Vanguard Deployment

Units with Vanguard Deployment are able to deploy outside their army's normal deployment zone, during the deployment phase before a battle commences. However, they cannot deploy inside the enemy's deployment zone, and must still stay inside the white map borders the same as other units.

Vanguard Deployment can be useful for surprising enemies, or closing the distance quickly.

Units with this attribute

Beastmen
Category	Unit
Lords
Lords (on Tuskgor Chariot)
Heroes (on Tuskgor Chariot)
Infantry
Missile Infantry
Cavalry & Chariots	|
Missile Cavalry & Chariots
Monsters & Beasts

Bretonnia
Category	Unit
Heroes
Cavalry & Chariots
Missile Cavalry & Chariots

Chaos Dwarfs
Category	Unit
Heroes (campaign only)
Infantry
Cavalry & Chariots
Missile Cavalry & Chariots

Daemons of Chaos
Category	Unit
Heroes
Infantry
Cavalry & Chariots
Missile Cavalry & Chariots
Monsters & Beasts

Dark Elves
Category	Unit
Missile Infantry
Cavalry & Chariots
Missile Cavalry & Chariots
Monsters & Beasts
Extended Roster

Dwarfs
Category	Unit
Lords (campaign only, only in underground battles)
Infantry
Missile Infantry

Grand Cathay
Category	Unit
Cavalry & Chariots
Monsters & Beasts

Greenskins
Category	Unit
Lords
Lords (on Giant Wolf)
Lords (campaign only; on Giant Wolf)
Heroes
Infantry
Missile Infantry
Cavalry & Chariots
Missile Cavalry & Chariots
Extended Roster

High Elves
Category	Unit
Lords
Missile Infantry
Cavalry & Chariots
Missile Cavalry & Chariots
Extended Roster

Khorne
Category	Unit
Lords (campaign only)
Heroes
Infantry
Missile Cavalry & Chariots
Monsters & Beasts

Kislev
Category	Unit
Missile Infantry
Cavalry & Chariots
Missile Cavalry & Chariots
Extended Roster

Lizardmen
Category	Unit
Lords
Infantry
Missile Infantry
Cavalry & Chariots
Monsters & Beasts
Missile Monsters & Beasts
Extended Roster

Norsca
Category	Unit
Heroes
Missile Cavalry & Chariots
Monsters & Beasts
Monsters & Beasts (Multiplayer and Custom games only)

Nurgle
Category	Unit
Infantry
Missile Cavalry & Chariots
Monsters & Beasts
Extended Roster

Ogre Kingdoms
Category	Unit
Missile Infantry
Monsters & Beasts

Skaven
Category	Unit
Lords
Heroes
Infantry
Missile Infantry
Monsters & Beasts

Slaanesh
Category	Unit
Cavalry & Chariots
Monsters & Beasts

The Empire
Category	Unit
Lords
Missile Infantry
Cavalry & Chariots
Missile Cavalry & Chariots
Extended Roster

Tomb Kings
Category	Unit
Cavalry & Chariots
Missile Cavalry & Chariots
Monsters & Beasts
Constructs
Extended Roster

Tzeentch
Category	Unit
Infantry
Cavalry & Chariots
Missile Cavalry & Chariots
Monsters & Beasts

Vampire Coast
Category	Unit
Heroes
Missile Infantry
Monsters & Beasts
Extended Roster

Vampire Counts
Category	Unit
Lords (campaign only)
Infantry
Cavalry & Chariots
Monsters & Beasts
Extended Roster

Warriors of Chaos
Category	Unit
Infantry
Cavalry & Chariots
Missile Cavalry & Chariots
Monsters & Beasts
Extended Roster
Extended Roster (Skirmish vs A.I. only)

Wood Elves
Category	Unit
Lords
Lords (on Elven Steed and Great Stag)
Heroes
Heroes (on foot, Elven Steed and Great Stag)
Infantry
Missile Infantry
Cavalry & Chariots
Missile Cavalry & Chariots
Monsters & Beasts
Extended Roster

Ancillaries that grant this attribute

Ancillaries
Name	Type	Race	Owner	Random Drop	Other Source	Effects
Herald of Zandri	Follower	Tomb Kings			Dynasties	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Skeleton Chariot units (Lord's army)
Standard of the Empty Steppe	Banner	Kislev				Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for selected unit

Buildings that grant this attribute

Buildings
Name	Type	Race	Effect
Oak of Ages (Flourishing)	Settlement	Wood Elves	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment during forest battles (all armies)

Daemonic Gifts that grant this attribute

Daemonic Gifts
Name	Type	Race	Owner	Random Drop	Other Source
Spiked Aged Wings	Wings	Daemons of Chaos	The Daemon Prince		Daemonic Glory

Dilemmas that grant this attribute

Dilemmas
Name	Choice	Race	Effect
Not Yet Accomplished	Vanguard deployment	Kislev	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Frost Maiden in question

Faction effects that grant this attribute

Faction effects
Faction	Race	Effect
Clan Angrund	Dwarfs	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment during Underway battles

Mechanics that grant this attribute

Mechanics
Mechanic	Race	Mechanic specific	Effect
Flesh Laboratory	Skaven	Warp-Fuel Infusion	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for selected monsterous unit
Flesh Laboratory	Skaven	Stalker Senses	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for selected monsterous unit
Forbidden Workshop	Skaven	Aero-Die-Namics	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Doom-Flayer units (all armies)
Hell-Forge	Chaos Dwarfs	Soundproofed Armour	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Missile Infantry, Flying Monsters and Bull Centaurs
Malakai's Adventures	Dwarfs	Fight Convoy Army	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Gyrocopters units
Malakai's Adventures	Dwarfs	Fight Goblin Search Party	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Goblin Hewer units
Switchable Plagues	Daemons of Chaos	Plague: Grey Fever	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment

Rites that grant this attribute

Rites
Name	Race	Effect
Curse of the Sea Mist	Vampire Coast	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Fell Bats, Deck Droppers, Death Shriek Terrorgheist, Animated Hulks, Bloated Corpse, Rotting Prometheans, Syreens, Rotting Leviathan and Necrofex Colossus units

Skills that grant this attribute

Skills
Name	Race	Effect	Source
Beastslayer	Bretonnia Dwarfs Grand Cathay Kislev The Empire	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment	Gotrek
Independent Mind	Ogre Kingdoms	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment	Hunter
Masters of the Aeries	Wood Elves	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Great Eagle and Forest Dragon units (Lord's army)	Sisters of Twilight
Runnin' wiv da Pack	Ogre Kingdoms	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Sabretusk Pack units (Hero's army)	Hunter
Sneaky!	Chaos Dwarfs	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Gorduz, Hobgoblin and Hobgoblin Wolf Raider units (all units in army)	Gorduz Backstabber
Sneaky Gnoblars	Ogre Kingdoms	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment	Greasus Goldtooth
Sprightly Manling	Bretonnia Dwarfs Grand Cathay Kislev The Empire	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment	Felix
The Sacred Wanderer	Lizardmen	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment (Lord's army)	Nakai the Wanderer
Touched by Loec	Wood Elves	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Wardancer and Bladesinger units (Hero's army)	Glade Captain
Wanderer	Ogre Kingdoms	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment	Firebelly
Wildwood Veteran	Wood Elves	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Wildwood Ranger units (Hero's army)	Glade Captain

Stances that grant this attribute

Stances
Name	Race	Effect
Astromancy	Lizardmen	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for certain units
Entombed Beneath the Sands	Tomb Kings	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment

Technologies that grant this attribute

Technologies
Name	Race	Effect
Improved Gyrocopter Engines	Dwarfs	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Gyrocopters, Gyrobombers and Thunderbarge units
On Second Thoughts...	Greenskins	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for all Goblins
Master of the Putrid Horde	Vampire Counts	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment for Zombies units

Traits that grant this attribute

Traits
Name	Race	Effect	Source
Grand Chieftain (WH2 only)	Skaven	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment (Lord's army)	Tretch Craventail
Consuming Thirst	Vampire Counts	All units in Vlad von Carstein's army receive Vanguard Deployment	Vlad von Carstein
One That Hunts the Unseen	All races	Attribute: Vanguard Deployment	Defeating Oxyotl in combat