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Vanguard is a Boss in Demon's Souls. Bosses are special enemies that feature their ain arena, a large and prominent wellness bar with its Vanguard indicated, a variety of unique moves and abilities, an ambient boss theme, and an Archstone that appears upon their death. Most bosses appear once the player passes through a fog gate nearby.

Vanguard Location

It is the boss of the Tutorial Area. Appears as an optional boss in Shrine of Storms.
Globe four-1 (Shrine of Storms or Island's Edge)

Vanguard Rewards

• x1 Grey Demon'due south Soul
• x958 Souls
• no effect on World Tendency

Vanguard Strategies

Video Strategies

Video strategies for this boss go here.

Melee Strategy

• Brand certain you choice off the Storm Beast and Silverish Skeleton archers earlier engaging the Vanguard head to head. The last thing you lot desire is an pointer or gigantic thorn in the back while you are trying to dodge theVanguard's attack. Also, if happen to kill Vanguard and die right afterwards by getting hit by either one y'all will not get your advantage for killing him, and it will not respawn.

  The full general strategy is to get backside him, await for the butt stomp to complete, and so blitz in for a few attacks. He will plow effectually during this, so yous'll need to make your way behind him once again. This sounds easy, however he refuses to move from the clogging he is in, and moving around while locked on to him tin be annoyingly hard. Plus, 1 striking from the axe and yous'll likely be dead, even if information technology doesn't kill yous outright he tends to hit you with followup attack. Rinse and repeat for as long as it takes.

Ranged Strategy

• Only attack the Vanguard with a ranged attack of your choice. If you're far enough abroad, Vanguard won't move or assault; non very challenging, but information technology gets the job done!

  In the broken out wall below the annoying archer where the composite long bow is, you lot can stand and fire arrows at him. He won't move, the Storm Beast won't set on you, and you deal loftier impairment, since yous're pretty much right next to him.

Rubble Strategy

• Go along through the level unremarkably until you lot achieve the undercover passage exiting through rubble leading behind the Vanguard. And then merely impale the two Storm Beasts that fly around this area then they don't shoot at you. Then just shoot Spells1or Arrows at the Vanguard, he volition discover you, merely if you go along the fallen rubble betwixt you and it, he will simply roar and occasionally swing his weapon without hitting you.

God'due south Wrath Strategy (New Game)

• This is the easiest and non to mention safest way to kill the Vanguard in 4-1
  You must have God'southward Wrath, several Fresh Spice or Old Spice and a Talisman of Beasts or Talisman of God.
• Movement through 4-i until you get to the gateway with the two skeleton archers. Run left through the corridor, up the stairs and go on downward the broken steps to the left, towards the other archer tower. Ignore the Silver Skeleton and two archers, to the correct completely.
• Impale the 2 Skeletons in the room below and motility upwardly the stairs until you come up face up to face with the Skeleton archer. Kill him and move to the corner that would place you right above the Vanguard. Now the easy part, cast God'southward Wrath until he'southward dead. It is incommunicable for him and the Storm Beasts to hit y'all and information technology will probably accept about six or more God's Wrath until he'southward dead, depending on which build y'all chose.

Sitting Duck Strategy

• Exit the secret passage behind Vanguard, and go upward the stairs as usual, only once you take sight of the Silver Skeleton, climb the ladder to your left. At the top, go to the side directly above the Dual-Katana Skeleton. Make sure y'all have less than half equip burden. At the wall facing the roof like area, run and curlicue at the edge. If it worked, you should be behind Vanguard on the previously unreachable roof. You are now outside his range, but close enough to target and shoot him with magic! (Merely make sure you kill the mantas)

Attacks & Counters

Attack	Counter
Horizontal swing from left to right	Curl to your right and land i or two attacks.
Horizontal swing from correct to left	Coil to your left and land i or two attacks.
Overhead swing, in one case performed the axe stays stuck in the ground for a few seconds.	Roll to either side, y'all have a small window to hit him while the axe is stuck.
Lifting itself with its diminutive wings and dropping into the footing, causing AoE damage.	Back away from him. Can employ Spells or ranged weapons to hit it while it is on the air.

Vanguard Lore

A huge demon with grey skin covered with spikes. Information technology has three yellow glowing eyes and a little hole that works as a olfactory organ. On its caput, it has two curved horns and its oral fissure is covered with a row of abrupt giant teeth. Inside its mouth, at that place are two fibers connecting the mandible with the jaw and a normal set of sharp teeth.

On its back, in that location are iii moving spikes and a pair of wings, which tin exist used to lift the creature upward in the air. Information technology moves with two stocky legs and it has a large belly. It wields a behemothic axe which can bargain high damage to the victim and can impale it with one or two swings. Using its wings, it tin can perform a butt stomp when the enemy is near him and its axe can't reach it.

Vanguard Notes & Trivia

• Players kickoff encounter the Vanguard at the finish of the Tutorial phase.
  Information technology volition rear its ugly face again early into the Shrine of Storms.
  Here you lot can choose to run by or, pay him his merely deserves and reap the rewards.

Shortcut

• You can utilise the clandestine door in the gate-like structure to move through the passages (near where Graverobber Blige is being held captive) to emerge behind him. This makes meleeing and ranging fifty-fifty easier, every bit he cannot get past the small pit that the shortcut emerges out into and therefore cannot reach yous. But be conscientious of attacks from the ii circumvoluted Tempest Beast.
  If you have the patience and poison cloud, you lot can stand behind him at the left corner of the pit and cast on him. It won't draw his attention, simply does take several casts.

Royalty Tip

• Royalty is perchance the easiest character to accept this tutorial boss downwards with. Simply circumvolve him, roll when needed and hit him with Soul Pointer. Your Fragrant Band will support you aptly with Mana regeneration.

Tutorial Vanguard

• In the tutorial, Vanguard is very much like it is in 4-one, except a ranged have downward is impossible and it tin kill you in one hit, information technology also has less HP. Although it is possible to survive one hit even with light armor (tested with a recently started Wanderer) the follow-up will more than likely impale you. Because it is possible to kill fifty-fifty a Knight in ane solid striking, the first affair you should do is remove your character's armor if your mobility is afflicted.
• The first set on is probably the most hard to survive, it may striking you and take you out equally you lot are trying to blitz behind it. Later on evading the first blow, begin moving around the walls of the room clockwise, and then that Vanguard volition rotate clockwise besides. Keep it away from the walls or else its stomping motion will exist unavoidable. After that, yous must simply run/roll under its right arm and backside information technology and stay at that place. Hit it in the back as much as you tin can and stay centered, avoiding all its weapon attacks. When its feet leave the ground, roll away twice, or motion backwards a flake. After killing Vanguard yous go 4 Full Moon Grass, 3 Renowned Soldier'due south Souls, iii Shard of Hardstone, and 3 Shard of Sharpstone in improver to a Grey Demon's Soul.

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