Question about Animate Guardian (Gear)

Hey.
First I am sorry if this has been answered already, atleast I tried to find something about it and did not, so I ask here..

If I vendor a level 20 Animate Guardian Gem with a GCP to a level 1 20 Quali one, will the Gear on the Guardian be lost? On the one side it would not be logical, because a level 20 Gem Guardian still has the Gear like the level 19 one.. but it makes sense on the other side, since the Guardian would not not be able to wear most of the Gear on level 1.(Can use Items requiring level 33-100..) Well, it would be kinda sad, because the Gear I put on him is T10 proof (without Minion Passives) and was not really that cheap/easy to afford.. and the 30% Movement Speed Bonus is not really worth giving it a random try, is it? someone testet it before or is able to do it? :) I am just curious, because mostly for the principle I want all my Gems to have 20% quality..^^

Also another side Question, I linked my Guardian to Life Leech, Minion&Totem Resis and Minion Life.. would it be adviceable to switch Minion Life out? My Guardian most of the time keeps his life over 80% in hard Situations.. but Minion Speed seems not to work (atleast on tooltip it only adds the Movement Speed, not the Attack or Cast Speed) I just want him to survice on Bosses, not for Damage output.. Fortify seems less Effective on Paper than more Life. (Other Question would be if the more Damage would effect in more Leech to make it worthwhile..) Also I may test to switch the Life leech Gem out, but so far it does pretty good. (Using a Bloodseeker Claw on him..)

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JTiYo wrote:

If I vendor a level 20 Animate Guardian Gem with a GCP to a level 1 20 Quali one, will the Gear on the Guardian be lost?

Guardian's gear is bound to your char so it isn't actually lost, when you replace a high level guardian gem with a low level one he just won't be able to use some of it until he level up. If you swap the high level gem back all the gear he couldn't use will reappear, so you're fine as long as you don't cast the skill on some other item in the meantime. Still, a level 1 guardian will have a really low health so I wouldn't use it in endgame until the gem levels to at least level 16-17 or risk really losing the gear.

I wouldn't rely on leech with a guardian, he doesn't do enough damage consistently to make it worthwhile. And I wouldn't rely on tooltip for anything that concerns minions, speed gem will work just fine. His reses are also easy to cap so for full tank I'd go for something like minion life - empower - fortify. Endurance charge on stun is also nice for regular clearing if you give him a good weapon, but he won't be able to stun bosses which is where he'll need it the most.

Thanks for the Info! ;)
If I should not rely on life leech, how else can I make sure that the Guardian does regenerate enough Life to survive? I now Skilled the Passive for 1% Life Recovery, but I dont want to invest more passive Points for him.
I tried out the Death's Oath + Southbound Combi, but it seemed like he kills too many frozen Mobs and dies slowly but surely on the Chaos Damage..
I tried Zahndethu's aswell, but we move so fast that the cons ground does not work too well.
Currently I use a Cherrubim's Maleficence (100% increased Life Leech) on him. It has Life and high Armor&Evasion. What would be another solid Choice?

Well, you could use Vitality I suppose or Skullhead, rejuv totem isn't helping much because it's flat amount. Zahndethus is still very good, he dies when he's bogged down and that's where consecrated ground will kick in.

Honestly, I wouldn't really use guardian on anything but a full summoner spec, he will die sooner or later if you don't back him properly and replacing the gear is major pain.

Ok well than, thanks again^^

The reason I use Guardian is that I have 4 free Sockets and I wanted a buddy that can survive. I tried the 4 Golems with different Link Setups, but they really die too often. I just don't like to link a Golem with CwDt, because with my current Setup and Playstyle I barely get hit by anything so I won't take Damage as often as my Golem dies.. Maybe I will than just add some Vaal Skills instead of a buddy, once my Guardian got killed^^

Yeah, that would be the best option if you got a spare link, Vaal auras are pretty powerful.