Dota 2

Shiva's Guard

4,500gdefensiveluxury

Counters attack-speed carries and regen. Our recommendation

Stats & effects

From Valve’s item data
  • +17 Armor
  • +75 Area of Effect

active Arctic Blast Emits a freezing wave that deals 260 magical damage to enemies and slows their movement by -40% for 4 seconds. Radius: 825

passive Freezing Aura Reduces the attack speed of all enemies by -45. Radius: 1200

Gives ours:ArmorTeamfight utilitySlowsTeam aura

Counters

Enemy traits this item answers Our recommendation
Sustained physical DPSHealing / lifestealIllusionsSummons

Situational usage — buy it against:

Timing windows

Our estimate if rushed, from a typical gold-per-minute for each position — not measured
9 minPos 110 minPos 211 minPos 315 minPos 417 minPos 5

Best heroes for this item

Hero needs + role fit + appears in our builds Our recommendation
NecrophosIn curated build14
AxeIn curated build14
MarsIn curated build14
Centaur WarrunnerIn curated build14
Storm SpiritIn curated build11
Queen of PainIn curated build11
TidehunterIn curated build11
BristlebackIn curated build9

Build synergy

Bought together in the same builds of ours Our recommendation
Black King Bar 8 buildsAghanim's Scepter 6 buildsBlink Dagger 5 buildsHeart of Tarrasque 5 buildsOctarine Core 4 buildsPipe of Insight 3 builds

Alternatives: Assault Cuirass