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]], [[Hazard]], [[Mauga]], [[Orisa]], [[Ramattra]], [[Reinhardt]], [[Winston]], [[Wrecking Ball]], [[Bastion]], [[Torbjörn]], [[Vendetta]] 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. However, for shotgun and burst weapons, each pellet is a separate damage instance, so armor reduction is applied for each projectile. 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 modification]]s, however the combined reduction of armor and other modifications to damage taken may not exceed 50%, unless a single ability increases it past that point. For example, if Bastion were to take 100 damage while transformed, his {{al|Ironclad}} passive (-20% taken) would reduce it to 80, and then armor would further reduce it by 7. This does not hit the 50% reduction limit, so it results in Bastion taking 73 damage. On the other hand, if a fortified Orisa (that has depleted their overhealth) would take 100 damage, {{al|Fortify}} (-45% taken) reduces it to 55, and armor would then reduce it by another 7 points to 48 damage. But because this is equivalent to a 52% total reduction, the reduction is limited to 50% and Orisa takes 50 damage.

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|+ 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.}}
|}