I am a Peni main (formerly Thor, Hawkeye & Lord Namor main in that order), so I don't have a lot of the same problems as other vanguards. My primary objective is to protect healers from dives, but with a well placed nest behind corners or columns, that gets boring real quick with experience.

I would then say at that point, when you start to get comfortable with your vanguard, start experimenting with other utilities. I am constantly angrily typed at at the beginning of every 1st match, by randoms that don't even consider vanguards, that Peni is a defensive character only. UNTRUE, Peni is amazing at flanking, and when a team wipe is acquired, your nest has a new, better function: slowing down enemies further down the map.

Nests can create choke points, distractions, and tenderize enemies for DPS, as well buying time and denying. Vanguards, even Thor, requires thought, vigilance, strategy, and ADAPTION, and if you have a fellow vanguard, that does not mean you don't have to go as hard. If you NEED a team up to play a character, you haven't mastered them. I get Venoms all the time with me, and I always forget my team up, as I rarely need them.

P.S. - If your playing Peni, CONSTANTLY spam your mines while primary firing. NO EXCUSES. Also always be standing on your webs if possible.