Shiva's Guard

Abilities

Arctic Blast

Play

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Emits a freezing wave that deals 200 magical damage to enemies and slows their movement by 40% for 4 seconds.

Radius: 900

Damage: 200

Move Speed Slow: 40%

Slow Duration: 4

30

100

Slow persists if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.

Modifiers

Item Shivas Guard Blast: Dispellable with any dispel.

Notes:

• Does not interrupt 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.

• The blast spreads at a speed of 350 and takes 2.57 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, it is not possible to avoid the effect by blinking "over" the edge towards the caster.

• Provides 800 radius flying vision Vision changes around while the hero moves. Vision describes what a unit can and cannot see from its current location and state. Places a unit cannot see are filled with the Fog of War, a , following the caster and leaving a trail of vision which lasts for 2 seconds.

Freezing Aura

Ability
Aura

Affects
Enemies

Reduces the attack speed of all enemies in a 900 radius.

Radius: 900

Attack Speed Slow: 45

Modifiers

Item Shivas Guard Aura: Undispellable.

Notes:

• Freezing Auras from multiple Shiva`s Guards do not stack.

• The aura Auras are passive abilities that grant a buff or debuff to units in an area of effect around the holder, or in some cases, over a short period at a targeted point or unit. By `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.

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 Update history Version history edit] Version Changes 7.06 Increased recipe cost from 600 to 650 (total cost from 4700 to 4750). 6.84 Increased Freezing

Shiva`s Guard
Said to have belonged to a goddess, today it retains much of its former power.
Cost 4750 (650) Bought From Armor   Item   Changelogs     Shiva s Guard Said to have belonged to a goddess, today it retains much of its former power. Cost4750 (650) Bought FromArmor Active Arctic Blast Passive Freezing Aura Bonus +30
Active Arctic Blast Passive Freezing Aura Bonus +30 Intelligence +15 Armor   Item   Changelogs     Shiva s Guard Said to have belonged to a goddess, today it retains much of its former power. Cost4750 (650) Bought FromArmor Active Arctic Blast Passive Freezing Aura Bonus +30 Disassemble? Yes Alert allies? No Recipe

Shiva`s 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 purchasable at the Main Shop, under Armor   Item   Changelogs     Shiva s Guard Said to have belonged to a goddess, today it retains much of its former power. Cost4750 (650) Bought FromArmor Active Arctic Blast Passive Freezing Aura Bonus +30 . Be that as it may, it can only be completed with items 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 .

Videos

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 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.

Additional information

• One Shiva`s Guard grants a total of 15 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 , 330 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 , 1.2 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 and 2.14% 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 30 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 to 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 heroes).

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Axe   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Axe 25 + 2.8 20 + 2.2 18 +

• Arctic Blast will hit multiple enemies when initiated on by Berserker`s Call.
• Arctic Blast slows fleeing enemies, and helps Axe bring them low enough for Culling Blade.

Batrider   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Batrider 23 + 2.7 15 + 1.5 24 +

• Arctic Blast helps Batrider deal extra damage whenever he blinks in to grab an enemy with Flaming Lasso.
• Arctic Blast allows Batrider to stay ahead of targets, burning them with the flaming trail from Firefly while slowing them further with Sticky Napalm.

Bristleback   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Bristleback 22 + 2.2 17 + 1.8 14 + 2.8 Level Base

• Shiva`s Guard`s armor bonus stacks well with Bristleback`s durability.
• Arctic Blast`s slow stacks with Viscous Nasal Goo, reducing enemies to a crawl.

Clockwerk   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Clockwerk 26 + 3.2 13 + 2.3 17 + 1.3 Level Base

• Arctic Blast boosts Clockwerk`s otherwise low damage output.
• Arctic Blast is useful for initiation, especially if used just before landing a Hookshot.

Dark Seer   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Dark Seer 22 + 2.6 12 + 1.2 23 + 2.7 Level

• Arctic Blast hit numerous heroes when caught together with Vacuum.
• Arctic Blast`s slow prevents enemies from fleeing illusions spawned by Wall of Replica, as well as allies hastened by Surge.

Death Prophet   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Death Prophet 17 + 2.6 14 + 1.4 23 + 3 Level

• Shiva`s Guard`s armor and attack speed slow keeps Death Prophet alive longer during Exorcism.
• Arctic Blast`s slow keeps enemies within range of Spirit Siphon and Exorcism.

Doom   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Doom 26 + 3.5 11 + 0.9 13 + 2.1 Level Base

• Shiva`s Guard makes up for Doom`s low base armor.
• Arctic Blast`s slow keeps enemies within range of Scorched Earth and Aghanim`s Scepter   Item   Upgraded Abilities   Old Abilities   Lore   Changelogs     Aghanim s Scepter The scepter of a wizard with demigod-like powers. Cost4200 Bought FromCaster Passive Ultimate Upgrade Bonus +10 Strength+10 Agility+10 Intelligence+175 upgraded Doom.

Phoenix   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Phoenix 19 + 3.2 12 + 1.3 18 + 1.8 Level Base

• Arctic Blast`s slow stacks with Icarus Dive`s slow, making it hard for enemies to flee when Phoenix initiates on them.
• 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.

Storm Spirit   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Storm Spirit 19 + 1.8 22 + 1.8 24 + 3 Level

• Ball Lightning`s rapid movement allows Storm Spirit to catch many enemies with Arctic Blast.

Tidehunter   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Tidehunter 22 + 3.3 15 + 1.5 16 + 1.7 Level Base

• Shiva`s Guard`s extra armor works well with 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 twice with a Refresher Orb   Item   Changelogs     Refresher OrbB A powerful artifact created for wizards. Cost5200 (1800) Bought FromCaster Active Reset Cooldowns Bonus +12 Health regeneration+250% Mana regeneration+20 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe .
• Ravage ensures that most enemies will be hit by Arctic Blast.

• 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`s radius.

• Shiva`s Guard`s extra armor and attack speed slow makes Underlord relatively tanky, allowing him to teamfight longer with Atrophy Aura.

Others

• Alchemist`s high regeneration through 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 benefits from Shiva`s Guard`s armor, allowing him to stay in the middle of fights and debuff enemies with Natural Order, as well as deal damage with Astral Spirit`s attack bonus.
• Invoker can follow up with Arctic Blast after using Tornado or Deafening Blast, adding to his overall nuke damage.
• Magnus is guaranteed to hit multiple enemies with Arctic Blast after landing a good Reverse Polarity, which prevents them from quickly spreading out after the stun ends.
• Outworld Devourer benefits greatly from Shiva`s Guard`s extra intelligence, which lets him deal significantly more damage with Sanity`s Eclipse.
• Razor can use Arctic Blast to keep enemies within range of all his abilities.
• Sand King can use Arctic Blast to keep enemies within range of his Epicenter.
• Undying can use Arctic Blast to supplement his low damage, as well as keeping enemies within range of Tombstone`s zombies.

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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  Activating Shiva`s Guard

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  Aura effect on carrier (unused)

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General

Shiva`s Guard (also known as Shiva`s) is a powerful item that works great on many carry and support heroes that need high Intelligence stats. It is a situational item for the late game that can cripple the entire enemy team, giving your team an edge in battle. Can be disassembled.

Ability

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Version History

WC3 DotA Version

• Warcraft III DotA - Shiva`s Guard