What the item does
Active: Guard
For 7 seconds, grant nearby allied heroes and buildings a 100% chance to block damage equal to 70 plus 2% of the caster's max health value from each incoming attack.
Radius: 1200
Passive: Damage Block
Grants a 60% chance to block 75 damage from incoming attacks on melee heroes, and 50 damage on ranged.
How I decide
«I choose Crimson for many attacks, not any red number.»
Ruslan UkrainskyiSpeaking through Rodya
- 01 Situation
- Several allies or a building receive a stream of attacks from heroes and controlled units.
- 02 My decision
- I use the shared Guard before this stream and agree one owner of the purchase with the team.
- 03 What I avoid
- Choose Crimson to solve the magical spell damage that causes the main deaths.
When I would buy it
Against widespread attacks and pressure on objectives, after the aura carrier's early items.
Components
Components from Valve's recipe. Repeated parts are marked with quantities.
Vanguard
Helm of Iron WillWhich heroes I would try it on
Examples based on mechanics. The role, opponents and team plan determine the final choice.
What to compare it with
Similar purposes do not make items interchangeable. I compare effect, price and timing.
Stats and key conditions
- Health
- 250
- Health regeneration
- 12
- Armour
- 6
- Cooldown
- 40 s
- Mana cost
- 75
- Cast range
- 1200
Valve notes
- Multiple sources of damage block do not stack.
- When the Guard buff is applied to ranged heroes, Guard blocks 25 less damage.
- Guard does not affect units that have been affected by Guard within Crimson Guard's cooldown.
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 ‘/’.
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