Vitality item · tier 2 · 1,600 souls · active
Guardian Ward stats, win rate and best heroes
Provide the target with a Barrier and temporary Move Speed. Can be self-cast. Cooldown is reduced by half when cast on someone else.
The read on Guardian Ward
Guardian Ward is a tier 2 vitality item costing 1,600 souls. About 1 player in 22 bought it in the last 7 days, and they won 50.1% of those games: 23rd of 43 tier 2 items, where the average is 50.5%.
It's usually bought around 13 minutes. Players who bought it before 7 minutes won 53.9%; those who bought it from 16 minutes on won 48.1%.
Paige (69% of games), Rem (52% of games) and Solomon (34% of games) buy it most often.
It builds from Grit.
It upgrades into Divine Barrier.
What Guardian Ward does
Stats
- Out of Combat Regen
- +1.5
- Ability Range
- +8%
Active
Provide the target with a Barrier and temporary Move Speed.
Can be self-cast.
Cooldown is reduced by half when cast on someone else.
- Barrier
- 250
- Move Speed
- +2.75 m
- Cooldown
- 60s
- Buff Duration
- 6s
- Cast Range
- 40m
From the game's own tooltip, as of 4 Nov.
Win rate by the minute it's bought
Each point is every player who bought Guardian Ward in that minute of the game. Earlier buyers usually win more: getting a big item early means a player is already ahead, so read this as when it's bought, not what it does.
Heroes who buy Guardian Ward
| Hero | Buys it in | Won | Bought at | Builds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Paige | 69% of games | 56.1% | ~9:03 | Paige build → |
 Rem | 52% of games | 45.2% | ~12:24 | Rem build → |
 Solomon | 34% of games | 46.0% | ~14:05 | Solomon build → |
 The Doorman | 14% of games | 45.9% | ~13:37 | The Doorman build → |
 Viscous | 9% of games | 44.9% | ~17:12 | Viscous build → |
 Nurse Harrow | 8% of games | 50.3% | ~18:18 | Nurse Harrow build → |
 Violet | 8% of games | 50.2% | ~17:39 | Violet build → |
 Kelvin | 7% of games | 50.5% | ~15:11 | Kelvin build → |
 Dynamo | 5% of games | 50.8% | ~12:35 | Dynamo build → |
 Sinclair | 4% of games | 46.3% | ~15:34 | Sinclair build → |
The heroes whose players buy Guardian Ward most often, with the win rate in those games.
Builds from
Upgrades into
Guardian Ward in the patch notes
Every patch →22 May 20263 changes
- Barrier increased from 200 to 250
- Cooldown increased from 45s to 60s
- Now grants +1.5 Out of Combat Regen (from components)
6 March 20261 change
- Ability Range reduced from 10% to 8%
8 May 20251 change
- New sounds added.
Valve's notes from their posts on Steam, newest first.
Standard ranked and unranked matches from 28 Oct to 4 Nov, via deadlock-api. Updated 4 Nov.