Guild Wars 2

Im still new to the ranger, only lvl 50. I just got the shout “Guard” just for the sake of having it.

It reads that the pet will have stealth and protection for the duration of the skill. Then under it lists the skills duration to be 180 seconds. However the stealth and protection only last 10 seconds.

Now, avoiding the fact that I see very little use for this skill in any way, shape or form, its not true to the description (as is so often the case in this game).

I read that the effects only lasted 10 seconds before getting the skill, I assumed they would be reapplied every 10 seconds, so after defeating an enemy or w/e the pet would restealth and wait, not just set in the open after the first 10 seconds with neither protection nor stealth.

It has only 15 sec base cooldown, so I think you can use it every 15 secs to gain the effects.
I don’t use it myself, but I’d imagine it being good for dungeons and zerg vs zerg fights in WvW.

I suppose the original idea of the skill was to stealth your pet, making ambush against other players unaware of its presence.

The pet will remain in the location for 180 seconds or until you go far than 3000 units, call it back, use a shout, or start a fight (at the end of the fight the pet will return to the previous position, waiting).
The pet gain stealth and protection for 10s every time you use the skill, it not regain those buffs until the skill is used again.

Actually the major use of this skills is in conjunction with the trait “Nature’s Voice” which give regen and swiftness for your team everytime you use a shout, in canjuction with “guard” a ranger can make those boons almost permanent for the entire party.