Online:Ascendant Vanguard

Ascendant Vanguard
Location	Ascendant Order Hideout, Sareloth Grotto, Sword's Rest Isle Coral Aerie — Gryphon Aerie, Aldmeri Ruins, Infinite Archive
Race	Varies	Gender	Varies
Health	31,364 68,800(?) Varies (Infinite Archive)
Reaction	Hostile	Class	Thundermaul
Other Information
Faction(s)	Ascendant Order

An Ascendant Vanguard in Sareloth Grotto

Ascendant Vanguards are members of the Ascendant Order found in the Coral Aerie, Ascendant Order Hideout, Sareloth Grotto, Sword's Rest Isle and in the Infinite Archive.

Related Quests

• An Order Gone Awry: A secretive society named the Ascendant Order has set up operations on Coral Aerie.
• Ascending Doubt: Try to help keep Alliance War peace talks on track.
• A King's Retreat: Chase down and cleanse a number of cursed medallions.

Quest-Related Events

An Order Gone Awry

Before you free Jakarn, you will deal with a group of Ascendant Order soldiers. One of them will exclaim:

Ascendant Vanguard: "They're here for the prisoner! Take them out or Sarydil will have our heads!"

Skills and Abilities

Quick Strike

A basic melee attack that does minor physical damage.

Thunder Hammer

Ascendant Vanguard swings and shocks the ground in front of it as indicated by a red cone. This attack does moderate shock damage and can be avoided by moving out of the red cone. Blocking will also reduce damage done.

Shock Aura^(?)

Ascendant Vanguard shocks the ground around itself as indicated by a red circle. This attack does moderate shock damage and can be interrupted to knock the enemy off balance or simply avoided. Then they turn into pure lightning which makes them gain massive damage reduction.