Vanguard
1700 gold ・ Epic
Health RegenBlock DamageHealth PoolDurability
Effects
Stats while held
- +250 Health
- +4.5 Health Regen
Passive
Damage Block
Grants a 60% chance to block 50 damage from incoming attacks on melee heroes, and 25 damage on ranged.
Notes (official)
- Multiple sources of damage block do not stack.
Recipe
Builds into
Recommended for（5）
Heroes the in-game shop recommends this item for (curated by Valve). These are not win-rate statistics.
Axe 
Centaur Warrunner 
Spectre 
Pangolier 
Bristleback Patch history
No changes to this item in the patches fetched so far.
Raw values (from the game files)
block_damage_melee | 50 |
|---|---|
block_damage_ranged | 25 |
block_chance | 60 |
Details
| Cost | 1700 |
|---|---|
| Disassemble | Always |
| Internal ID | 125 |
| Internal name | item_vanguard |
Lore
A powerful shield that defends its wielder from even the most vicious of attacks.