Crimson Guard
Cost: 3725 gold
Item Description
Multiple sources of damage block do not stack. When the Guard buff is applied to ranged heroes, Guard blocks 25 less damage. Guard does not affect units that have been affected by Guard within Crimson Guard's cooldown.
bonus health: 250bonus health regen: 12bonus armor: 6block damage melee: 75block damage ranged: 50block chance: 60duration: 7bonus aoe radius: 1200block damage active: 70block chance active: 100block penalty ranged: 25max hp pct: 2.0
Balance History
Patch 7.41d6/22/2026
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.41c5/6/2026
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.41b4/7/2026
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.41a3/27/2026
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.413/24/2026
Armor bonus decreased from +8 to +6
Guard base damage block rescaled from 70 for all units to 70 on melee heroes and buildings and 45 on ranged heroes
Guard max health damage block decreased from 2.2% to 2%
Patch 7.40c1/22/2026
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.40b12/23/2025
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.4012/16/2025
Guard buff is no longer dispellable
Patch 7.39e10/2/2025
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.39d6/12/2026
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.39c6/24/2025
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.39b5/29/2025
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.396/12/2026
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.38c3/27/2025
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.38b3/4/2025
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.382/19/2025
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.37e11/20/2024
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.37d10/3/2024
Guard duration decreased from 8s to 7s
Patch 7.37c8/28/2024
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.37b8/14/2024
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.377/31/2024
Guard cooldown increased from 35s to 40s
Guard additional damage block based on caster’s max health decreased from 2.5% to 2.2%
Patch 7.36c6/25/2024
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.36b6/6/2024
Guard Damage Block now equals to 70 + 2.5% of the caster's max health, instead of Strength
Patch 7.36a5/27/2024
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.365/23/2024
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.35d3/21/2024
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.35c2/22/2024
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.35b12/21/2023
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.356/12/2026
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.34e11/21/2023
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.34d10/5/2023
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.34c9/9/2023
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.34b8/15/2023
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.348/8/2023
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.33e7/13/2023
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.33d6/16/2023
No direct changes in this patch.
Patch 7.33c5/14/2023
Recipe cost increased from 925 to 1050. Total cost increased from 3600 to 3725
Guard now costs 75 mana to activate
Patch 7.33b4/26/2023
Guard Strength to blocked damage decreased from 60% to 50%
Patch 7.336/13/2026
Recipe cost increased from 800 to 925 (Total cost unchanged)
Guard Blocked Damage rescaled from 75 to 70 + 60% of caster's Strength
Guard Duration decreased from 12s to 8s