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Transitioning will always be tough, although I highly recommend playing carries a few times so you can understand at what times is best for them to engage, and when is not. You will be surprise of the different in tankiness between carries and tanks the first time you play them.

Thanks man! Also for taka a simple flare shuts him down. Even better, if you predict his box and flare before he boxes, sometimes they decide to not box anyway since one hit and that's a wasted box.

You can reflex block it.

That shouldn't be the case after first rotation. I only buy an early shield if there is an "OP" hero on the enemy team such as 1.11 Koshka, and Skye. Still then if I need an early shield first rotation that indicates something is really wrong with the balance. So yeah as I said in the guide "everything is situational", it really depends on the patch and enemy comp, but i still recommend double oakheart as a "general" start.

If your enemy is actually attacking you before your teammates, your're doing your job as a protector (unless you constantly get caught out). Imo an early armor doesn't overweight the health scaling to vanguard your teammates. It is however crucial as a carry to buy an early T1 defence.

Only his second skill. It's cool down reduces by I believe 3 seconds for every basic attack.

The extra 40 dmg (<20 after mitigation calculations with simply a light armor/ fountain) is simply not worth the tradeoff for an extra 2 seconds of CC. Only time it's worth maxing is when building WP ardan for the extra ratio (which is not he point of this guide).

It's rarely built in higher tiers for 2 reasons: 1. It's simply more cost effective to buy mines and flares (contraption doesn't help win teamfights, a fountain however does). The money from assists from the won teamfights are worth way more than the money eventually saved from contraption. 2. By the time you have extra gold to build it, the game has already ended, or entered a phase where simply flares are enough.

Some of your points are actually very true. The dual dragon heart build is to further build into utility -- warhorn or shiversteel. CP heroes rely on instant burst, and this is where the dual dragonheart comes in -- a very big barrier on vanguard, enough to mitigate a full Brokenmyth stacked helio or spitfire if timed correctly. As for building Ardan unkillable, I was referring to spending them on either support items. Since in the guide i mentioned not to go for selfish defense items, any...