Crimson Guard

Crimson Guard is an Item listed under the main shop under Armor. However, it requires an item from the Secret Shop or the Side Lane Shop to be completed.

Additional information

 * One Crimson Guard grants a total of health,  health regeneration,  armor,  attack speed,  mana,  mana regeneration, % spell damage and  attack damage.
 * Together with the active ability, it grants a total of armor to the owner.

Recommended heroes
Heroes whose default item build includes Crimson Guard as a situational item : Bristleback, Timbersaw, Dark Seer, Elder Titan.

Tips

 * The high damage block of Crimson Guard's active is good against illusions because their low damage is heavily reduced or negated completely.
 * Similarly, it is good against small summons such as Undying's zombies, Broodmother's spiderlings, or Nature's Prophet's treants to name a few.
 * Crimson Guard is effective against armor reduction as the damage block takes effect before the damage reduction of armor. This means that if incoming damage is actually going to be amplified due to negative armor, a large portion of it can be blocked before it is amplified.

Trivia

 * The icon for this item is based on the armor worn by Ember Spirit on an old concept artwork.