Vanguard (Boss)

''This is the boss called Vanguard! ''

The Vanguard is an EXOTIC Rarity (extremely rare) boss. It was added in the release of the game.

Appearance
The Vanguard appears to be an Arrowhead (crasher) but now with two turrets on the side, a turret on top, and a trap launcher on the back. It appears exactly as it did in Tale of Diep (a FANON "parody" of diep.io).

Technical

 * It's rear cannon propels it forward.
 * It's one of the few known boss that uses a trap launcher to push it forward.
 * It's turrets usually all aim in the same direction.
 * However, sometimes they might not aim in the same direction.
 * Vanguards can turn invisible, so when unprovoked they can ambush anyone once provoked again.
 * It is the second rarest Nest Protector. The first is Trape-Fighter. The first would be Slider, but Slider does not yet spawn.
 * It is one of the fastest moving bosses.
 * Like most bosses, it will prioritize attacking Motherships in 4TDM Mothership, making way for either whoever it was previously chasing to get away, or a great chance for someone else to kill that Vanguard or that Mothership.
 * Vanguard is actually OP against Motherships.

Strategy
Since Blizzard and Splitter are both high DPS and decent ROF tanks, they have high chances of taking down a Vanguard. However, at the same time, if you are not careful a Vanguard would easily ram you. It doesn't have much ROF or DPS, especially against bosses, but Incognito would be the best tank for killing Vanguard, as it will only attack if a non Incognito player or bot is in the same direction as you.

Machine Gun II, Courser, and other high ROF/DPS tanks such as those are also ideal for killing Vanguards. However, if you prefer Blizzard and Splitter, killing a Vanguard may be tricky if you're using the Glass Build, so try using the Shooter Build.

One thing is unless you have the chance to 1v1 the Vanguard, don't use Auto-2 branch, it will take you forever to kill it. If you're teaming on a Vanguard though, any high DPS tank is available when trying to kill.

Now, you can also team with the Vanguard, as if you're fast enough it is relatively an easy boss to team with, similar to Magnetar and Pulsar. Though, since they're much faster than Magnetars and Pulsars, Vanguards a lot more fun to team with. This is because you can take advantage of their speed to troll your enemies (or if you want to have some real fun, troll your teammates).

Strong Against:
(Ranking: 9)
 * Slow tanks
 * Rammers
 * Most low ROF tanks
 * All low DPS tanks
 * Triploid (everything is strong against Triploid these days)
 * Most of Auto-2 branch
 * Most people who dare 1v1 it
 * Unsuspecting Motherships (that are AI)
 * Anything it can corner

Weak Against:
(Ranking: 5)
 * Most teamers
 * High ROF danks with decent DPS
 * Most tanks with high DPS
 * Pros who try to team with it (as a Vanguard can not hurt a true pro who wants to be its friend)
 * Incognito

Vanguard has 3 or more Strengths than Weaknesses, making it a Class S boss.

Trivia

 * It could be considered a "unique boss," as it is the only boss based off of that polygon.
 * Other unique bosses are Deltrablade, Gunship, Vis Ultima, and Aquamarine.