Crimson Guard

A shield of solidarity, a powerful and protective item that not only fortifies your hero's defenses but also offers additional protection to nearby allies in the most resilient way.

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A cuirass originally built to protect against the dreaded Year Beast.

A shield of solidarity, a powerful and protective item that not only fortifies your hero's defenses but also offers additional protection to nearby allies in the most resilient way.

Base Combat Stats

+ 250 Health

+ 12 Health Regeneration

+ 8 Armor

Recipe

Abilities

Active: Guard

For 8 seconds, grant nearby allied heroes and buildings a 100% chance to block damage equal to 70 plus 2.5% of the casters max health value from each incoming attack.
Units may only be affected by Guard once every 35 seconds.
Radius: 1200

Mana: 75

Cooldown: 35

Passive: Damage Block

Grants a 60% chance to block 75 damage from incoming attacks on melee heroes, and 50 damage on ranged.

Additional Insights

Multiple sources of damage block do not stack.
Picture your hero equipped with this incredible item, it's like wielding an imposing shield that provides exceptional protection against enemy assaults. The Crimson Guard significantly boosts your hero's armor and provides a shield that blocks incoming attacks.

Statistics

The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Crimson Guard as a core or non-core item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.

Itemization Strategy

If multiple opponents has their damage output coming from physical attacks this the item to go, A mid game item that is built by offlaners or soft supports.

Heroes countered by Crimson Guard

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Beastmaster

Gives your team and buildings a barrier to take less damage from right clicks from Beastmaster and his summons to nullify his kill and push potential.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Broodmother

Gives your team and buildings a barrier to take less damage from right clicks from Broodmother and her army of Spiderlings to nullify their kill and push potential.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Chaos Knight

Gives your team and buildings a barrier to take less damage from right clicks from Chaos Knight and his illusions to nullify their kill and push potential.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Juggernaut

Gives you and your team a barrier to take less damage from Juggernaut's right clicks and Omnislash.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lone Druid

Gives your team and buildings a barrier to take less damage from Spirit Bear's and Lone Druid's right clicks to nullify their kill and push potential.

Gives your team and buildings a barrier to take less damage from right clicks from Lycan and his Wolf pack to nullify their kill and push potential.

Gives you and your team a barrier to take less damage from Marci's right clicks to nullify her kill potential during Unleash.

Gives you and your team a barrier to take less damage from Medusa right clicks and nullify her AoE kill potential.

Gives your team and buildings a barrier to take less damage from right clicks from Meepo and his clones to nullify their kill and push potential.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Monkey King

Gives you and your team a barrier to take less damage from Monkey King's right clicks and nullify his burst potential inside Wukong's Command.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Nature's Prophet

Gives your team and buildings a barrier to take less damage from right clicks from Nature's Prophet and Treants to nullify his kill and push potential.

Gives your team and buildings a barrier to take less damage from Riki's right clicks and Tricks of the Trade to nullify his kill and push potential.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Terrorblade

Gives your team and buildings a barrier to take less damage from right clicks from Terrorblade and his illusions to nullify his kill and push potential.

Gives your team and buildings a barrier to take less damage from right clicks from Visage and his Familiars to nullify his kill and push potential.

Trivia

Was made specifically to be an armor against the Year Beast in the Dota lore.