Guardian

"A placeable dish that projects a cone of microwave radiation that stuns and impairs enemies."

- Scorestreak description

The Guardian is a new scorestreak in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. It produces a cone of microwave radiation that does 25 points of damage per second, killing all in its range in 4 seconds in Core modes. The Guardian will slow enemies and impair their vision, and is easily distinguished by the particles emitted by its silver dish. The player gets 10 points every second for suppressing an enemy. It is best applied at choke points, long and linear sightlines and to defend objectives while teammates are absent from the area. Enemy Guardians are highlighted in red when using Engineer, making a combination of Engineer and Black Hat excellent when countering Guardians, as they can be easily hacked from behind cover where the player is safe from the wave it produces. However, the player should take care of their surroundings, as unexpected enemies can very easily kill the player when hacking the Guardian, which takes roughly five seconds.

Trivia

 * When carrying the Guardian, a label on the back can be read "1.21 GW". This is a reference to the movie Back to the Future, where 1.21 Gigawatts are required to activate the Delorean time machine.