Hello everyone, this is my first time making a guide. Hope you enjoy it:)

Ardan was a pretty strong hero, whenever in team fight or stealing other's jungle. Also, it's not hard to use because it is not a carry. However, if you use him well you can lower the risk of your teammates dying to the lowest level.

Change Log:

• Version 1: Protector Build
• Version 2: Add Crystal Ardan

It's a whole new system in VG: vengeance. You don't have to worry about returning to base because of lack of mana. But only Ardan's B-slot skill use this. That means, it is just like LoL: You can use 1st and ult whenever you want as long as it have cool down when you need them. The passive make Ardan very hard to kill.


This skill is the main skill of Ardan, and the skill makes him and his teammates unbeatable. He can dash to an ally, giving him 3-4 barriers and a burst of speed, slow enemies nearby, and deal damage to them. And the ally is able to recover health from enemies' attack. This is really op.


This skill give Ardan a burst normal attack when full vengeance. It is not weak at all; this skill give Ardan high mobility which can help him catch enemies.


Actually, I think his ultimate is not strong as people think before: It lasts for 4 seconds in lv6, which is not a long time. Also, the ult also limit yourself because once you leave, the gauntlet vanish. I can not say its weak, for it can cooperate with Adagio's ultimate or Glaive's ultimate, but that's it. Time will give us answer.

PROS:

• Hard to die
• Can protect teammates very well
• Fast juggling and good at harassing enemy jungle heroes
• Short cool down

CONS

• Not much damages
• Your statistic might be 2/2/30

Why Protector?

• Vanguard is born to protecting others.
• Although you might not get so much kill, you'll make enemies unable to flee.
• Ardan was weak himself compare to Catherine, but with this you can make your allies as strong as her.

As initial items, you should always consider Ironguard Contract on both lane and jungle. Remember, your goal is to protect your allies and harass enemies, so don't take last hit.

For the mid period, I choose Chronograph, Stormguard Banner and Dragonheart. Because all of Ardan's skill are base on cool down, and Chronograph accelerate cool down. Dragonheart can make sure that you won't die during early team fights, thus you can protect ur allies effectively.

As game came to 20min, you must have at least Crucible or Clockwork. In the new version 1.1.7, Fountain of Renewal was not as op as it is before, so I didn't put it in the core build. However, it is still a good thing for Ardan, so I put it in Tier 5. Normally you can not get up to tier 6 because you are not carrying the team. But if you do, you can increase your damage of the second skill, because it depends on 100% wp. Building a Tyrant's Monocle is a good choice.

PROS:

• All skill have 100% or 160% crystal power
• Lots of damage
• Enemies never escape!
• Short cool down

CONS

• Not as tough as stacking health

Why crystal?

• Since Julia's Gift change his energy regeneration to crystal power, his crystal power can be really really high, higher than mages.
• Vanguard + Aftershock + Blood for Blood = the death of Ringo, Petal or Skarrf

Normally we just buy an Ironguard Contract, 4x Halcyon Potion or 2x Halcyon Potion and a Scout Trap and start in jungle or lane with ally. When lv2 you can try to start team fight with your allies and get a little advantages. Your Blood for Blood is perfect for stealing exp and potion from enemies.

And then, the first item you rush should be Aftershock. It fit Blood for Blood very well since you can dash to them to make sure your Aftershock deal damage. Then, I choose Alternating Current and Chronograph to increase damage.

For the 5th item and 6th item, Crucible is very important, because in current meta two Ardan appears at every matches. Fountain of Renewal is not considered strong in 1.1.7, so I recommend don't purchase this item. Atlas Pauldron can be used whenever your enemies build weapon power.

In fact, Ardan is not a hard hero to play. I recommend starting in the jungle, and help ally clearing jungle. Your job in the first 10 min is to make sure that allies are not being killed by enemy again and again, not getting all the last hit from Ringo or Glaive or whatever. As long as you notice that, playing Ardan will be really interesting.

Several Tips:

• Avoid using Vanguard on yourself. Casting Vanguard on Ardan is much more weaker than casting it on your ally.
• When you are fighting Kraken at last, you can cast an ultimate that circles the Kraken, then your enemies won't steal them from you.
• Ardan's ultimate can cooperate with Adagio and Glaive's ultimate, which I mentioned before. This is really useful. If your team have them, you should cast ult first to make sure theirs can maximize the damage.

Thank you for watching this guide! I'm currently trying on weapon Ardan or crystal Ardan, and I'll include that later.