Vanguard
Description
The Vanguard is the featured Chaos enemy in Chaos 1. It appears in all Chaos difficulties other than Chaos 2. It has relatively low health and deals a small amount of damage. It carries a shield which blocks projectiles rendering them useless.
Strategy
Avoid using projectile based defenses and heroes unless you are equipped with a piercer servo or piercer chip. Their shield only blocks their front side, so they can also be damaged from behind with projectiles.
Boss Variant
Shield Goblin Gorbstock is a larger Vanguard that deals more damage and has more health than regular Vanguards, but otherwise functions the same way as regular Vanguards. He has a chance of appearing on wave 5 in Chaos 1 and can also appear on Omega Waves (wave 6) in Onslaught.