Role

Vanguard Classes

Vanguard is the frontline protector role — Paladin and Vanguard itself both carry a Taunt ability that pulls enemy attention off the rest of the party, and both are Hybrid melee classes tough enough to hold that attention once they have it. Paladin backs its Taunt with Unbreakable Aegis and the Divine Colossus ultimate, while Vanguard pairs Devastating Leap with Guardian's Leap and Seismic Bastion. Unlike Juggernaut, which is built around its own damage, a Vanguard's kit is explicitly designed to keep hits landing on itself instead of its allies.