Dota 2

Buckler

Shop item, 425 gold. Built from Ring of Protection plus a 250 gold recipe.

Buckler
425g

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Tuned 5 times

10 lines of changes across 5 patches, condensed below to the ones that still matter.

2 buffs and 3 nerfs in total: roughly even.

Cost and recipe

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    Recipe cost increased from 200 to 250 (matches the other early aura items)changed 5 times across 4 patches, net nerf

Biggest changes

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    Activated armor bonus duration on heroes reduced from 25 to 15 (carries through to Mek)
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    Armor aura reduced from 2.5 to 2
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    No longer provides +3 All Stats
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    Armor increased from 2 to 2.5 (heroes and player units only)
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    Now provides +1 armor to the holder

Most recent change patch 7.29, Apr 2021

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    Recipe cost increased from 200 to 250 (matches the other early aura items)
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    Now provides +1 armor to the holder
What it does now
  • + 1 Armor
  • Buckler Aura PassiveGrants 2 armor to allied player units. Radius: 1200

Built from Ring of Protection plus a 250 gold recipe.

Every Buckler change, patch by patch

All 10 changes Valve listed for Buckler since patch 7.21, newest first. Last changed in 7.29 (Apr 2021).

Patch 7.29

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    Now provides +1 armor to the holder
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    Recipe cost increased from 200 to 250 (matches the other early aura items)

Patch 7.27

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    Armor aura reduced from 2.5 to 2
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    Recipe cost reduced from 225 to 200 (total price remains 375)

Patch 7.25

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    No longer requires an Iron Branch
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    No longer provides +3 All Stats
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    Recipe cost reduced from 300 to 225
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    Armor increased from 2 to 2.5 (heroes and player units only)

Patch 7.23c

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    Recipe cost increased from 250 to 300

Patch 7.21

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    Activated armor bonus duration on heroes reduced from 25 to 15 (carries through to Mek)