Vanguard | Factions in Age of Wonders Planetfall Age of Wonders Planetfall guide, tips

Vanguard faction featured in Age of Wonders: Planetfall is perhaps the most "classic" of all available in the game. The faction is very similar to the Terranes from the StarCraft series or the Space Marines from Warhammer 40,000 and fits into the image of a typical group of science fiction soldiers. In this section, you will learn the features of the Vanguard faction, which technologies are worth unlocking as soon as possible and read a few tips related to the gameplay of this faction.

• Vanguard - features
• Technologies worth unlocking as soon as possible
• Tips

Vanguard - features

Vanguard faction stands out from the others due to the following features:

1. Uses of two types of weapons- Firearms and Laser weapons. Thanks to them, the units mainly deal Kinetic and Thermal damage.
2. Use combat drones and defensive turrets in combat.
3. Use of propaganda and armed forces.
4. Powerful ranged units, weak melee capabilities.

The first feature worthy of attention is the type of damage dealt by the Vanguard's units. They deal Kinetic and Thermal damage. The former allows you to inflict huge damage to enemy troops and, in addition, have the chance to inflict Bleeding status, which reduces the resistance to kinetic attacks and deals damage each turn. However, kinetic damage attacks have poor accuracy - when you are using units dealing this type of damage, you need to find them the right position and give them appropriate modifications. Thermal damage has good accuracy and has a chance to set the target on fire - a burning enemy is 10% easier to hit and it takes damage each turn.

A distinctive feature of the Vanguard faction is undoubtedly the ability to use combat drones and turrets. The Engineer unit can place a turret that will fire at enemy targets. Drone Carrier can release up to 3 different types of drones that perform different functions. Thus, you can increase the number of units in the army and gain an advantage over the enemy.

Vanguard armies are full of units capable of inflicting great damage from a distance, but they lack melee units (not counting heroes who were build to focus on melee combat). Because of this, you should keep a safe distance from the enemies.

Technologies worth unlocking as soon as possible

Engineering Corps unlocks a very useful Engineer unit.

While playing as the Vanguard, you should get the following technologies:

1. Nanite Support from the Faction Tech tree - this is the first technology from the Military tree that you should unlock. In addition to the rather interesting operations, the most important technology here is the Nanite Injectors modification - after using it, the unit will have the opportunity to restore 15 health points once during a battle.
2. Engineering Corps from the Faction Tech tree - another technology from the Military tree you want to unlock. This technology opens the previously mentioned Engineer unit which can place defensive turrets.
3. Frontier Policies from the Doctrine tree - opens the Colonizer unit, as well as two very useful doctrines that can be activated during the next turns.

The technologies listed above should be unlocked as fast as possible - they are all starting techs from both trees. However, they will give you an advantage over the enemies.

Tips

Drone Carrier and Engineer can call combat drones and defensive turrets on the battlefield.

Below you can check a few tips on how to play as this faction:

1. During battles, focus on eliminating enemies from a safe distance. Instead of charging at enemy units, it is better to take cover and wait for the hostile army. Use the Overwatch option - units in this mode will shoot all enemy troops in their range.
2. The technology that needs to be unlocked as quickly as possible is Nanite Support. Thanks to it, you will be able to equip your troops with Nanite Injectors and restore their health points once during a battle. This reduces losses in combat significantly and allows you to attack enemy troops more often.
3. A combination of Engineers and PUG units works great. Usually, two support units in one army are a bad idea. However, this situation is different. An Engineer can place a defensive turret. PUG unit can restore the Engineer's ability allowing that unit to place the second turret.