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Shiva's Guard
Shiva's Guard icon
Said to have belonged to a goddess, today it retains much of its former power.
Cost 4850 Gold (650)
Sell Value Full price refunded within 10s. 2425 Gold
Active Arctic Blast
Passive ? Freezing Aura
Bonus ? +30 Intelligence
+15 Armor
Shareable No
Disassemble No
Usage Alert ? No
Recipe
Shiva's Guard (4850)
Components3
Mystic Staff (2800)
Platemail (1400)
Recipe (650)

Shiva's Guard is an Item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Armor. However, it can only be completed with items from the Secret Shop.

Additional information

  • One Shiva's Guard grants a total of {{#show:Shiva's Guard|?bonus armor#}} armor, Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". mana, Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". mana regeneration and {{#show:Shiva's Guard|?active spell damage#}}% spell damage (and {{#show:Shiva's Guard|?bonus intelligence#}} attack damage to Intelligence attribute symbol intelligence heroes).

Abilities

Arctic Blast
Ability
No Target
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Emits a freezing wave that deals {{#show:#Arctic Blast|?value2#}} magical damage to enemies and slows their movement by {{#show:#Arctic Blast|?value3#}} for {{#show:#Arctic Blast|?value4#}} seconds.
Radius: 900
Damage: 200
Move Speed Slow: 40%
Slow Duration: 4
Cooldown symbol
 30
Mana symbol
 100
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
Item Shivas Guard Blast

  • Does not interrupt the user's channeling spells upon cast.
  • The blast spreads at a speed of 350 and takes Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". seconds to reach maximum range and dissipate.
  • The area of effect is centered around the owner, so when moving or blinking, the radius moves along.
  • The blast is not a ring. It affects every enemy within the blast's expanding area of effect.
    • This means that unlike with Ravage icon Ravage, it is not possible to avoid the effect by blinking "over" the edge towards the caster.
  • Provides 800 radius flying vision, following the caster and leaving a trail of vision which lasts for 2 seconds.


Freezing Aura
Can be used by illusions. Pierces spell immunity.
Ability
Aura
Affects
Enemies
Reduces the attack speed of all enemies by {{#show:#Freezing Aura|?value2#}}.
Radius: 900
Attack Speed Slow: 45
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
Item Shivas Guard Aura
Undispellable

  • Freezing Auras from multiple Shiva's Guards do not stack.
  • The aura's debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds.
  • The status debuff icon only shows up when the affected unit has vision over the Shiva's holder.


Recommended heroes

Axe icon
  • Arctic Blast will hit multiple enemies when initiated on by Berserker's Call icon Berserker's Call.
  • Arctic Blast slows fleeing enemies, and helps Axe bring them low enough for Culling Blade icon Culling Blade.
Batrider icon
  • Arctic Blast helps Batrider deal extra damage whenever he blinks in to grab an enemy with Flaming Lasso icon Flaming Lasso.
  • Arctic Blast allows Batrider to stay ahead of targets, burning them with the flaming trail from Firefly icon Firefly while slowing them further with Sticky Napalm icon Sticky Napalm.
Bristleback icon
  • Shiva's Guard's armor bonus stacks well with Bristleback's durability.
  • Arctic Blast's slow stacks with Viscous Nasal Goo icon Viscous Nasal Goo, reducing enemies to a crawl.
Clockwerk icon
  • Arctic Blast boosts Clockwerk's otherwise low damage output.
  • Arctic Blast is useful for initiation, especially if used just before landing a Hookshot icon Hookshot.
Dark Seer icon
  • Arctic Blast hit numerous heroes when caught together with Vacuum icon Vacuum.
  • Arctic Blast's slow prevents enemies from fleeing illusions spawned by Wall of Replica icon Wall of Replica, as well as allies hastened by Surge icon Surge.
Death Prophet icon
  • Shiva's Guard's armor and attack speed slow keeps Death Prophet alive longer during Exorcism icon Exorcism.
  • Arctic Blast's slow keeps enemies within range of Spirit Siphon icon Spirit Siphon and Exorcism icon Exorcism.
Doom icon
Phoenix icon
  • Arctic Blast's slow stacks with Icarus Dive icon Icarus Dive's slow, making it hard for enemies to flee when Phoenix initiates on them.
  • Icarus Dive icon Icarus Dive's movement path allows Arctic Blast's radius to cover a very large area, and will hit almost all enemies on the screen.
  • Freezing Aura's attack speed slow makes it less likely for enemies to kill Phoenix during Supernova icon Supernova.
Storm Spirit icon
  • Ball Lightning icon Ball Lightning's rapid movement allows Storm Spirit to catch many enemies with Arctic Blast.
Tidehunter icon
  • Shiva's Guard's extra armor works well with Kraken Shell icon Kraken Shell, making Tidehunter even tankier.
  • Shiva's Guard's extra intelligence gives Tidehunter a much larger mana pool, allowing to him comfortably use Ravage icon Ravage twice with a Refresher Orb icon Refresher Orb.
  • Ravage icon Ravage ensures that most enemies will be hit by Arctic Blast.
Timbersaw icon
  • Timber Chain icon Timber Chain's rapid movement helps Timbersaw hit more enemies with Arctic Blast.
  • Arctic Blast makes it easier to hit and keep enemies inside Chakram icon Chakram's radius.
Underlord icon
  • Shiva's Guard's extra armor and attack speed slow makes Underlord relatively tanky, allowing him to teamfight longer with Atrophy Aura icon Atrophy Aura.

Others

  • Alchemist minimap icon Alchemist's high regeneration through Chemical Rage icon Chemical Rage makes up for the minor damage received after reduction from Shiva's Guard's armor, protecting him from being killed by burst damage.
  • Elder Titan minimap icon Elder Titan benefits from Shiva's Guard's armor, allowing him to stay in the middle of fights and debuff enemies with Natural Order icon Natural Order, as well as deal damage with Astral Spirit icon Astral Spirit's attack bonus.
  • Invoker minimap icon Invoker can follow up with Arctic Blast after using Tornado icon Tornado or Deafening Blast icon Deafening Blast, adding to his overall nuke damage.
  • Magnus minimap icon Magnus is guaranteed to hit multiple enemies with Arctic Blast after landing a good Reverse Polarity icon Reverse Polarity, which prevents them from quickly spreading out after the stun ends.
  • Outworld Devourer minimap icon Outworld Devourer benefits greatly from Shiva's Guard's extra intelligence, which lets him deal significantly more damage with Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Sanity's Eclipse"..
  • Razor minimap icon Razor can use Arctic Blast to keep enemies within range of all his abilities.
  • Sand King minimap icon Sand King can use Arctic Blast to keep enemies within range of his Epicenter icon Epicenter.
  • Undying minimap icon Undying can use Arctic Blast to supplement his low damage, as well as keeping enemies within range of Tombstone icon Tombstone's zombies.

Tips

  • Arctic Blast's effect hits every enemy once within its radius, even after its edge has expanded past the target. Because of its slow expansion time (taking about 2 seconds to reach max radius), it can be thought of as a moving area effect, centered on the hero.
    • Use Arctic Blast before blinking or engaging an enemy to instantly deal area damage upon initiation.
    • This can be used to instantly disable enemy Blink Dagger icon Blink Daggers by prematurely using Arctic Blast out of vision and then blinking onto an enemy.
  • Shiva's Guard is a useful item against enemies with mana burn. It greatly increases a hero's mana pool, and its aura slows the number of mana burning attacks made against its owner.
  • Shiva's Guard is good against heroes and and creeps with low attack speed, causing them to attack even slower.

Trivia

  • The name "Shiva" is a reference to the Shiva of the Final Fantasy series, an elemental summon with the power of ice.
  • Shiva is the supreme deity within Shaivism, one of the three most influential denominations in contemporary Hinduism.

Gallery


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