Shiva's Guard

Shiva's Guard is an Item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Armor. However, it can only be completed with items from the Secret Shop.

Additional information

 * One Shiva's Guard grants a total of armor,  mana,  mana regeneration and % spell damage (and  attack damage to  intelligence heroes).

Recommended heroes
Heroes whose default item build includes Shiva's Guard as a core item

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Heroes whose default item build includes Shiva's Guard as a situational item:

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Tips

 * The effect of Arctic Blast extends quite slowly (taking about 2 seconds to reach max radius) and covers a huge area. This can be used to instantly disable enemy s by prematurely casting the item ability out of vision range and then blinking in onto an enemy. Since the effect is always centered on the hero, and the damage always hits the entire area, it will instantly hit every hero within its radius at the blinked location, disabling enemy Blink Daggers.
 * The Shiva is the best item against mana burn if you don't get a black king bar. It gives 30 Intelligence to increase your mana pool and an aura attack slow that will also affect illusions and necronomicons to burn mana slower.
 * The attack slow aura is good against heroes and controlled units with low base attack time to multiply the attack slow.
 * Very useful on heroes that do not rely on their right click DPS like Intelligence heroes.

Trivia

 * The name "Shiva" is a reference to Shiva of the Final Fantasy series, an elemental summon with the power of ice.
 * Shiva is the Supreme God within Shaivism, one of the three most influential denominations in contemporary Hinduism.