A 7th-level guardian gets two reactions every round
Other classes offer high level feats and abilities that grant additional reactions per round.
How far can we take this? What are the most reactions per round we can give a single character?
At a glance we could get three pretty easily, either with a guardian taking Tactical Reflexes, or with a champion taking Divine Reflexes and Tactical Reflexes.
Getting Tactical Reflexes via Fighter Dedication would only work at 20th-level, but fortunately, it is also available as early as level 12 through the Eagle Knight archetype.
Is there a way to get it up to four or more?
Or even alternate combinations of three?
As an aside, Immediate Rebuke from Eagle Knight pairs well with guardian to discourage enemies from going after your allies.
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The correct answer is likely a 20th level guardian, fighter, or swashbuckler fighting a hoard because both have feats that give them a bonus reaction at the start of every enemy's turn.
Besides that, you want whichever class gets the highest number of reactions + extra reactions from a commander all + a free archetype to let them get additional reaction feats from another class. (That usually won't be a thing until really high levels either, as those fears start popping up at level 8-10 for their base class.)
Does it count if you turn reactions into free actions? Because Recognize Spell + Quick Recognition deserves mention.
Outside of 20th level shenanigans, my vote goes to the Champion with Quick Shield Block, Blessed Shield, Shield Warden, Shield of Reckoning, and Divine Reflexes. Technically this is only three reactions. However, pre-remaster it was essentially 3.5 by letting one reaction combine shield block and your champion reaction. Post-remaster, Shield of Reckoning got new text allowing it to apply to Quick Shield Block and Divine Reflexes. So you're compressing 6 reactions into 3. If Quick Recognition counts you're effectively at 7.
I haven't read all of Battlecry yet, but I don't think the Guardian can beat that until level 20. But at level 20 with free archetype they can get their own Boundless Reprisals + Sheild of Reckoning + Reaction Time + Champion reactions + Quick Block + Quick Recognition. Reaction Time states shield block counts as a guardian reaction, so I think Sheild of Reckoning can be used on every single bonus reaction. That effectively doubles your reactions per round. So you wind up with
2*(Base + Reaction Time + Quick Shield Block) + 1(Quick Recognition) + 2*(Number of enemies.)
So 7 + the number of foes.