Shiva's Guard – Dota 2 Guide, Stats & Hero Matchups [Patch 7.39d]

Upgraded Item | Armor

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Said to have belonged to a goddess, today it retains much of its former power.

A hero's frosty fortress, a powerful and versatile item that not only fortifies your hero's defenses but also wreaks havoc on enemies in the most chilling way.

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Additional Insights

Statistics

The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Shiva's Guard as a core, common or situational item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.

Offlane

Core: 26%

11 out of 43 guides

Offlane

Common: 9%

4 out of 43 guides

Offlane

Situational: 37%

16 out of 43 guides

Mid

Core: 11%

4 out of 35 guides

Mid

Common: 3%

1 out of 35 guides

Mid

Situational: 40%

14 out of 35 guides

Support

Core: 8%

5 out of 63 guides

Support

Common: 2%

1 out of 63 guides

Support

Situational: 16%

10 out of 63 guides

Carry

Core: 0%

0 out of 41 guides

Carry

Common: 0%

0 out of 41 guides

Carry

Situational: 2%

1 out of 41 guides

Itemization Strategy

Shivas guard is a well balanced item that is received by the community as a both offensive and defensive item usually bought by offlaners and cores who love to initiate this item is perfect in the mid to late game. Centaur, Primal Beast and Doom makes it a wonderful patch for them

Heroes with Shiva's Guard as Core Item

An upgrade for {veil-of-discord} to become tanky with armor and reduce healing in an AoE around you. Works well against illusions and summons along with your AoE damage from Rot. Has great synergy with aghs to slow enemy heroes from range with the Arctic Blast active and do even more damage with Rot after getting in range.

A core item that gives you tankiness with armor and reduces healing in an AoE around you. Works well against illusions and summons along with your AoE damage spells. Also increases your damage output with all spells other than Tidebringer.

A core item that gives you tankiness with armor and reduces healing in an AoE around you. Works well against illusions and summons along with your AoE damage spells. Also increases your damage output with Wild Axes.

A core item that gives you some much needed armor and reduces healing in an AoE around you. Works well against illusions and summons along with your AoE damage spells.

A core item that is your all around strong item that enables your hero to farm quickly, slow opponents and deter lifesteal and regeneration from high HP targets. Works good against Illusions.

An upgrade for {veil-of-discord} to gain some much needed armor to stand in the middle of fights and dish out increased damage with your spells and Poison Attack right clicks. Also reduces the tankiness of enemy heroes around you by reducing their HP regen and lifesteal.

A core item that gives you some much needed armor and reduces healing in an AoE around you. Works well against illusions and summons along with your AoE damage spells.

A core item that gives you some much needed armor and reduces healing in an AoE around you. Works well against illusions and summons along with Ion Shell.

A core item that gives you some much needed armor and reduces healing in an AoE around you. Works well against illusions and summons along with your AoE spells.

An upgrade for {veil-of-discord} that gives you some much needed armor and reduces healing in an AoE around you. Works well against illusions and summons along with your AoE damage spells. Also provides effective damage and tankiness through stats.

A core item that causes enemies to take more magic damage, reduces healing, as well as providing you with ample sustain and armor in order to prolong your pressence in fights and prevent getting bursted.

A core item that gives you some much needed armor and reduces healing in an AoE around you. Works well against illusions and summons along with your AoE damage spells. Also provides tankiness through stats.

An upgrade for {veil-of-discord} that improves your tankiness with armor and increases the chances of your Supernova surviving by decreasing attack speed around you. Also reduces the movement speed of enemy heroes to keep them within Supernova AoE.

An upgrade for {veil-of-discord} that helps to reduce healing in an AoE around you and become more tanky with armor. Works well against illusions and summons along with your AoE damage spells.

An upgrade for {veil-of-discord} that gives you tankiness with armor and reduces healing in an AoE around you. Works well against illusions and summons along with your AoE damage spells. Also increases the outgoing damage of all your spells.

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