I sympathise with the sentiment. I can't believe how many Ardan players only use Vanguard on themselves. Sometimes they won't even use it on me to escape from danger, when I'm ahead and waiting to stay in its range. Ringo of course is excellent on his own in the lane, but we all appreciate a little help now and then.

Well, his level 3 ult gives 45% shield penetration so it's not surprising. Maybe he had a broken myth/shard as well, which is popular with skaarf. Damage is 1390 + 600% crystal, so one new shatter glass adds 900 = 2290. I suggest you stack some health instead of just buying aegis next time.

Taka seems like a bit of a selfish hero with great K/D ratio, so selfish players tend to pick him, and behave accordingly. Mostly getting killed while they are at it. Taka is really only effective joining in when a hero is already low, or when plenty or with team mates around. Essentially when playing as a team player. A bad Taka is a pain in the ass, because I normally go for a tanky or support hero after seeing them in the queue, trusting the Taka to do some damage, only to find that...

I don't find it any worse that before, personally. Not that it was good before. I was in the hotness for a while but I was teamed with so many noobs that I seem to be permanently consigned to pretty good, with no hope of improvement. I guess it's pretty difficult to get the system right, but it's pretty frustrating for sure.

I read somewhere that Skaarf's passive is countered by Ardan's passive. I don't know if this is true, but it seems to be borne out by my playing experience - doing virtually no damage against an Ardan who was only stacking health and no shield. Is this intended? It somehow doesn't seem right. I thought Skaarf's passive was designed as a counter to health stacking. Curious what you think about this.