Online:Ascendant Vanguard

Ascendant Vanguard
Location	Ascendant Order Hideout, Sareloth Grotto, Sword's Rest Isle Coral Aerie — Gryphon Aerie, Aldmeri Ruins
Race	Varies	Gender	Varies
Health	31,364 13,846 (Near Coral Crab in Sareloth Grotto) 9,700 (Summoned by The Ascendant Champion) 68,800(?) (Coral Aerie)
Reaction	Hostile	Class	Vanquisher
Other Information
Faction(s)	Ascendant Order

An Ascendant Vanguard in Sareloth Grotto

Ascendant Vanguards are members of the Ascendant Order who can be found in locations visited during the High Isle prologue, and in the Coral Aerie. Stronger vanguards can be found at Dark Stone Hollow. Vanguards in the Infinite Archive are thundermauls instead.

Ascendant Vanguard
Location	Dark Stone Hollow
Race	Varies	Gender	Varies
Health	60,370	Difficulty
Reaction	Hostile	Class	Vanquisher
Other Information
Faction(s)	Ascendant Order

Ascendant Vanguard
Location	Infinite Archive
Race	Varies	Gender	Varies
Health	Varies
Reaction	Hostile	Class	Thundermaul
Other Information
Faction(s)	Ascendant Order

Related Quests

• An Order Gone Awry: A secretive society named the Ascendant Order has set up operations on Coral Aerie.
•  Ascendant Shadows: Slay two Ascendant Order leaders, and free some prisoners.
• 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.

Skills and Abilities

Vanquisher

Quick Strike

A basic melee attack that does minor physical damage.

Heavy Attack

A heavy melee attack that does moderate physical damage. It can be blocked to set the enemy off balance.

Block

The vanquisher blocks with its one-handed blade.

Retaliation

The vanquisher jumps and performs a spinning strike, hitting and staggering their target. This can be blocked, setting them off balance. Retaliation is always used after a successful block, which then makes it impossible for the target to block this attack.

Javelin

The vanquisher takes out a javelin from behind their back and tosses it at their target, dealing damage and staggering them. This can be interrupted to set them off balance. This attack is used more often when standing further out from the vanquisher.

Thundermaul

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. Then they turn into pure lightning which makes them gain massive damage reduction.

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!"