Plated Armor
vitality · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls passive VerifiedWhat it does
A chance for incoming bullets to be deflected outright, or at minimum to have all their on-hit effects stripped. It shuts down bullet build-up items as much as bullet damage.
Numbers: +130 Bonus Health; 30% chance to deflect a bullet entirely, 50% chance to prevent its on-hit effects
Buy it when
Buy against high-fire-rate gun carries, especially ones relying on bullet build-up debuffs like Silencer, Toxic Bullets or Inhibitor.
Skip it when
It is bypassed entirely when Armor Piercing Rounds procs.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- Deflected bullets keep flying and can still damage other targets
- Bypassed by Armor Piercing Rounds when that item procs
Problems it answers
- Sustained gun damage — “Their gun grinds me down in a long fight.”
Heroes that make this worth a slot
Heroes whose kit creates the problems Plated Armor answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.