Vanguard

Vanguard is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Armor. However, it requires an item from the Secret Shop or Side Lane Shop to be completed.

Recommended heroes

 * Excellent complement with Tidehunta's passive, and grants a large amount of health.


 * Grants a large amount of health and protection from attacks, works well with blink.


 * Excellent complement with, and grants a large amount of health.

Tips

 * Effective to block the damages from illusions (excepted from Chaos Knight's ultimate which copy his full damage and can crit) and summoned units.
 * It is especially useful with tanky frontline heroes that need to survive much damage, like Bristleback, Spectre, Centaur Warrunner or Axe, with units that overall take amplified damage, like illusions, and against low damage units like Windranger without or Phantom Lancer's illusions, which hit often but not hard, causing many block procs that block attacks entirely or almost entirely. On the other hand, it is less useful for heroes with high armor, like Dragon Knight or Sven.

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