds for Braum, Rakan, Renata Glasc — Braum’s Support build runs it at a 51.9% win rate across 173,923 games.
When picking it you give up Grasp of the Undying and Aftershock from the same row, so the choice depends on your champion and matchup. Rune data comes from Riot’s Data Dragon (version 16.14.1) and champion usage is based on real ranked statistics, refreshed automatically.
Guardian — Rune Questions
Guard allies you cast spells on and those that are very nearby. If you or a guarded ally would take damage based on level, you're both granted a shield.
Guardian is part of the Resolve tree as one of its keystones.
Yes — it sits in the keystone slot of Resolve and defines the identity of the rune page.
Braum, Rakan, Renata Glasc run it in current ranked builds — every build is linked above.