Editing Hit points (section)

==Armor==
'''Armor''' is a type of recoverable HP that reduces damage dealt to that portion of health. Armor hit points are applied on top of health and below shields. The following heroes have armor as part of their baseline health pool: [[D.Va]], [[Mauga]], [[Orisa]], [[Ramattra]], [[Reinhardt]], [[Winston]], [[Wrecking Ball]], [[Bastion]], [[Torbjörn]], and [[Brigitte]]. Armor can also be obtained through some abilities. Armor is colored <span style="color:{{color|armor}};">'''orange'''</span>.

Armor is extremely effective against attacks that consist of multiple smaller instances of damage, like shotguns. For every instance of damage received - that is not from a [[beam]] or a [[damage over time]] effect - armor reduces the damage received by 7, up to a maximum of 50% of the incoming damage. In other words, any damage instance that is lower than 14, will be halved instead of being reduced by flat 7 damage. Direct hit bonuses from explosive projectiles are dealt in the same instance as the splash damage, meaning that armor reduction only applies once. Armor reduction is always applied in full if the damage instance removes any armored health - either upon transitioning from shields or over health to armor or from armor to base health.

Against beams and damage-over-time effects, armor works differently: armor reduces the damage of beam-type weapons by 30%, regardless of the amount of damage dealt by instance, and damage over time effects are completely exempt from the reduction. Exceptionally, Winston's {{al|Tesla Cannon}} also pierces the damage reduction from armor, causing it to deal the same damage to armor as it would to normal health. 

Armor is applied after all other damage modifications. However, it still respects the global 50% cap for [[damage reduction]] effects. For example, if a fortified Orisa would take 120 damage, {{al|Fortify}} (-45% taken) reduces it to 66, then armor could reduce it by another 7 points, but that would cause Orisa to take 59 damage in total, which is just under 50% of the original; so Orisa takes 60 damage.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; min-width:40%;"
|+ List of abilities that grant armor
! Hero
! Ability
! Description
! Armor
! Duration
! Details
|-
{{Hero table cell|Brigitte}}
{{Ability table row|Rally|fields=official_description, armor, duration, details}}

{{Hero table cell|Ramattra}}
{{Ability table row|Nemesis Form|fields=official_description, armor, duration, details|details=*Ramattra can also gain the benefits of Nemesis Form through his ultimate, {{al|Annihilation}}. Does not stack.}}
|}