Dota 2

Shiva's Guard

Shop item, 4,500 gold. Built from Platemail, Splintmail and Chasm Stone plus a 1,250 gold recipe.

Shiva's Guard
4,500g

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Reworked in 7.41

Reworked in 7.41 Mar 2026

It works differently from how you remember. What it does now is further down.

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    Recipe cost decreased from 2050 to 1350. Total cost decreased from 5175g to 4500g
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    Arctic Blast damage increased from 200 to 260
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    Armor bonus increased from +15 to +17
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    Arctic Blast radius decreased from 900 to 825
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    No longer provides +5 Strength, +5 Agility, +5 Intelligence, or +5 Health Regen
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    Now also provides +75 Area of Effect

0 buffs and 2 nerfs in total: trending weaker.

Cost and recipe

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    Recipe cost decreased from 1350 to 1250. Total cost unchanged at 4500g

Biggest changes

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    Arctic Blast damage decreased from 260 to 225
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    Freezing Aura attack speed reduction decreased from 45 to 40

Most recent change patch 7.41f, Sep 2026

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    Arctic Blast damage decreased from 260 to 225
What it does now
  • + 17 Armor
  • + 75 Area of Effect
  • Arctic Blast Active 27s cooldownEmits a freezing wave that deals 225 magical damage to enemies and slows their movement by -40% for 4 seconds. Radius: 825
  • Freezing Aura PassiveReduces the attack speed of all enemies by -40. Radius: 1200

Built from Platemail, Splintmail, Chasm Stone plus a 1,250 gold recipe.

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Every Shiva's Guard change, patch by patch

All 36 changes Valve listed for Shiva's Guard since patch 7.27, newest first. Reworked in 7.41. Last changed in 7.41f (Sep 2026).

Patch 7.41f

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    Arctic Blast damage decreased from 260 to 225

Patch 7.41e

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    Recipe cost decreased from 1350 to 1250. Total cost unchanged at 4500g

Patch 7.41c

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    Freezing Aura attack speed reduction decreased from 45 to 40

Patch 7.41 Rework

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    Recipe changed
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    Now requires Splintmail (950) and Chasm Stone (800) instead of Veil of Discord (1725)
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    Recipe cost decreased from 2050 to 1350. Total cost decreased from 5175g to 4500g
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    No longer provides +5 Strength, +5 Agility, +5 Intelligence, or +5 Health Regen
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    Armor bonus increased from +15 to +17
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    Now also provides +75 Area of Effect
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    Area of Effect bonuses from multiple Chasm Stones or its upgrades do not stack
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    Arctic Blast damage increased from 200 to 260
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    Arctic Blast radius decreased from 900 to 825
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    Effective spell radius unchanged due to item's built-in Area of Effect bonus
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    Arctic Blast no longer increases damage taken from spells
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    Freezing Aura no longer reduces Health Restoration and Incoming Heal Amplification by 25%
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    Freezing Aura now pierces debuff immunity

Patch 7.40

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    Arctic Blast no longer does extra damage to illusions

Patch 7.39

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    Freezing Aura instead of reducing Healing, Health Regen, Lifesteal, and Spell Lifesteal by 25%, now reduces Health Restoration and Heal Amplification by 25%

Patch 7.35c

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    Recipe cost increased from 1700 to 2050. Total cost increased from 4825 to 5175
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    Armor bonus decreased from +16 to +15
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    All Attributes bonus decreased from +6 to +5
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    Health Regen bonus decreased from +6 to +5

Patch 7.35b

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    Armor bonus decreased from +20 to +16
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    All Attributes bonus decreased from +8 to +6
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    Health Regen bonus decreased from +8 to +6

Patch 7.35

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    Recipe changed. Now requires Veil of Discord (1725), Platemail (1400) and a 1700g recipe. Total cost decreased from 4850 to 4825
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    Now also provides +8 Strength, +8 Agility and +8 Health Regen
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    Intelligence bonus decreased from +30 to +8
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    Armor bonus increased from +15 to +20
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    Arctic Blast now also causes enemies to take 15% more damage from spells for 16s
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    Arctic Blast mana cost decreased from 100 to 75

Patch 7.34

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    Arctic Blast now deals 150% damage to illusions

Patch 7.33

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    Arctic Blast Wave Speed increased from 350 to 400

Patch 7.29

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    Cooldown reduced from 30 to 27

Patch 7.27

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    Freezing Aura now also applies a 25% heal reduction in the area
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    Recipe cost increased from 650 to 750