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=== '''Notes''' ===
* Taking everything in total, Vanguard loses 10% to 20% in damage relative to the dedicated types in their areas, in exchange for a 5% to 10% damage boost in everything else.
* Since the primary drawback of Vanguards is the lack of Lv21+ Photon Arts, this means little for early to mid game players that does not have access to any Lv21+ Photon Arts yet. '''As such, Vanguards makes for a good intermediary class,''' with good [[Abilities]] that are useful on other types or [[Partner characters]] purposes, and a good stat spread for the player to try out every weapon with.
* Ranged Photon Arts applies to {{Square}}, and the 5% to 10% damage loss on {{Square}} is largely irrelevant to your damage output, and Charge Shots are generally unaffected by Photon Arts levels. Thus, Ranged Weapons are quite invaluable, due to being hindered the least by Vanguard's drawbacks.
** However, the one exception to this, [[Shotguns]], the best ranged damage dealer, loses around 20% damage due to lack of Lv20 Photon Arts, so Vanguards are still worse than Rangers. [[Cards]] lose about 33% damage for similar reasons.
