What the item does
Active: Arctic Blast
Emits a freezing wave that deals 225 magical damage to enemies and reduces their movement speed by 40% for 4 seconds.
Radius: 825
Passive: Freezing Aura
Reduces enemies’ attack speed by 40.
Radius: 1200
How I decide
«I aim Shiva's wave into a moment where we can follow up its slow.»
Ruslan UkrainskyiSpeaking through Rodya
- 01 Situation
- Several enemies are close, and their attacks and recovery interfere with the teamfight.
- 02 My decision
- I use Arctic Blast for a team engagement and apply my hero's extra properties across the area.
- 03 What I avoid
- Buy a broad active ability but always use it far from meaningful targets.
When I would buy it
When enemy attacks and healing already matter, and the hero can make use of the active wave.
Components
Components from Valve's recipe. Repeated parts are marked with quantities.
Platemail
Splintmail
Chasm StoneWhich 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
- Armour
- 17
- Area radius
- 75
- Cooldown
- 27 s
- Mana cost
- 75
Valve notes
- The wave extends at a speed of 400 to a max size of 825.
- The Arctic Blast follows its caster.
- Multiple instances of Freezing Aura do not stack.
- AoE bonuses from multiple Chasm Stones or its upgrades do not stack.
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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