Why use Ardan as a Carry Top
Ardan can use his Vanguard to protect, position, and carry teammates of lower skill.
Vanguard can be used to let supports land their cc:
Catherine mid-MercilessPursuit to run further and stun
Fortress so he can land his mark
Adagio to land his self-slow
Glaive so he can run faster past and knock back an enemy
Ardan can also
to nearby allies to disengage from a fight, or
from across a wall to turn a 1v1 into a 2v1
Ardan's
can crit, proc tension bow, proc Aftershock, counts as a basic attack so it can apply stacks for certain items like
, and is a gap closer like Taka's X retsu or Koshka's
Ardan's
can be used to trap enemies, and deals a nice burst of damage to just delete squishies. It also can be used to escape and disengage from a fight, e.g.
over a wall to deter chasing enemies
So Ardan has a gap-closer, that counts as a basic attack and scales with weapon and crystal, a shield and a speedboost for allies and himself, a small slow through Vanguarding himself, and a stun. Why isn't he meta? Beats me :/
Why to not build attack speed on Ardan Top
Why don't you build attack speed on Koshka? If you do, and you actually win games I tip my hat to you :)
Koshka and Ardan both have a passive
that lowers the cooldown on a certain or a set of abilities everytime a basic attack is executed. Building attack speed means you can farm faster yes, as your abilities will be up faster, but what about teamfights?
Does the enemy allow Koshka to land repeated basic attacks, free of consequence? Koshka is not a hero that typically sustains in fights, but rather bursts down squishies. Ardan is a tank, but that doesn't mean he can sustain without building tank through the entire game, hence for all intents and purposes we build him as a burst assassin here :P
Pros vs Cons Top
Cons
People won't let you use him in solo queue often, and read JUNGLE as ROAM
If the enemy is slippery you won't do much damage apart from one or two
He can have difficulty sticking to targets unlike
or
Pros
This build accommodates for squishies and tanks with the
/
combo
Save your teammates as well as deal damage
Hard cc ult stun that doesn't freeze you in place (Koshka)
Strong disengage froma fight with Vanguard and ult
More surviveability through your passive
Fast waveclear with the Blood For Blood passive
Manaless so increased reliability above other carries apart from
Awesome lines like "this is gonna hurt you more than me" :^)
Good luck Top
The day wp Ardan becomes meta you'll be glad you were one of the few first to main it :D
Hope you enjoyed reading, if you have any questions, or spot any mistakes, or have any suggestions feel free to ask below :)
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