Vanguard
Rare·Void·Banner Lords
Overall rank
C
Overall score
1.5/ 5
Early game
1.9Bottom 50% of Rare champions
Standing
Bottom 50%of 1,049 rated
Vanguard rates highest in Arena (4.0/5), Arcane Keep (4.0/5) and Spirit Keep (4.0/5).
Vanguard ratings by content
Scored out of 5 across all 34 tracked areas.
Campaign
| Campaign | 3.0 |
|---|
Arena
| Arena | 4.0 |
|---|
Clan Boss
| Clan Boss | 2.0 |
|---|
Hydra
| Hydra | 1.0 |
|---|
Core Bosses
| Chimera | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Amius | 0.5 |
Faction Wars
| Faction Wars | 1.0 |
|---|
Dungeons
| Minotaur | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Spider | 1.0 |
| Fire Knight | 1.0 |
| Dragon | 2.0 |
| Ice Golem | 1.0 |
| Iron Twins | 0.5 |
| Sand Devil | 0.5 |
| Phantom Shogun | 0.5 |
Hard Mode Dungeons
| Hard Spider | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Hard Fire Knight | 0.5 |
| Hard Dragon | 0.5 |
| Hard Ice Golem | 0.5 |
Doom Tower
| DT Floors | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Magma Dragon | 1.0 |
| Nether Spider | 2.0 |
| Frost Spider | 1.0 |
| Scarab King | 1.0 |
| Celestial Griffin | 1.0 |
| Eternal Dragon | 1.0 |
| Dreadhorn | 1.0 |
| Dark Fae | 1.0 |
Potion Keeps
| Arcane Keep | 4.0 |
|---|---|
| Void Keep | 3.0 |
| Force Keep | 3.0 |
| Spirit Keep | 4.0 |
| Magic Keep | 4.0 |
How to build Vanguard
Gear
- ATK% chest; C. RATE gloves until C. RATE reaches 100%, then C. DMG.
- Speed boots, and SPD in every substat you can get — gear without SPD is not worth upgrading early.
- It places debuffs, so it needs ACC in its substats for them to land.
Role: Defense · damage scales with ATK
Books and ascension
Takes 9 skill books to max. 1 of them cut a cooldown — book A2 first.
- Ascension 3★ Upgrades Passive
Decrease DEFProvoke
Vanguard skills
A1
no cooldown- Attacks 1 enemy (4.3 × ATK).
- Places a Decrease DEF 30% debuff on the target for 1 turn.
Books: Damage +5% · Damage +5% · Damage +5% · Damage +5%
A2
cooldown 4 turns- Attacks 1 enemy (6.3 × ATK).
- Places a Provoke debuff on the target for 1 turn.
Books: Damage +5% · Damage +5% · Damage +5% · Damage +5% · Cooldown -1
Passive
passive- Shortens enemy buffs.
Skill effects summarised from the champion's fully ascended kit; conditions and chances are simplified.
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