Vanguard

Vanguard
	A powerful shield that defends its wielder from even the most vicious of attacks.
Cost; 1825 Bought From; Armor
Passive [?]	Damage Block
Bonus [?]	+250 Health; +7 Health Regeneration;
Disassemble?	Yes
Alert allies?	No
Recipe

Item

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

Ability[]

Damage Block

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Grants a 60% chance to block 64 damage from incoming attacks on melee heroes, and 32 damage on ranged.

Proc Chance: 60%

Blocked Damage (Melee): 64

Blocked Damage (Ranged): 32

Notes:

Axe

Grants a large amount of health and protection from attacks, works well with Berserker's Call.

Bristleback

Compliments well with Bristleback's Bristleback, and grants a large amount of health.

Mars

Effective to block the attack damage from summoned units and illusions (except from Phantasm illusions which applies full damage and proc crit).
It is especially useful with tanky frontline heroes that need to survive much damage, i.e. Bristleback, Spectre, Centaur Warrunner or Axe, with units that overall take amplified damage, like illusions, and against low damage abilities i.e. 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, the item less useful for heroes with high armor, i.e. Dragon Knight or Sven.