What the item does
01
Active: Shield Wall
Reduce your own movement speed by 20 to provide a 160 physical damage barrier to allied player controlled targets in a 800 unit radius. Lasts for 6 seconds.
How I decide
«I activate Shield Wall for my units, accounting for my own slow.»
Ruslan UkrainskyiSpeaking through Rodya
- 01 Situation
- The controlled group takes physical attacks near me.
- 02 My decision
- We provide the barrier before the stream of attacks and choose a location where the owner's slow is not dangerous in advance.
- 03 What I avoid
- Expose my own hero to focus for a small gain for my units.
When to choose
When tier 1 neutral items become available. I choose from the current options for the hero's next task; this item is not bought with gold.
Which heroes I would try it on
Examples based on mechanics. The role, opponents and team plan determine the final choice.
Stats and key conditions
- Cooldown
- 40 s
Game effects and recipes are a snapshot of official data. My guidelines are choices for a task, not a promise of the same build every match. Values for several stages, where present, are separated by ‘/’.
Original Valve item data ↗