Crimson Guard

Abilities

Guard

Play

Ability
No Target

Affects
Allied Heroes   Main   Mechanics   Attributes Table   Release Dates   Grid Layout     Heroes are the essential element of Dota 2, as the course of the match is dependent on their intervention. During

Grant nearby allied heroes and buildings a 100% chance to block 60 damage from each incoming attack, along with 2 armor. Lasts 12 seconds.

Radius: 900

Blocked Damage: 60

Armor Bonus: 2

Buff Duration: 12

Stack Limit Duration: 46

46

Modifiers

Item Crimson Guard Extra: Dispellable with any dispel.

Item Crimson Guard Nostack: Undispellable.

Notes:

• Interrupts the user`s channeling Warlock channeling Upheaval Channeling an ability causes the caster to stop acting for the duration of the spell. Channeled spells may be ended when the channeling unit takes another action or is interrupted by another spells upon cast.

• Affects heroes, illusions Default buff iconPlay Spawn soundPlay Death sound “ Play A legion sprouts from one! Click to listen— Phantom Lancer ” Illusions (also commonly called illus) are imperfect, weaker copies of heroes, created by spells or items. They and buildings Buildings are special units that are immune to most spells, use structure armor, and are immobile. Destroying a building rewards you with a bounty, similar to most creeps or heroes. Destroying towers rewards the entire . Affects them even while invulnerable Default buff iconPlay Error soundInvulnerability is a status effect that renders the target completely immune to all status effects and damage, except for most damage flagged as @@@#@@@HP(hp.com)###@### Removal. Most friendly effects, such as healing or while hidden Hiding (also referred to as banishing) a unit causes it to temporarily disappear. It renders the unit unable to move, attack, cast spells and use items. All hiding spells also turn the affected unit invulnerable. . Does not affect creep-heroes.

• Does not affect heroes that have been affected by Guard in the last 46 seconds.
  • A status buff icon on affected units shows how much time is left for it to be able to get affected again.

• Guard bonus armor does not stack with the armor gained from Mekansm   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     MekansmB A glowing jewel formed out of assorted parts that somehow fit together perfectly. Cost2375 (900) Bought FromSupport Active Restore Passive Mekansm Aura Bonus +5 Strength+5 and Buckler   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     BucklerB A powerful shield that imbues the bearer with the strength of heroes past, it is capable of protecting entire armies in battle. Cost800 (200) Bought active abilities.

• Does not work against wards This page is about in-game units. For cosmetic pets, see Summoned Unit. Summons are a type of units that are created with spells. Players do not encounter them, unless they play as, with or against ( Plague Ward, Mass Serpent Ward, Death Ward).

• Does not reduce physical damage from spells, except from Moon Glaive and The Swarm.

• For more details, see Damage Block Damage Block is a passive ability that gives the wielding unit a chance to block some physical damage from an attack. Contents 1 Mechanics 2 Stacking 3 Sources of Damage Block 4 Version history 5 .

Damage Block Damage Block is a passive ability that gives the wielding unit a chance to block some physical damage from an attack. Contents 1 Mechanics 2 Stacking 3 Sources of Damage Block 4 Version history 5

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Grants the wielder a 50% chance to block damage from incoming attacks based on whether the equipped hero is melee or ranged.

Proc Chance: 50%

Blocked Damage (Melee): 70

Blocked Damage (Ranged): 35

Notes:

• Does not work against wards This page is about in-game units. For cosmetic pets, see Summoned Unit. Summons are a type of units that are created with spells. Players do not encounter them, unless they play as, with or against ( Plague Ward, Mass Serpent Ward, Death Ward).

• Does not reduce physical damage from spells, except from Moon Glaive and The Swarm.

• Damage Block uses pseudo-random distribution.

• For more details, see Damage Block Damage Block is a passive ability that gives the wielding unit a chance to block some physical damage from an attack. Contents 1 Mechanics 2 Stacking 3 Sources of Damage Block 4 Version history 5 .

Strategy

Similar to buying a Mekansm or a Pipe of Insight, this support item makes your entire team tankier against physical damage. It is a good option for heroes that need more physical damage resistance but can`t handle the mana cost of Mekansm.

Info

Item Play “Singing trio.” It has been suggested that this article or section be split into multiple new articles. Reason given: The shop should get its own page Discussion to support or oppose the split should be

Changelogs   Item   Changelogs     Contents 1 Version history 2 Patch history Version history edit] Version Changes 7.06 Increased Guard duration from 10 to 12. 7.00 Guard Now also affects buildings. Can now place

Crimson Guard
A cuirass originally built to protect against the dreaded Year Beast.
Cost 3550 (600) Bought From Armor   Item   Changelogs     Crimson Guard A cuirass originally built to protect against the dreaded Year Beast. Cost3550 (600) Bought FromArmor Active Guard Passive Damage Block Bonus +2 Strength+2 Agility+2 Intelligence+250 Health+8 Health
Active Guard Passive Damage Block Bonus +2 Strength Strength is the attribute that grants health and health regeneration. For each point of strength a hero gets: 20 Health 0.06 Health regeneration Additionally, strength heroes also get 1 attack damage per strength point. To +2 Agility Agility is the attribute that grants armor and attack speed. For each point of agility a hero gets: 0.14 (1/7) Armor 1 Attack speed Additionally, agility heroes also get 1 attack damage per agility point. +2 Intelligence Intelligence is the attribute that grants mana, mana regeneration and spell damage amplification. For each point of intelligence a hero gets: 11 Mana 0.04 Mana regeneration 0.07% Spell damage Additionally, intelligence heroes also get 1 +250 Health +8 Health regeneration +5 Armor   Item   Changelogs     Crimson Guard A cuirass originally built to protect against the dreaded Year Beast. Cost3550 (600) Bought FromArmor Active Guard Passive Damage Block Bonus +2 Strength+2 Agility+2 Intelligence+250 Health+8 Health Disassemble? No Alert allies? Yes Recipe

Crimson Guard is an Item Play “Singing trio.” It has been suggested that this article or section be split into multiple new articles. Reason given: The shop should get its own page Discussion to support or oppose the split should be listed under the main shop under Armor   Item   Changelogs     Crimson Guard A cuirass originally built to protect against the dreaded Year Beast. Cost3550 (600) Bought FromArmor Active Guard Passive Damage Block Bonus +2 Strength+2 Agility+2 Intelligence+250 Health+8 Health . Be that as it may, it requires an item from the Secret Shop The Secret Shops are located near the center of the map. One Secret Shop is in the forests between the top and middle lanes, on the Radiant side. The other is in the forests between or the Side Lane Shop The Side Lane Shops are two extra shops located on the Radiant side of the bottom lane and the Dire side of the top lane, near the river. The Side Lane Shop sells certain items to be completed.

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Tips

• The high damage block of Crimson Guard`s active is good against illusions because their low damage is heavily reduced or negated completely.
• Similarly, it is good against small summons This page is about in-game units. For cosmetic pets, see Summoned Unit. Summons are a type of units that are created with spells. Players do not encounter them, unless they play as, with or against such as Undying   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Undying 22 + 2.4 10 + 0.8 27 + `s zombies, Broodmother   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Broodmother 17 + 2.8 18 + 2.2 18 + `s spiderlings, or Nature`s Prophet   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Nature s Prophet 19 + 2.1 18 + 1.9 25 + 2.9 Level `s treants to name a few.
• Crimson Guard is effective against armor reduction as the damage block takes effect before the damage reduction of armor. This means that if incoming damage is actually going to be amplified due to negative armor, a large portion of it can be blocked before it is amplified.

Additional information

• One Crimson Guard grants a total of 290 health “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be.  Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life , 8.12 health regeneration “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be.  Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life , 5.29 armor Armor is an attribute shared by all units. Armor is used to determine the amount of damage reduction (or amplification if an armor value is negative) a unit takes from physical damage sources. Higher armor , 2 attack speed The frequency with which units attack is measured in attack speed. A unit s attack speed can be modified by items, agility, abilities, and auras. Contents 1 Base attack time 2 Attack speed representation 3 Attack , 22 mana Play Out of mana! “ Play It s a new age of magic! Click to listen— Keeper of the Light ” Mana (also known as MP, which is short for mana points) represents the magic power of a , 0.08 mana regeneration Play Out of mana! “ Play It s a new age of magic! Click to listen— Keeper of the Light ” Mana (also known as MP, which is short for mana points) represents the magic power of a , 0.14% spell damage   Spell damage   Spell damage sources     Spell damage is all damage which is not dealt by physical attacks. This includes all spells which deal magical, physical or pure damage. Even the damage and 2 attack damage Attack damage is the amount of damage a unit is dealing with an unmodified basic attack; the base values are different for every hero. The total attack damage of a unit is the sum of .
  • Together with the active ability, it grants a total of 7.29 armor to the owner.

Recommended heroes

Heroes whose default item build includes Crimson Guard as a situational item⃂: Bristleback, Timbersaw, Dark Seer, Elder Titan, Axe, Undying, Underlord.

Trivia

• The icon for this item is based on the armor worn by Ember Spirit   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Ember Spirit 19 + 2.1 22 + 1.8 20 on an old .

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General

Crimson Guard is an upgrade Item purchasable from the Armor section in the Home Shop. It is a common support item used to help teams last longer during ganks, pushes, and team fights because of its powerful damage block ability along with its good bonus hp and armor.

Ability

Recommended Heroes

Version History