I'm Ironboy32 on the SEA servers(don't worry, i'm unranked) and I play
Ardan and
Skaarf almost exclusively, so I at least know what i'm talking about. Ardan as I play him is more of a disruptor, dashing in to shred armor while forcing the carries to deal damage on him. However this playstyle will get you killed often, so KDA warriors need not use this guide. The good part about this playstyle is that it allows your carries to deal far more damage thanks to the armor shred on the bonesaw.
CONTRACTS
Your choice of contract items dictate the early game. Is your carry weak pre-6? get the
Protector Contract or
Ironguard Contract Are you guys planning to invade? Get
Dragonblood Contract for the damage. Overall, as a Captain, YOU dictate the early game. Guide your jungler to victory.
CORE
Most of the items in my build are fairly standard, except for Bonesaw. Now I hear you asking: 'But iron, why Bonesaw? Why not something like crucible?' For me it's an easy choice. 90% of the time, when you try to crucible people, you mess up the timing and they blame you. Besides, with the current meta right now, there will be at least one AP threat on the enemy team, allowing them to buy an aegis. This is due to most AD threats having no CC to lock them up. Besides, as Ardan, you should be far away from your Laner, keeping him outside the gauntlet when you use it offensively, to let him deal his damage safely. This is also why you max your
Gauntlet over
Blood for Blood, to keep the Laner safe. However, odds are, they will have built an armor item to deal with the AD threat on your team. THat's where the bonesaw comes in, shredding their armor, as well as increasing your threat levels, making them more likely to follow you. With this build You can 1v1 a lategame carry fairly easily, as long as you time your Actives right.
ACTIVES
The 2 actives we have are Fountain and aegis. I typically activate both of these at the same time when I'm super low. The aegis just makes the enemy pour more damage on me due to them thinking that they can burst me once it's over, but if I pop fountain at the same time, that damage is wasted as I can heal through it and survive to deal more damage. Sure, i'll go down eventually, but by then we've normally won the teamfight
I know I'm not the best player. Please, post critiques of my build in the comments below but try to keep them as non-insulting posts. I'll try them and then add them if I feel like they can work or are better then my current build. Thank you and goodbye.
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