Vanguard Guide - Basic Informations

This guide will teach you the basic informations for a Vanguard.

About

The Vanguard is well rounded and offers a balance of power and speed. His weapons are primarily 2-handed and this offers him the benefit of range over most opponents in melee. Great for beginners, he is an outside fighter that can hold his own against any other class in melee combat. Being the only class without some form of shield, the Vanguard is reliant upon cover and his smoke pots when approaching and dealing with ranged attackers.

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The Vanguard's Sprint Attack is his powerful unique ability. It allows any weapon (Primary, Secondary, and even Fists) to do extreme damage for one strike after roughly 3 seconds of sprinting. You'll know it's readied when your weapon gets raised to a different position (arms raised up for 2h Swords, spear/polearm tip downward for the others). 2Handed Swords have a powerful horizontal strike capable of beheading multiple foes at once, and all the other weapons gain a powerful pierce attack that can do dramatic (if not insta-kil) damage to Knights and vanguards. Be careful of the Sprint attack's long windups, as it's a common occurance to rush into an enemy's stab mid-animation. Thus, it's often recommended to attack too early rather than too late. If you ever have your weapon readied for a Sprint attack but don't want to use it, it's possible to subsitute the attack with a standard thrust or overhead Swing that can catch foes off guard.

Stats

Armor
Swing resistance: 40%
Pierce resistance: 20%
Blunt resistance: 30%
Fist resistance: 30%
Generic resistance: 0%

Speed
Forth: 190
Sprint: 314
Strafe: 162
Back: 152

Arsenal

Primary - Type :
Greatsword - Sharp
Claymore - Sharp
Zweihänder - Sharp
Thrusting Spear - Polearm
Fork - Polearm
Brandistock - Polearm
Bardiche - Polearm
Billhook - Blunt
Halberd - Polearm

Secondary - Type :
Shortsword - Sharp
Saber - Sharp
Cudgel - Blunt
Mace - Blunt

Special - Type :
Smoke pot - Throwing
Throwing Knife - Throwing
Throwing Axe - Throwing

[Frost Moon]

Low Budget Mace, the cudgle is availible DrMaxix

[jerma vs star]

As far as I'm concerned, there is no mace secondary, man.

[Chris]

no problem man.
I am glad I helped you :)

[Stargazer]

i like the billhook a lot and thanks for this guide

[Chris]

no problem :)

[AmericanZealot]

thx bro i could never tim my jump right and somtimes they move out of the way and kill me but this helps VANGUARDS ALL THE WAY BABY!

[Chris]

no problem :)
hope I helped you

[Eldalye]

Nice. Got all the Vanguard items unlocked, but still worth the read! thanks for this!

[Chris]

thx

[Rathlo]

sorry, meant to put !