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Armor is a stat that reduces (or increases, if negative) physical damage a unit takes from abilities and attacks. Every unit is capable of gaining or losing armor, and most units start with a small amount of base armor, some even starting with negative armor. A hero's armor can be passively increased with Agility attribute symbol agility via leveling up, certain items, Talent talents and some abilities. Armor of any unit can also be temporarily increased or reduced with some abilities.

Each point of Agility attribute symbol agility increases a hero's armor by 0.167 or .

Base Armor[]

Base armor is the part of the main armor that never changes throughout a game. It consists of one fixed value set for each unit individually. The base armor of a unit can be a negative number. Since only heroes have agility, the HUD of all non-hero units shows their base armor.

Heroes[]

Heroes Armor
Puck minimap icon -3
Centaur Warrunner minimap iconMirana minimap iconMorphling minimap iconSkywrath Mage minimap iconViper minimap icon -2
Ancient Apparition minimap iconAxe minimap iconBeastmaster minimap iconBroodmother minimap iconChen minimap iconHuskar minimap iconInvoker minimap iconLich minimap iconMars minimap iconMedusa minimap iconMuerta minimap iconPhantom Lancer minimap iconPhoenix minimap iconPudge minimap iconSniper minimap iconTreant Protector minimap iconTroll Warlord minimap iconVisage minimap iconVoid Spirit minimap iconWraith King minimap icon -1
Abaddon minimap iconAlchemist minimap iconArc Warden minimap iconBrewmaster minimap iconClinkz minimap iconCrystal Maiden minimap iconDark Willow minimap iconDazzle minimap iconDisruptor minimap iconDragon Knight minimap iconDrow Ranger minimap iconEarth Spirit minimap iconElder Titan minimap iconEmber Spirit minimap iconFaceless Void minimap iconGrimstroke minimap iconHoodwink minimap iconJuggernaut minimap iconKeeper of the Light minimap iconLegion Commander minimap iconLeshrac minimap iconLina minimap iconLion minimap iconLone Druid minimap iconLycan minimap iconMarci minimap iconNature's Prophet minimap iconPugna minimap iconQueen of Pain minimap iconRazor minimap iconRiki minimap iconShadow Demon minimap iconSilencer minimap iconSlark minimap iconSpectre minimap iconSven minimap iconTemplar Assassin minimap iconTidehunter minimap iconTimbersaw minimap iconTiny minimap iconVengeful Spirit minimap iconVenomancer minimap iconWindranger minimap iconWitch Doctor minimap icon 0
Anti-Mage minimap iconBane minimap iconBristleback minimap iconClockwerk minimap iconDeath Prophet minimap iconEnchantress minimap iconEnigma minimap iconIo minimap iconJakiro minimap iconLifestealer minimap iconMagnus minimap iconNaga Siren minimap iconNyx Assassin minimap iconOracle minimap iconPhantom Assassin minimap iconRubick minimap iconSand King minimap iconShadow Fiend minimap iconSnapfire minimap iconSpirit Breaker minimap iconStorm Spirit minimap iconTusk minimap iconUndying minimap iconUrsa minimap iconWarlock minimap iconWeaver minimap iconWinter Wyvern minimap icon 1
Batrider minimap iconBloodseeker minimap iconChaos Knight minimap iconDark Seer minimap iconDawnbreaker minimap iconDoom minimap iconEarthshaker minimap iconGyrocopter minimap iconKunkka minimap iconLuna minimap iconMonkey King minimap iconNecrophos minimap iconNight Stalker minimap iconOmniknight minimap iconPangolier minimap iconPrimal Beast minimap iconTechies minimap iconTinker minimap iconZeus minimap icon 2
Outworld Destroyer minimap icon 2.5
Shadow Shaman minimap iconSlardar minimap iconUnderlord minimap icon 3
Meepo minimap iconOgre Magi minimap icon 4
Bounty Hunter minimap iconTerrorblade minimap icon 5

Creeps[]

Units Armor
Boar, Hill Troll, Hill Troll Priest, Kobold, Lycan Lane Wolf, Lycan Wolf, Mega Siege Creep, Mud Golem, Ogre Frostmage, Ranged Creep, Satyr Banisher, Shard Golem, Siege Creep, Skeleton Warrior, Spiderite, Spiderling, Super Siege Creep, Treant, Undying Zombie 0
Forged Spirit 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7
Centaur Courser, Fell Spirit, Giant Wolf, Harpy Scout, Hill Troll Berserker, Kobold Soldier, Mega Ranged Creep, Minor Imp, Ogre Bruiser, Super Ranged Creep, Vhoul Assassin 1
Ancient Black Drake, Flagbearer Creep, Ghost, Harpy Stormcrafter, Kobold Foreman, Melee Creep, Satyr Mindstealer, Satyr Tormenter, Wildwing 2
Eidolon 2/3/4/5
Tormentor 20
Alpha Wolf, Ancient Ice Shaman, Ancient Rumblehide, Ancient Thunderhide, Hellbear, Mega Flagbearer Creep, Mega Melee Creep, Super Flagbearer Creep, Super Melee Creep, Wraith King Skeleton 3
Roshan 30
Ancient Black Dragon, Ancient Rock Golem, Centaur Conqueror, Dark Troll Summoner, Hellbear Smasher, Necronomicon Archer, Necronomicon Warrior, Wildwing Ripper 4
Hawk 5
Warpine Raider 6
Ancient Frostbitten Golem 7
Ancient Granite Golem 8

Summons[]

Summons Armor
Astral Spirit 0
Familiar 0/2/4
Spirit Bear 0/2/4/6
Fire 0/8/16
Storm 2
Mars Soldier 3
Void 3/4/5
Earth 3/5/7
Warlock Golem 8/12/14

Main Armor[]

Main armor is the armor value shown in white numbers near the shield icon in the HUD, consisting of base armor and the armor granted by a hero's agility. The only way to improve a hero's main armor is to increase its Agility attribute symbol agility, which is gained by leveling up, acquiring certain items, or with the help of certain abilities.

Attribute Bonus Main Armor
Agility attribute symbol Agility +0.167

The main armor is defined as

Main Armor = (Base Armor + (Σ Agility Current)/6) × (1 - Armor Negation)

Hero Armor
Hero Base Level 1 Level 15 Level 25 Level 30
Abaddon icon Abaddon 0 3.83 6.87 9.03 10.12
Alchemist icon Alchemist 0 3.67 7.17 9.67 10.92
Ancient Apparition icon Ancient Apparition -1 2.33 7.47 11.13 12.97
Anti-Mage icon Anti-Mage 1 5 11.53 16.2 18.53
Arc Warden icon Arc Warden 0 3.33 10.33 15.33 17.83
Axe icon Axe -1 2.33 6.3 9.13 10.55
Bane icon Bane 1 4.83 10.67 14.83 16.92
Batrider icon Batrider 2 4.5 7.77 10.1 11.27
Beastmaster icon Beastmaster -1 2 5.73 8.4 9.73
Bloodseeker icon Bloodseeker 2 5.67 12.9 18.07 20.65
Bounty Hunter icon Bounty Hunter 5 8.5 14.57 18.9 21.07
Brewmaster icon Brewmaster 0 3.17 7.83 11.17 12.83
Bristleback icon Bristleback 1 3.83 8.03 11.03 12.53
Broodmother icon Broodmother -1 2 8.07 12.4 14.57
Centaur Warrunner icon Centaur Warrunner -2 0.5 2.83 4.5 5.33
Chaos Knight icon Chaos Knight 2 5 8.27 10.6 11.77
Chen icon Chen -1 1.5 6.4 9.9 11.65
Clinkz icon Clinkz 0 4.17 10.47 14.97 17.22
Clockwerk icon Clockwerk 1 3.17 8.07 11.57 13.32
Crystal Maiden icon Crystal Maiden 0 2.67 6.4 9.07 10.4
Dark Seer icon Dark Seer 2 5.17 9.37 12.37 13.87
Dark Willow icon Dark Willow 0 3 6.03 8.2 9.28
Dawnbreaker icon Dawnbreaker 2 4.33 8.3 11.13 12.55
Dazzle icon Dazzle 0 3.33 6.6 8.93 10.1
Death Prophet icon Death Prophet 1 3.67 8.33 11.67 13.33
Disruptor icon Disruptor 0 2.5 5.77 8.1 9.27
Doom icon Doom 2 4.5 8 10.5 11.75
Dragon Knight icon Dragon Knight 0 2.67 7.33 10.67 12.33
Drow Ranger icon Drow Ranger 0 3.33 10.1 14.93 17.35
Earth Spirit icon Earth Spirit 0 2.83 8.43 12.43 14.43
Earthshaker icon Earthshaker 2 4 7.27 9.6 10.77
Elder Titan icon Elder Titan 0 2.67 6.87 9.87 11.37
Ember Spirit icon Ember Spirit 0 3.67 11.13 16.47 19.13
Enchantress icon Enchantress 1 4.17 9.07 12.57 14.32
Enigma icon Enigma 1 3.33 5.67 7.33 8.17
Faceless Void icon Faceless Void 0 3.17 10.17 15.17 17.67
Grimstroke icon Grimstroke 0 3 7.43 10.6 12.18
Gyrocopter icon Gyrocopter 2 6.33 13.57 18.73 21.32
Hoodwink icon Hoodwink 0 4 12.4 18.4 21.4
Huskar icon Huskar -1 0.67 4.17 6.67 7.92
Invoker icon Invoker -1 1.33 5.53 8.53 10.03
Io icon Io 1 3.33 7.07 9.73 11.07
Jakiro icon Jakiro 1 3.5 6.3 8.3 9.3
Juggernaut icon Juggernaut 0 5.67 12.2 16.87 19.2
Keeper of the Light icon Keeper of the Light 0 2.5 6.23 8.9 10.23
Kunkka icon Kunkka 2 4.33 8.07 10.73 12.07
Legion Commander icon Legion Commander 0 3 6.97 9.8 11.22
Leshrac icon Leshrac 0 3.83 10.37 15.03 17.37
Lich icon Lich -1 1.83 6.5 9.83 11.5
Lifestealer icon Lifestealer 1 4.17 10.23 14.57 16.73
Lina icon Lina 0 3.83 9.43 13.43 15.43
Lion icon Lion 0 2.5 6 8.5 9.75
Lone Druid icon Lone Druid 0 3.33 8 11.33 13
Luna icon Luna 2 6 13.93 19.6 22.43
Lycan icon Lycan 0 3 7.2 10.2 11.7
Magnus icon Magnus 1 2.5 7.17 10.5 12.17
Marci icon Marci 0 3.33 7.53 10.53 12.03
Mars icon Mars -1 2.33 6.3 9.13 10.55
Medusa icon Medusa -1 2.67 11.07 17.07 20.07
Meepo icon Meepo 4 6.83 11.73 15.23 16.98
Mirana icon Mirana -2 2 7.83 12 14.08
Monkey King icon Monkey King 2 5.83 14.47 20.63 23.72
Morphling icon Morphling -2 2 11.1 17.6 20.85
Muerta icon Muerta -1 2.33 8.63 13.13 15.38
Naga Siren icon Naga Siren 1 4.5 12.2 17.7 20.45
Nature's Prophet icon Nature's Prophet 0 2.33 9.8 15.13 17.8
Necrophos icon Necrophos 2 4 7.03 9.2 10.28
Night Stalker icon Night Stalker 2 5 10.13 13.8 15.63
Nyx Assassin icon Nyx Assassin 1 4 9.83 14 16.08
Ogre Magi icon Ogre Magi 4 6.33 9.83 12.33 13.58
Omniknight icon Omniknight 2 4.5 9.17 12.5 14.17
Oracle icon Oracle 1 3.5 7.47 10.3 11.72
Outworld Destroyer icon Outworld Destroyer 2.5 6.17 9.9 12.57 13.9
Pangolier icon Pangolier 2 5 10.83 15 17.08
Phantom Assassin icon Phantom Assassin 1 4.5 12.43 18.1 20.93
Phantom Lancer icon Phantom Lancer -1 3.33 9.87 14.53 16.87
Phoenix icon Phoenix -1 1 4.5 7 8.25
Primal Beast icon Primal Beast 2 4.5 6.83 8.5 9.33
Puck icon Puck -3 0.67 6.5 10.67 12.75
Pudge icon Pudge -1 1.33 4.6 6.93 8.1
Pugna icon Pugna 0 3.5 6.53 8.7 9.78
Queen of Pain icon Queen of Pain 0 3.67 9.5 13.67 15.75
Razor icon Razor 0 4 10.53 15.2 17.53
Riki icon Riki 0 5 10.6 14.6 16.6
Rubick icon Rubick 1 4.83 10.67 14.83 16.92
Sand King icon Sand King 1 4.17 8.37 11.37 12.87
Shadow Demon icon Shadow Demon 0 3 8.13 11.8 13.63
Shadow Fiend icon Shadow Fiend 1 5.17 13.33 19.17 22.08
Shadow Shaman icon Shadow Shaman 3 5.67 9.4 12.07 13.4
Silencer icon Silencer 0 3.67 9.27 13.27 15.27
Skywrath Mage icon Skywrath Mage -2 0.17 2.03 3.37 4.03
Slardar icon Slardar 3 5.83 11.43 15.43 17.43
Slark icon Slark 0 3.5 7 9.5 10.75
Snapfire icon Snapfire 1 3.67 6.47 8.47 9.47
Sniper icon Sniper -1 3.5 10.97 16.3 18.97
Spectre icon Spectre 0 4.17 9.07 12.57 14.32
Spirit Breaker icon Spirit Breaker 1 3.83 7.8 10.63 12.05
Storm Spirit icon Storm Spirit 1 4.67 10.73 15.07 17.23
Sven icon Sven 0 3.5 8.63 12.3 14.13
Techies icon Techies 2 4.33 7.37 9.53 10.62
Templar Assassin icon Templar Assassin 0 3.83 11.3 16.63 19.3
Terrorblade icon Terrorblade 5 8.67 18 24.67 28
Tidehunter icon Tidehunter 0 2.5 6 8.5 9.75
Timbersaw icon Timbersaw 0 2.67 5.7 7.87 8.95
Tinker icon Tinker 2 4.83 8.1 10.43 11.6
Tiny icon Tiny 0 0 0 0 0
Treant Protector icon Treant Protector -1 1.5 5.7 8.7 10.2
Troll Warlord icon Troll Warlord -1 2.83 10.53 16.03 18.78
Tusk icon Tusk 1 4.83 9.73 13.23 14.98
Underlord icon Underlord 3 5 8.73 11.4 12.73
Undying icon Undying 1 2.67 5.47 7.47 8.47
Ursa icon Ursa 1 4 10.53 15.2 17.53
Vengeful Spirit icon Vengeful Spirit 0 3.5 8.4 11.9 13.65
Venomancer icon Venomancer 0 4 8.67 12 13.67
Viper icon Viper -2 1.5 7.8 12.3 14.55
Visage icon Visage -1 0.83 3.17 4.83 5.67
Void Spirit icon Void Spirit -1 2.17 7.3 10.97 12.8
Warlock icon Warlock 1 2.67 5 6.67 7.5
Weaver icon Weaver 1 3.83 11.07 16.23 18.82
Windranger icon Windranger 0 3.17 6.43 8.77 9.93
Winter Wyvern icon Winter Wyvern 1 3.67 7.17 9.67 10.92
Witch Doctor icon Witch Doctor 0 2.17 5.43 7.77 8.93
Wraith King icon Wraith King -1 1.67 5.63 8.47 9.88
Zeus icon Zeus 2 3.83 6.63 8.63 9.63

Main Armor Sources[]

These abilities directly manipulate Agility attribute symbol agility points and therefore it affects main armor instead.

1 Requires Talent talent.
2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter.
2b Requires Aghanim's Shard icon Aghanim's Shard.
3 Only affects Agility attribute symbol agility and Universal attribute symbol universal heroes.

Armor Negating Sources[]

Some abilities negate or ignore a unit's main armor by reducing or increasing armor based on the unit's main armor, effectively removing a percentage of the armor on the target. Armor negation only affects the armor value of units, their defense class is unaffected and still reduces damage normally.

Armor Negating Sources
  • Marksmanship icon
    Proc Chance: 15%/20%/25%
    Main Armor Reduction: 100%
    Has a chance to completely ignore the target's main armor value on attack, dealing damage as if they had 0 main armor.
  • Natural Order icon
    Base Armor Reduction: 40%/60%/80%/100%
    The effects is provided by an aura, affects nearby enemies. The reduction is based on the enemies' main armor. The debuff lingers for 1 second.


Example
How much main armor Terrorblade minimap icon Terrorblade with a Blade of Alacrity icon Blade of Alacrity at Level 8 has?
Base Armor: 5
Base Agility attribute symbol Agility and agility gain: 22 and 4 per level
Blade of Alacrity icon Blade of Alacrity bonus agility: 10
Terrorblade minimap icon Terrorblade has a total of 15 main armor in this example.

Bonus Armor[]

Bonus armor is the armor value shown in green numbers with a plus on the left, right after the white armor number on a unit's statistics. Whenever an armor granting item or armor increasing ability shows a +Value Armor, e.g. Blade Mail icon Blade Mail +7 Armor, it increases the bonus armor of the affected unit.

Probably the most important difference between main and bonus armor is that illusions only benefit from main armor, although their HUD still shows the bonus armor just like on other heroes, to make them less obvious to the enemy.

Sources of multiple bonus armor stack additively.

Armor Negation sources do not affect bonus armor.

Example1
How much total armor does a Terrorblade minimap icon Terrorblade with a Blade of Alacrity icon Blade of Alacrity and Blade Mail icon Blade Mail at Level 8 have?
Base Armor: 5
Base Agility attribute symbol Agility and gain: 22 + 4
Blade of Alacrity icon Blade of Alacrity bonus agility: 10
Blade Mail icon Blade Mail bonus armor: 7
Terrorblade minimap icon Terrorblade has 22 total armor in this example.
Example 2
Terrorblade minimap icon Terrorblade from the previous example is now affected by Level 3 Natural Order icon Natural Order. How much total armor does he have now?
Level 3 Natural Order icon Natural Order Armor Negation: 80%
Terrorblade minimap icon Terrorblade has 10 total armor in this example.

Modifying Armor[]

A lot of abilities and items have abilities that grant or reduce armor.

These changes only affect bonus armor. Reductions can nevertheless bring total armor into negative values if main armor is sufficiently small.

Armor Increasing Sources[]

1 Requires Talent talent.
2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter.
2b Requires Aghanim's Shard icon Aghanim's Shard.
3 Affects the player-controlled creep.
1 Affects the player-controlled creep.

Talents[]

Armor
Cannot be used by illusions.
Talent icon
Ability
Passive
Affects
Self
There is no description for this ability.
Armor Bonus: Varies

  • Grants a flat armor bonus.
  • The following values exist:
    • 2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/12/15/20/30


The following heroes have a Talent talent that grants them bonus armor.

Bonus Level 10 Level 15 Level 20 Level 25
Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right
Armor
  • Spirit Breaker minimap icon +4
  • Pudge minimap icon +5
  • Underlord minimap icon +5

Besides these, the following heroes have talents which increase the armor of the units they summon

Specific Summons Armor Bonus Talent

Items[]

The following items increase a unit's armor. The effects are limited to the item's owner, which must have the item equipped.

Items that provide armor bonus by flat amount and Agility:

Bonus Agility and Bonus Armor
Item Value Item Cost Cost/Value Point
Defiant Shell icon Defiant Shell 8.17 N/A N/A
Helm of the Dominator icon Helm of the Dominator 7 2625 Gold 375 Gold
Helm of the Overlord icon Helm of the Overlord 10.5 5725 Gold 545.24 Gold
Shiva's Guard icon Shiva's Guard 15.83 5175 Gold 326.84 Gold
Solar Crest icon Solar Crest 4.67 2700 Gold 578.57 Gold
Spirit Vessel icon Spirit Vessel 3 2780 Gold 926.67 Gold
Urn of Shadows icon Urn of Shadows 2.33 880 Gold 377.14 Gold
Veil of Discord icon Veil of Discord 4.67 1725 Gold 369.64 Gold
Wraith Band icon Wraith Band 1 2.83 505 Gold 178.24 Gold
Wraith Band icon Wraith Band 2 5.67 505 Gold 89.12 Gold


These items have a flat armor bonus to the hero who has them equipped.

Flat Bonus Armor
Item Value Item Cost Cost/Value Point
Arcane Ring icon Arcane Ring 2 N/A N/A
Arcanist's Armor icon Arcanist's Armor 5 N/A N/A
Armlet of Mordiggian icon Armlet of Mordiggian 6 2500 Gold 416.67 Gold
Assault Cuirass icon Assault Cuirass 10 5125 Gold 512.5 Gold
Blade Mail icon Blade Mail 7 2100 Gold 300 Gold
Broom Handle icon Broom Handle 4 N/A N/A
Buckler icon Buckler 1 425 Gold 425 Gold
Chainmail icon Chainmail 4 550 Gold 137.5 Gold
Cloak of Flames icon Cloak of Flames 4 N/A N/A
Craggy Coat icon Craggy Coat 8 N/A N/A
Crimson Guard icon Crimson Guard 8 3725 Gold 465.63 Gold
Dragon Scale icon Dragon Scale 5 N/A N/A
Guardian Greaves icon Guardian Greaves 4 4950 Gold 1237.5 Gold
Helm of Iron Will icon Helm of Iron Will 4 975 Gold 243.75 Gold
Lotus Orb icon Lotus Orb 10 3850 Gold 385 Gold
Mekansm icon Mekansm 4 1775 Gold 443.75 Gold
Nullifier icon Nullifier 10 4375 Gold 437.5 Gold
Orb of Corrosion icon Orb of Corrosion 3 900 Gold 300 Gold
Parasma icon Parasma 6 5975 Gold 995.83 Gold
Pavise icon Pavise 2 1400 Gold 700 Gold
Phase Boots icon Phase Boots 4 1500 Gold 375 Gold
Platemail icon Platemail 10 1400 Gold 140 Gold
Rattlecage icon Rattlecage 12 N/A N/A
Ring of Protection icon Ring of Protection 2 175 Gold 87.5 Gold
Soul Ring icon Soul Ring 2 805 Gold 402.5 Gold
Vladmir's Offering icon Vladmir's Offering 2 2200 Gold 1100 Gold
Witch Blade icon Witch Blade 6 2775 Gold 462.5 Gold


These items increase the hero's armor through the agility they provide.

Agility Base Armor
Item Value Item Cost Cost/Value Point
Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter 1.67 4200 Gold 2520 Gold
Band of Elvenskin icon Band of Elvenskin 1 450 Gold 450 Gold
Blade of Alacrity icon Blade of Alacrity 1.67 1000 Gold 600 Gold
Book of Shadows icon Book of Shadows 2.17 N/A N/A
Bracer icon Bracer 1 0.33 505 Gold 1515 Gold
Bracer icon Bracer 2 0.67 505 Gold 757.5 Gold
Butterfly icon Butterfly 5.83 5450 Gold 934.29 Gold
Circlet icon Circlet 0.33 155 Gold 465 Gold
Crown icon Crown 0.67 450 Gold 675 Gold
Diadem icon Diadem 1 1000 Gold 1000 Gold
Diffusal Blade icon Diffusal Blade 2.5 2500 Gold 1000 Gold
Disperser icon Disperser 6.67 6100 Gold 915 Gold
Dragon Lance icon Dragon Lance 2.5 1900 Gold 760 Gold
Eaglesong icon Eaglesong 4.17 2800 Gold 672 Gold
Ethereal Blade icon Ethereal Blade 1.33 5375 Gold 4031.25 Gold
Eye of Skadi icon Eye of Skadi 3.67 5300 Gold 1445.45 Gold
Ghost Scepter icon Ghost Scepter 0.83 1500 Gold 1800 Gold
Harpoon icon Harpoon 1.67 4700 Gold 2820 Gold
Holy Locket icon Holy Locket 1.5 2350 Gold 1566.67 Gold
Hurricane Pike icon Hurricane Pike 3.33 4450 Gold 1335 Gold
Iron Branch icon Iron Branch 0.17 50 Gold 300 Gold
Khanda icon Khanda 1.33 5000 Gold 3750 Gold
Linken's Sphere icon Linken's Sphere 2.67 4800 Gold 1800 Gold
Magic Wand icon Magic Wand 0.5 450 Gold 900 Gold
Manta Style icon Manta Style 4.33 4600 Gold 1061.54 Gold
Meteor Hammer icon Meteor Hammer 1 2850 Gold 2850 Gold
Mirror Shield icon Mirror Shield 1.67 N/A N/A
Ninja Gear icon Ninja Gear 3.33 N/A N/A
Null Talisman icon Null Talisman 1 0.33 505 Gold 1515 Gold
Null Talisman icon Null Talisman 2 0.67 505 Gold 757.5 Gold
Occult Bracelet icon Occult Bracelet 0.5 N/A N/A
Phylactery icon Phylactery 1.17 2400 Gold 2057.14 Gold
Pig Pole icon Pig Pole 0.83 N/A N/A
Power Treads (Agility) icon Power Treads (Agility) 1.67 1400 Gold 840 Gold
Sange and Yasha icon Sange and Yasha 2.67 4050 Gold 1518.75 Gold
Slippers of Agility icon Slippers of Agility 0.5 140 Gold 280 Gold
Specialist's Array icon Specialist's Array 1 N/A N/A
Swift Blink icon Swift Blink 4.17 6800 Gold 1632 Gold
Ultimate Orb icon Ultimate Orb 2.5 2800 Gold 1120 Gold
Vambrace (Agility) icon Vambrace (Agility) 1.33 N/A N/A
Vambrace (Intelligence) icon Vambrace (Intelligence) 0.33 N/A N/A
Vambrace (Strength) icon Vambrace (Strength) 0.33 N/A N/A
Yasha icon Yasha 2.67 2000 Gold 750 Gold
Yasha and Kaya icon Yasha and Kaya 2.67 4000 Gold 1500 Gold


Armor Reducing Sources[]

1 Requires Talent talent.
2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter.
2b Requires Aghanim's Shard icon Aghanim's Shard.

Armor Corruption[]

Armor Corruption is granted by choosing a Talent Talent, that causes hero attacks to reduce armor of the attacked target.

Armor Corruption
Cannot be used by illusions. Not disabled by Break. Does not pierce debuff immunity.
Armor Corruption icon
Ability
Passive
Affects
Enemies
There is no description for this ability.
Armor Reduction: Varies
Duration: 10
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_armor_corruption

  • Causes the hero's attacks to place a debuff on the target that reduces the target's armor.
  • Successive attacks do not stack the debuff, but refresh the duration instead.
  • The attacks first apply the debuff, then their own damage.
  • Works against wards, buildings, and allied units.
  • Fully stacks with any other items or other sources of Armor Corruption.
  • The following armor reduction values exist:
    • 2.5/3/4/5


The following heroes have a Talent talent that grants them Armor Corruption.

Bonus Level 10 Level 15 Level 20 Level 25
Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right
Armor Corruption
  • Hoodwink minimap icon -4

Pure Damage[]

Main Articles: Damage Types and HP Removal

Pure Damage is a damage type that is not reduced by Armor or Magic Resistance. It is also not amplified by magical damage amplification abilities, fully ignores Armor and Damage Block. It does not affect invulnerable units.

There are a few sources that can manipulate Pure Damage, with Dispersion icon Dispersion being one of them. This mechanic is called damage reduction. Pure damage affects units with Spell Immunity (because spell immunity does not block damage), but that does not mean that an ability that deals pure damage is able to target spell immune units.

Abilities Based on Armor[]

Armor Based Ability Effects
  • Battle Hunger icon
    Armor as Damage per Second: 100% (Talent 200%)
    Non-Hero Armor Multiplier: 0.5
    Deals damage based on the hero's armor.

Damage Multiplier[]

All units, including buildings, have an inherent base armor value and attack class. Any physical damage dealt to a unit is multiplied by the damage multiplier, resulting in either damage reduction or increase depending on the target's armor value.

Damage Multiplier is also used to calculate a unit's Effective HP (EHP). The lower the damage multiplier, the higher the Effective HP of a unit, vice versa.

Armor Formula Base b Armor Formula Factor f
1 0.06

For any real-valued armor, the damage multiplier is defined as

With DMu being the Damage Multiplier and R the armor value.

The damage multiplier limits are 0 and 2, for infinitely positive and negative armor, respectively. Expand the table below for more detailed information on how much positive and negative armor affects damage multiplier.

Examples
Armor (+) Multiplier Armor (-) Multiplier
1 94% -1 106%
2 89% -2 111%
3 85% -3 115%
4 81% -4 119%
5 77% -5 123%
6 74% -6 126%
7 70% -7 130%
8 68% -8 132%
9 65% -9 135%
10 63% -10 138%
11 60% -11 140%
12 58% -12 142%
13 56% -13 144%
14 54% -14 146%
15 53% -15 147%
16 51% -16 149%
17 50% -17 150%
18 48% -18 152%
19 47% -19 153%
20 45% -20 155%
21 44% -21 156%
22 43% -22 157%
23 42% -23 158%
24 41% -24 159%
25 40% -25 160%
26 39% -26 161%
27 38% -27 162%
28 37% -28 163%
29 36% -29 164%
30 36% -30 164%
31 35% -31 165%
32 34% -32 166%
33 34% -33 166%
34 33% -34 167%
35 32% -35 168%
36 32% -36 168%
37 31% -37 169%
38 30% -38 170%
39 30% -39 170%
40 29% -40 171%
41 29% -41 171%
42 28% -42 172%
43 28% -43 172%
44 27% -44 173%
45 27% -45 173%

Effective HP[]

Armor

Relationships between Effective HP%, damage multiplier and armor

The total amount of physical damage a unit can take due to the armor it has is known as Effective HP (or EHP). 16.66 armor adds 100% to EHP. This means a unit with 1000 health and 16.66 armor can take 2000 physical damage. The formula adds 6% EHP per point of armor regardless of the previous armor value.

EHP value has no diminished benefit as a player gaining 1 armor from 0 armor would increase EHP from 100% to 106%, while a player gaining 1 armor from 50 armor would increase EHP from 400% to 406%. This means each point of armor effects your HP and your survivability in the exact same way. On the other hand, the effectiveness of armor is much lower at negative values (refer to the attached graph). Total EHP trends downwards towards 50%, meaning a unit with 1000 health and infinitely low armor would still be able to take 500 physical damage. At this point, losing or gaining 1 armor has essentially no effect.

Armor -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40
Effective HP 586.21 608.7 647.06 727.27 1000 1600 2200 2800 3400

This definition of EHP assumes all damage taken is physical. EHP against magical damage (such as Laguna Blade icon Laguna Blade or Finger of Death icon Finger of Death) is modified by magic resistance.

Effective HP against physical damage is defined as

With CHP being the Current Health and DMu the Damage Multiplier.

Example 1
A Level 25 Sven minimap icon Sven has a total health of 2293.6 and 12.3 points of armor without any items. What is his effective HP against physical damage?
Sven minimap icon Sven's damage multiplier is 0.575374 in this example.
Sven minimap icon Sven's effective HP against physical damage in this example is 3986.28.
Example 2
The same Level 25 Sven minimap icon Sven from the previous example (has a total health of 2293.6) is affected by a Level 3 Corrosive Haze icon Corrosive Haze, and his armor is now -7.7. What is his effective HP against physical damage?
Sven minimap icon Sven's damage multiplier is 1.31601 in this example.
Sven minimap icon Sven's effective HP against physical damage in this example is 1742.85.

Recent Changes[]

Main Article: Armor/Changelogs
Version
Description
  • Attack Types and Armor Types are now represented through abilities, most damage remains unchanged.
  • ADDED
    the new following attack type abilities:
    • Runty icon Runty has 25% and 30% attack damage reduction against Heroes and Reinforced units respectively.
    • Piercing icon Piercing has 50% and 65% attack damage reduction against Heroes and Reinforced units respectively.
      • However, they deal 50% more attack damage against Non-Hero units.
    • Reinforced icon Reinforced has 50%, 30% and 65% incoming attack damage reduction against Heroes, Non-Hero units, and Piercing units respectively.
      • However, they deal 50% more attack damage against other Reinforced units.
  • The following abilities are not acquirable in any way (e.g. Devour icon Devour etc.).
  • The following units now have the Piercing icon Piercing ability:
  • The following units now have the Reinforced icon Reinforced ability:
  • The following units now have the Runty icon Runty ability:
  • Enigma Eidolon icon Eidolon, Nature's Prophet Treant icon Treant and Lycan Wolf icon Lycan Wolf no longer have the Basic attack class.
  • Neutral creeps now all have the standard attack type, and their damage are adjusted so that the net damage is similar.
  • CHANGED
    the Armor formula
    • OLD
      (0.052 × MainArmor)/(0.9 + 0.048 × |MainArmor|)
    • NEW
      (0.06 × MainArmor)/(1 + 0.06 × |MainArmor|)



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