Vanguard Emblem: Best Holders & Comps

TFT Set 18

Emblem

Best holders

Gnar

Maokai

Krug

Comps for Vanguard Emblem

Patch 18.4b comps that hold Vanguard Emblem.

Vanguard Emblem on Lux · needed for its Vanguard breakpoint · 103,878 boards

4 Vanguard

2 Lunar

2 Spellweaver

SPebbles Reroll · 5 Riftbeast Reroll

3.67 Avg

0.5% Play

0.6% Win Share

Vanguard Emblem on Maokai · 22,672 boards

★★★

Vanguard Emblem on Gnar · 456,339 boards

Vanguard Emblem on Shen · 81,486 boards

★★★

Vanguard Emblem on Maokai · 87,658 boards

Vanguard Emblem on Amumu · 35,254 boards

Vanguard Emblem on Morgana · 19,575 boards

★★★

Vanguard Emblem on Alune · 288,279 boards

Vanguard Emblem on Ashe · 36,382 boards

Vanguard Emblem on Maokai · 2,198 boards

3 Executioner

3 Blossom

2 Brawler

What Vanguard Emblem gives

25 Armor, 25 Magic Resist

The holder gains the Vanguard trait.

If the holder survives 22 seconds in player combat, gain 1 player health.

Vanguard trait

At Combat Start and after dropping below 50% Health, Vanguards gain a max Health Shield for 10 seconds.

(2) 18% max Health
(4) 30% max Health
(6) 40% max Health. Gain 5% Durability while Shielded.

Units with Vanguard

Vanguard trait: breakpoints, champions and comps →

How to get Vanguard Emblem

Combine Frying Pan and Chain Vest to craft Vanguard Emblem.

Recipe

Frying Pan

Chain Vest

When Vanguard Emblem is worth it

Vanguard Emblem makes its holder count as one more Vanguard unit: +1 toward the next Vanguard breakpoint. This is how boards place at each breakpoint.

Units	Play rate	Avg place
2	39.6%	4.23
4	6.8%	4.40
6	0.7%	3.52

Every board with Vanguard active at that breakpoint, with or without an emblem.

Diamond+ · 4,979,636 boards · Patch 18.4b

Full Vanguard breakpoint table →

On patch 18.4b, Vanguard Emblem averages 4.14 in Diamond+ games — about average for an item (4.11).

Diamond+ · 160,591 boards · Patch 18.4b

Avg4.14 Top 456.6% Delta+0.03 Win15.6% Play Rate0.3% Games161k

Patch

Time

Best Vanguard Emblem Holders

Unit	Necessity	AVP	Games	Adj AVP	Top 4%	Win%	Built %	Open in explorer
Gnar	—	3.33	5.4k	3.36	71.4%	23.8%	0.6%	›
Maokai	—	3.70	15k	3.71	62.8%	25.6%	1.5%	›
Krug	—	3.92	8k	3.93	61.1%	15.3%	0.9%	›
Lillia	—	4.02	9k	4.02	58.8%	18.1%	2.0%	›
Amumu	—	4.03	22k	4.03	59.3%	14.4%	1.3%	›
Sett	—	4.07	16k	4.07	58.7%	14.1%	2.1%	›
Morgana	—	4.25	11k	4.25	53.7%	18.3%	1.5%	›
Brambleback	—	4.43	6.5k	4.42	52.3%	9.1%	1.2%	›
Malphite	—	4.43	4.6k	4.42	52.3%	10.7%	1.2%	›
Vi	—	4.54	8.5k	4.53	49.4%	8.5%	0.8%	›

Rarely built on (49)

A unit lands here for either reason: rarely built (under 2% of its own boards hold this item, lower for rare items like emblems) or few holds (under 2% of all boards holding this item, or fewer than 50 boards, even when its build rate is high).

Unit	Necessity	AVP	Games	Adj AVP	Top 4%	Win%	Built %	Open in explorer
Luxrarely built	—	3.45	740	3.60	68.4%	24.1%	0.1%	›
Alunerarely built	—	3.55	1.6k	3.62	68.3%	21.6%	0.2%	›
Kennenrarely built	—	3.72	4.4k	3.74	63.2%	21.6%	0.4%	›
Ivernrarely built	—	3.86	2k	3.89	61.2%	20.9%	0.2%	›
Sejuanirarely built	—	3.95	2.6k	3.96	60.7%	17.0%	0.5%	›
Leonararely built	—	4.09	1.3k	4.10	57.1%	16.3%	0.3%	›
Scuttlecrabrarely built	—	4.11	3.6k	4.11	58.4%	12.7%	0.6%	›
Shenrarely built	—	4.15	1.2k	4.15	56.3%	16.9%	0.4%	›
Elder Dragonrarely built	—	4.19	1.5k	4.18	54.9%	16.4%	0.2%	›
Veigarrarely built	—	4.30	186	4.22	58.1%	9.1%	0.0%	›
Gromprarely built	—	4.51	55	4.22	54.5%	5.5%	0.0%	›
Ahrirarely built	—	4.29	304	4.23	53.9%	15.5%	0.0%	›
Alistarrarely built	—	4.25	4.5k	4.25	53.9%	16.6%	0.5%	›
Murkwolfrarely built	—	4.29	481	4.25	55.3%	9.2%	0.1%	›
Asherarely built	—	4.36	274	4.27	51.5%	12.4%	0.1%	›
Kog'Mawrarely built	—	4.32	971	4.29	54.5%	9.8%	0.1%	›
Cinderlingrarely built	—	4.53	144	4.30	49.3%	5.6%	0.1%	›
Varusrarely built	—	4.41	318	4.31	53.8%	6.3%	0.1%	›
Kaylerarely built	—	4.53	147	4.31	50.3%	6.8%	0.0%	›
Dravenrarely built	—	4.72	105	4.34	44.8%	12.4%	0.0%	›
Teemorarely built	—	4.74	97	4.34	45.4%	8.3%	0.0%	›
Fiddlesticksrarely built	—	4.36	7.7k	4.35	52.4%	13.7%	0.6%	›
Mama Beakrarely built	—	4.38	1.3k	4.35	54.3%	7.7%	0.6%	›
Rek'Sairarely built	—	4.39	1k	4.35	55.1%	10.3%	0.3%	›
Xayahrarely built	—	4.45	437	4.35	52.4%	9.4%	0.1%	›
Sorakararely built	—	4.45	500	4.36	52.4%	11.2%	0.1%	›
Apheliosrarely built	—	4.48	656	4.40	48.9%	10.8%	0.1%	›
Yunarararely built	—	4.82	127	4.40	44.9%	8.7%	0.0%	›
Pebblesrarely built	—	4.57	390	4.42	50.0%	9.5%	0.1%	›
Tristanararely built	—	4.86	124	4.42	45.2%	6.5%	0.1%	›
Karmararely built	—	4.67	240	4.43	47.9%	10.8%	0.1%	›
Ornnrarely built	—	4.46	2.8k	4.44	50.8%	14.9%	0.3%	›
Sivirrarely built	—	4.66	339	4.47	46.3%	10.0%	0.1%	›
Rammusrarely built	—	4.52	2.8k	4.49	48.6%	14.4%	0.5%	›
Nidaleerarely built	—	4.59	880	4.51	47.3%	7.7%	0.1%	›
Kha'Zixrarely built	—	4.64	615	4.52	48.0%	10.9%	0.2%	›
LeBlancrarely built	—	4.71	406	4.52	44.6%	12.8%	0.1%	›
Ezrealrarely built	—	4.69	532	4.54	47.0%	10.3%	0.1%	›
Cassiopeiararely built	—	4.61	1.7k	4.56	47.9%	16.9%	0.4%	›
Zyrararely built	—	4.74	643	4.60	45.4%	7.8%	0.1%	›
Master Yirarely built	—	5.23	152	4.61	37.5%	5.3%	0.1%	›
Warwickrarely built	—	4.93	307	4.62	42.7%	5.2%	0.3%	›
Rengarrarely built	—	4.79	679	4.64	45.8%	10.0%	0.4%	›
Kobukorarely built	—	5.01	285	4.65	42.8%	5.6%	0.2%	›
Azirrarely built	—	5.09	300	4.71	40.7%	6.3%	0.0%	›
Akalirarely built	—	5.92	121	4.81	28.9%	4.1%	0.1%	›
Yorickrarely built	—	5.09	1.3k	4.96	39.7%	8.8%	0.2%	›
Caitlynrarely built	—	5.86	284	5.15	21.8%	9.2%	0.3%	›
Camillefew holds	—	5.71	1.2k	5.49	27.4%	10.3%	0.8%	›

Who is the best Vanguard Emblem holder?

Gnar is the best Vanguard Emblem holder in Diamond+ games on Patch 18.4b: sample-adjusted average placement 3.36 across 5,407 boards, ahead of Maokai and Krug.

Can you craft Vanguard Emblem?

Yes. Vanguard Emblem is built from Frying Pan + Chain Vest.