Talk:Vanguard/@comment-174.7.6.31-20180214063820

Tips with the vanguard;

1. Vanguard's designated function is a close range BRAWLER. That means it excels at ambushing enemies, such as armour and groups of infantry, and still survive. As the vanguard is tanky, you can afford to flank, hide alone and engage the enemy; although it WILL get outdpsed from a parked prowler, a good vanguard is one which is able to surprise the prowler suddenly from the rear, and take it out.

2. Another good way to use the vanguard is to peek from an obstacle and shoot its cannnon, and pop back. Although this may sound like its what all armour is good at, this is not the case. Due to vanguard cannon's high alpha dmg and high hp, it can dish out more dmg in a quick second and retreat without much chance of getting destroyed, while prowler needs time to fire 2 shots. In the long run, vanguard outdps a parked prowler if vanguard uses cover (even if prowler is parked/not parked/also using obstacle).

3. As for magriders, magriders are fast, long ranged but they aren't as good as dps (though their mobility is exceptional). One on one with a magrider means you need to be good at aiming from a long range (because you outrade) or surprise the magrider in close range. The only option for the magrider is to drive away to safety or juke behind an obstacle (which is easy/hard to do, depending on terrain).

4. The vanguard shield's very nature is to prevent the enemy's ALPHA DMG, not sustained dmg. It has long cd, so its not good for sustained engage vs prowler; however, it is excellent at surprising prowler from the rear, and survive its initial burst to be safe and happy at the end of the day.

Overall, I consider the vanguard to be an ambusher, and run stealth module on solo armour hunting (or repair system, if I am in an armour column), and vanguard drivers needs more awarness of the map/surrounding than others as a misstep is very punishing to do with a vanguard than other MBT due to the lack of mobility. If the driver knows when to commit and when to poke using the vanguard, the vanguard can be a very powerful weapon.