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Ardan is designed to assist another hero by hanging around the side and ensuring that his teammates stay alive, whereas I have Xander set up to be an active part of the fight, only being effective at all if he's the one actively taking damage. Xander is deigned to be a tank that body blocks, soaks up damage, and keeps his allies alive by never letting them be hurt, whereas Ardan is designed to be a steroids-on-demand style hero that runs with another hero and ensures that THAT hero does all the fighting better than their opponent, keeping him alive with Vanguard and securing kills/preventing deaths with Gauntlet. Xander's A prevents an allied hero from being hurt by having him take the damage onto himself. There's no reflection to the enemy, it's just Xander taking the pain instead, whereas Ardan's A is designed to allow the allied hero he vanguards to perform better (be that running away with the speed boost and health shield or engaging an opponent). Ardan's is combat centralized, whereas Xander is survival centralized.