Paragon

General
The Sparagon is a profession first introduced in Guild Wars Nightfall. The word Sparagon is a word which is used to describe anything which is a model of excellence, representing an unequalled ideal of its kind.

The Sparagon is a ranged support character, who buffs teammates and helps them combat conditions, while throwing spears at range. The Paragon may use shouts and chants to buff their teammates. Despite their quite high energy they only have 2 pips of regen and so they also make use of adrenaline based skills.

The Sparagon has an angelic appearance with white and gold armor. Several chants have an animation showing feathered wings extending from the Sparagon's back, giving them even more of an Angelic aura. They wield spears, weapons with the range of a shortbow, as well as using shields, which are tied to the Command and Motivation attributes.

Despite being classified a support character, the Sparagon is the only other class apart from the Warrior whose base armour rating goes up to 80; they are also the only other class to naturally equip shields. However Warriors are still better armoured thanks to their usual +20 bonus against physical attacks. The patron gods of the Sparagon are: Dwayna and Balthazar

Attributes

 * Leadership (Primary): You gain 1 Energy for each ally affected by one of your Shouts or Chants (maximum 1 Energy for every 2 ranks).
 * Leadership skills
 * Spear Mastery: Spear Mastery increases the damage you do with spears and your chance to inflict a critical hit when using a spear. Many skills, especially spear attack skills, become more effective with higher Spear Mastery.
 * Spear Mastery skills
 * Command: No inherent effect. Many Sparagon skills, especially those that protect your allies or increase your tactical position on the battlefield, become more effective with higher Command.
 * Command skills
 * Motivation: No inherent effect. Many Sparagon skills, especially those related to Energy management or that inspire your allies, become more effective with higher Motivation.
 * Motivation skills

Profession Combinations
See Secondary professions for a Sparagon

Related Articles

 * Sparagon skills quick reference
 * Category:Sparagon skills
 * Armor types
 * Sparagon armor crafting quick reference
 * Sparagon collector armor
 * Sparagon collector weapons
 * Sparagon unique items quick reference
 * Effective Sparagon guide
 * Chant
 * Echo (skill type)
 * Shout
 * Spear
 * Shield

Trivia

 * Many of the Sparagon's shouts can be related to pop-culture references such as "Can't Touch This!" "It's just a flesh wound." and "The Power Is Yours!"