Vanguard


Ability

Damage Block Damage Block is a passive ability that gives the wielding unit a chance to block some physical damage from an attack. Contents 1 Mechanics 2 Stacking 3 Sources of Damage Block 4 Version history 5 dota2
Can be used by illusions. Pierces spell immunity.
Ability
Passive
Affects
Self
Grants the wielder a 50% chance to block damage from incoming attacks based on whether the equipped hero is melee or ranged.
Proc Chance: 50%
Blocked Damage (Melee): 70
Blocked Damage (Ranged): 35


Strategy

Vanguard is either built on Durable heroes or on weak cores. In the latter case Vanguard is used as a "gateway" item. Once a hero has farmed a Vanguard, it provides enough survivability to safely farm late game items.

Info

Item Play “Singing trio.” It has been suggested that this article or section be split into multiple new articles. Reason given: The shop should get its own page Discussion to support or oppose the split should be dota2 Lore   Item   Lore   Changelogs     Vanguard Associated with Factions Ultimyr Academy Species Hellwethers Cosmetics Guard of the Red Mist Guard of the Red Mist edit] The hellwether emblem of the Vanguard is Changelogs   Item   Lore   Changelogs     Contents 1 Version history 2 Update history Version history edit] Version Changes 7.00 Damage Block Reduced proc chance from 100% to 50%. Increased blocked damage from 32/16
Vanguard
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A powerful shield that defends its wielder from even the most vicious of attacks.
Cost
2150
Bought From
Armor Play “Singing trio.” It has been suggested that this article or section be split into multiple new articles. Reason given: The shop should get its own page Discussion to support or oppose the split should be dota2
Passive Damage Block
Bonus +250 Health “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be.  Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life dota2
+8 Health regeneration “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be.  Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life dota2
Disassemble? No
Alert allies? No
Recipe

Vanguard is an Item Play “Singing trio.” It has been suggested that this article or section be split into multiple new articles. Reason given: The shop should get its own page Discussion to support or oppose the split should be dota2 purchasable at the Main Shop, under Armor Play “Singing trio.” It has been suggested that this article or section be split into multiple new articles. Reason given: The shop should get its own page Discussion to support or oppose the split should be dota2 . Be that as it may, it requires an item from the Secret Shop The Secret Shops are located near the center of the map. One Secret Shop is in the forests between the top and middle lanes, on the Radiant side. The other is in the forests between to be completed. It can also be completed solely with items from the Side Lane Shop The Side Lane Shops are two extra shops located on the Radiant side of the bottom lane and the Dire side of the top lane, near the river. The Side Lane Shop sells certain items .

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General

Vanguard is an Armor item bought from the Side Shop. It is built for increased durability in the mid game.

Ability

Damage Block
Ability: Passive
Affects: Self
Blocks damage, the amount depending on whether the wielder is a melee or ranged hero.
Damage Block:

Block Chance:

₠70 (Melee user)
₠35 (Ranged user)
₠50%


Defensive use

Vanguard is farmed in the early game to provide a boost of survivability into the mid game. The later a Vanguard is farmed, the less effective it will be due to the increased amount of damage that enemy heroes will output in the later stages of the game.

Notable heroes

  • Antimage: Anti mage is a strong carry hero that, like other carry heroes, lacks good survivability in the early and mid game. In situations where antimage is going to be forced to fight with his team early (such as when the enemy is pushing towers early or has a large early game advantage), Vanguard is a good item that allows him to survive and be effective in team fights.
  • Axe: Axe is a hero that excels at taking focus fire and is meant to be in middle of the action. The damage block from Vanguard is essential to allowing him to survive and excel in these environments.
  • Bristleback: An early Vanguard can make Bristleback incredibly durable, allowing him to fight 2 or even 3 heroes at once.
  • Dark Seer: Dark Seer`s ion shell means that he has to be adjacent to enemy heroes and able to take damage, mitigated by Vanguard.
  • Slardar: Slardar is an aggressive chaser hero, vanguard offers him protection while diving past creeps and towers.
  • Spectre: Vanguard is often picked up on Spectre to provide the durability required to safely farm Radiance.

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Version History

Patch Version Balance Changes
7.00
  • Passive block chance reduced from 100% to 50%
  • Passive block amount increased from 32/16 (melee/ranged) to 70/35
6.87
  • HP regeneration increased from 6 to 8
6.86
  • Vanguard chance from 75% to block 40/20 to 100% to block 32/16
6.84
  • Damage Block chance increased from 67% to 75%
6.83
  • Tooltip changed to show actual block chance (no balance change)
6.79
  • Damage Block chance increased from 70% to 80%
6.73
  • HP Bonus decreased from 275 to 250
6.68
  • HP bonus from 300 to 275
6.65
  • Damage block reduced from 40 to 20 when equipped on ranged heroes (50% less block like stout and Poor Man`s Shield)
6.60
  • Improved block chances (65%⃢₆ₒ70%)
  • Improved health regeneration (5⃢₆ₒ6 hp)
6.55
  • Increased Vanguard hitpoints by 50
6.50
  • Improved Vanguard a little

WC3 DotA Version

  • Warcraft III DotA - Vanguard