Vanguard
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| A powerful shield that defends its wielder from even the most vicious of attacks. | |||||||||||||
Cost
1825 Bought From
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Vanguard is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Armor. However, it requires an item from the Secret Shop to be completed.
Ability[edit]
Damage Block
Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Self
Self
Grants a 60% chance to block 70 damage from incoming attacks on melee heroes, and 35 damage on ranged.
Proc Chance: 60%
Blocked Damage (Melee): 70
Blocked Damage (Ranged): 35
Notes:
- Does not work against wards ( Plague Ward, Mass Serpent Ward, Death Ward).
- Does not reduce physical damage from spells, except from Moon Glaives and The Swarm.
- Damage Block uses pseudo-random distribution.
- For more details, see Damage Block.
Recommended Heroes[edit]
- Grants a large amount of health and protection from attacks, works well with Blink Dagger.
- Compliments well with Bristleback's Bristleback, and grants a large amount of health.
- Compliments well with Bulwark, and grants a large amount of health.
Tips[edit]
- Effective to block the attack damage from summoned units and illusions (excepted from Chaos Knight's ultimate which copy his full damage and can crit).
- 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 using Focus Fire, 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.
Recent Changes[edit]
Main Article: Vanguard/Changelogs
Version
Description
- Increased Damage Block proc chance from 50% to 60%.
- Reduced Vitality Booster cost from 1100
to 1000 (total cost decreases from 2150 to 2050 ).
- Can now be disassembled.
- Item cost changes:
- Reduced Ring of Health cost from 850 to 825 .
- No longer requires a Recipe to build (−200 cost).
- Total gold cost decreases from 2150 to 1925 .
- Reduced Ring of Health cost from 850
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