The Guard schticks do a very good job of representing the different forms from a gameplay perspective, I think. My interpretations of each guard with combat forms is as follows:
From the description, it sounds like a good choice for Soresu/Ataru.
This one definitely strikes me as representing Makashi, with the focus on one target, but the overall defensive nature can also be indicative of Soresu.
Just about any of the offensive forms fits this Guard, and it's tap strikes me as significantly Vaapad in nature.
It's the descriptor of it being the standard that makes me see this Guard as primarily Shii-Cho, though being the foundation, it can certainly represent the blended forms easily enough, I think.
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Was that Vash's deal? I thought he had more Dext-no, wait, that was the other one. My mistake...is it bad I've forgotten the more competent Dark Jedi's name already?
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