Guardian Greaves

Item

 

Changelogs

 

Guardian Greaves
One of many holy instruments constructed to honor the Omniscience.
Cost 5300 (1600) Bought From Support
Active Mend Passive [?] Guardian Aura Bonus [?] +250 Mana +4 Armor +50 Movement Speed Disassemble? No Alert allies? Yes Recipe

The Guardian Greaves is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Support. However, it requires an item from the Secret Shop to be completed.

Additional Information

• Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
• Stacks with all other movement speed bonuses.

Abilities

Mend

▶️

Ability
No Target

Affects
Allies

Restores 300 health and 200 mana to nearby allies, and removes most negative effects from the caster.

Radius: 1200

Health Restored: 300

Mana Restored: 200

Heal Stack Limit Duration: 39

40

0

Modifiers

modifier_item_mekansm_noheal: Dispellable with death only.

Notes:

• Interrupts the user's channeling spells upon cast.

• Applies a basic dispel on the user upon cast, removing many debuffs.

• Applies the heal before the dispel.

• Affects every allied unit, including illusions, invulnerable units and hidden units, excluding wards and buildings.

• Does not heal units that have been healed by Mend in the last 39 seconds, or by Mekansm's Restore in the last 64 seconds.
  • The mana restore has no stack limit and always works. Only the heal is restricted.
  • A status buff icon on affected units shows how much time is left for it to be able to get affected again.
  • The stack limit duration equals the cooldown (after all reductions), minus one.
  • The duration is set upon cast and cannot be altered afterwards. Resetting the item's cooldown does not affect the stack limit duration.

• Meepo Clones cannot cast Mend.

Guardian Aura

Ability
Aura

Affects
Allies

Provides 2.5 health regeneration and 3 armor to allied units. If an allied hero's health falls below 20%, they receive 16 health regeneration and 10 armor.

Radius: 1200

Health Regen Bonus: 2.5

Armor Bonus: 3

Boost Health Threshold: 20%

Boosted Health Regen Bonus: 16

Boosted Armor Bonus: 10

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

Illusions bestow the aura, but do not benefit from the armor bonus.

Modifiers

modifier_item_guardian_greaves_aura: Undispellable. Persists death.

Notes:

• Multiple instances of Guardian Aura do not stack.
  • Fully stacks with other sources of health regeneration, including Headdress and its other upgrades.
  • Fully stacks with other sources of armor, including Buckler and its other upgrades.

• The boost only affects heroes (including illusions). Non-hero units only benefit from the base values.

• Can regenerate up to 150 (960 while boosted) health in one minute.

• Does not affect wards, buildings and invulnerable units.

• The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

Recommended Heroes

Bounty Hunter

• A support Bounty Hunter benefits from Guardian Greaves' extra armor and health regeneration, and this item gives Bounty Hunter another function in teamfights besides debuffing enemies with Track.
• Mend can also dispel hazardous debuffs such as Reveal.

Chen

• The Guardian Greaves' heal and aura regeneration are boost with his Divine Favor's heal amplification and works best with Hand of God to make his teammates and his units last longer in battle.

Dark Seer

• Dark Seer does not need offensive items, and his very high base armor stacks well with Guardian Greaves.
• Dark Seer's speed through Surge allows him to cover and use Guardian Greaves on his allies more easily.

Dazzle

• Shallow Grave gives Dazzle the time to greatly restore a dying ally's health with Guardian Greaves.
• Bad Juju reduces the cooldown of Guardian Greaves significantly, increasing the efficiency of the item.

Io

• Guardian Greaves' restoration is doubled through Tether, although Io may not always be able to afford it.

Jakiro

• Jakiro is not dependent on items to be effective, and therefore picks up Guardian Greaves to make up for his vulnerability.

Necrophos

• Necrophos is not dependent on items to deal damage, and Death Pulse works well with Guardian Greaves to heal his team in bursts. His Ghost Shroud further amplifies the health and mana gain on himself.

Omniknight

• Omniknight's high armor stacks well with Guardian Greaves' armor bonus.
• Purification can be used with Guardian Greaves for burst healing.

Tidehunter

• Tidehunter's toughness through Kraken Shell stacks well with Guardian Greaves' bonuses.
• With a Refresher Orb, Tidehunter can use Guardian Greaves twice, giving him the mana to use Ravage twice as well.

Underlord

• Underlord's high health means he can be in the center of fights, where Guardian Greaves' aura and heal reach the most heroes.

Undying

• Combined with the durability from Flesh Golem, Guardian Greaves' regeneration and armor makes Undying's team much more resilient.

Viper

• Guardian Greaves give Viper extra survivability on top of Corrosive Skin, thus keeping him alive far longer.

Tips

• Meepo clones get double stats and armor from the item, which can offer high survivability against physical damage.
• Tinker's Rearm can refresh Greaves as well, offering high mana return for Tinker himself and the heal for heroes that are not having the Mend buff.
• Since the boosted armor is only granted when the HP are under 20 percent, Heart of Tarrasque is an excellent item to combine with Greaves.

Gallery

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  A hero using Guardian Greaves

Recent Changes

Main Article: Guardian Greaves/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.29

• Increased Buckler recipe cost from 200 to 250 (total cost increases from 5250 to 5300 ).

7.28

• Item cost changes:
  • Now requires Buckler to build (+375 cost).
  • Mekansm no longer requires Buckler to build (−375 cost).
  • Mekansm now requires Chainmail to build (+550 cost).
  • Reduced Mekansm recipe cost from 1175 to 900 .
  • Total gold cost increases from 4975 to 5250 .

7.27

• No longer grants 5 / / all attributes.
• Reduced armor bonus from 6 to 4.
• Guardian Aura now also grants 3 armor. [?]

• Item cost changes:
  • Mekansm no longer requires Chainmail to build (−550 cost).
  • Mekansm now requires Buckler to build (+375 cost).
  • Increased Mekansm recipe cost from 1000 to 1175 .
  • Total gold cost remains at 4975 .

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