# How do armor works? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Hero Hunters Discussion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/t/how-do-armor-works/18197 "2020-04-27T06:33:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nguyenanh2132](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@nguyenanh2132](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/u/nguyenanh2132)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/t/how-do-armor-works/18197/1 "2020-04-27T06:33:54Z")
I don’t know how it works. ---
**Author:** ![Vintermyst](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/hhforum.superchargemobile.app/vintermyst/32/14193_2.png) [@Vintermyst](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/u/Vintermyst)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/t/how-do-armor-works/18197/2 "2020-04-27T08:38:03Z")
Armor, in a simple nutshell, decreases the amount of damage the hero receives on their base health, so if a hero such as Vanguard gains a ton of armor, he will increase his survivability. This old conversation might have something of use if you’re looking for more details: > [@Detailed explanation of stats?](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/t/detailed-explanation-of-stats/3587): > > Every hero has a set of visible and hidden stats. In order to better understand how one’s heroes will perform, I would like to know what each of those stats do. In particular: How are the MOD stats related to the stats they supposedly modify? Are they multipliers out of 100 or 1000 or something? Or are they growth rates? When I look at the character’s normal stats, are the MOD stats already factored into them, or is that a raw value that is combined in some way with the MOD stat later? W… ---
**Author:** ![Gale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/hhforum.superchargemobile.app/gale/32/18109_2.png) [@Gale](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/u/Gale)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/t/how-do-armor-works/18197/3 "2020-04-27T08:44:42Z")
To add and simplify, if a hero has 100 armour and an enemy has 120 attack then the hero only receives 20 damage. It obviously gets a bit more complicated with elements and mods etc but that’s the base of it. It boils down to basic addition and subtraction, some heroes are more tanky than others so can take more damage such as Klayton. ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Pronk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/hhforum.superchargemobile.app/robert_pronk/32/21984_2.png) [@Robert\_Pronk](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/u/Robert_Pronk)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 9:37am UTC](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/t/how-do-armor-works/18197/4 "2020-04-27T09:37:54Z")
The amount of armor they have reduces the base weapon damage a hero has, for example a hero shoots for 20k and a cast has 13k armor, she deals 7k ---
**Author:** ![Hellangelz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/hhforum.superchargemobile.app/hellangelz/32/11185_2.png) [@Hellangelz](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/u/Hellangelz)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/t/how-do-armor-works/18197/5 "2020-04-27T17:18:20Z")
What is your ign maybe i can help ---
**Author:** ![nguyenanh2132](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc29f/32.png) [@nguyenanh2132](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/u/nguyenanh2132)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/t/how-do-armor-works/18197/6 "2020-04-29T07:04:23Z")
So if 1 have 100 armor, other with less than 101 dmg won’t affect him? And doesn’t that mean single bullet type heroes will have more advantages than heroes that fire multiple bullet at once? ---
**Author:** ![Gale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/hhforum.superchargemobile.app/gale/32/18109_2.png) [@Gale](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/u/Gale)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://hhforum.superchargemobile.app/t/how-do-armor-works/18197/7 "2020-04-29T10:22:11Z")
No, it gets a bit complicated because every hero does both elemental and kinetic damage. So you see red numbers mean the defence has reduced your attack by a certain amount of Elemental damage when using against the wrong hero type. When kinetic and elemental damage is combined you get your overall dps of a hero so damage will always be done