w33 obviously thinks itis viable
many fights he escapes with 5-10% hp
isn't damage block awful on ranged heroes
not like i know anything about invoker but i think HotD/Aquila might be better overall for him
anyway assuming vanguard is viable on invoker does that mean it is also viable on squishy ranged heroes (drow/weaver/luna)
its may not look good on papers, but if it fits, then i couldnt say anything about it. the fact that the invoker stayed alive in teamfight way too long although he is targeted, make vanguard looks like a good choice. i guess its better than you buy some regular items but keep dying without getting any of your spells off.
tbh i think w33's vanguard invoker (though there are some pro players do that before this) made dota interesting a little bit. its not everyday you see invoker running around with a vanguard, and you may go "pfft thats dumb, better go bkb or euls or some shit" but yeah, variation makes dota interesting. to me, its kinda boring to see same shit every other day, and these little tweaks made it interesting (although only a little bit) and bearable to watch.
i still remember the time when the new 7.00 hotd was released, and my friend was insulted and flamed because he bought hotd on a drow. tbh im fine with people who sticking to the meta; but making fun of those who wander off the path a little bit, i dont have the words to express my hate to them (unless they made a really dumb items like triple mjollnir on a troll or something like that)
anyway thats my two cents. glhf with your games guys :)
you can make an argument that he survived, but likewise he'd also have survived if he got a casual platemail, for less gold and he can still get an urn along with it to get some HP into the build or something
I mean, vanguard is awful EHP increase for ranged heroes, it's just terrible.
platemail is a joke when you have 1000 hp total, especially against all magic damage
ideally the build for max ehp would be something like atos -> shivas, but the vanguard is super cheap and lets him go straight into the mjolnir
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you just wasted 2000 gold for vanguard. instead of getting like atos rod either drums for more hp suitability. 33% chance ranged block. mm ok
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