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Tuned 5 times10 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
- ▼Recipe cost increased from 200 to 250 (matches the other early aura items)changed 5 times across 4 patches, net nerf
Biggest changes
- ▼Activated armor bonus duration on heroes reduced from 25 to 15 (carries through to Mek)
- ▼Armor aura reduced from 2.5 to 2
- ▼No longer provides +3 All Stats
- ▲Armor increased from 2 to 2.5 (heroes and player units only)
- ▲Now provides +1 armor to the holder
Most recent change patch 7.29, Apr 2021
- ▼Recipe cost increased from 200 to 250 (matches the other early aura items)
- ▲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.