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title: Armor Types
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summary: Heavy, Medium, and Light. What does it mean?
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created_date: 4/13/2022
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updated_date: 4/13/2022
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## Armor Types
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All units in "IMMORTAL: Gates of Pyre" have one of the three armor types.
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- Heavy
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- Medium
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- Light
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These types mean nothing inherently. A Light armor unit will not take more damage than a Heavy armor unit, from the same
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damage source.
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Where this change is some units deal particular damage to a particular armor type.
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For example, a Dervish deals 16 damage generally, 24 to medium, and 32 damage to heavy armor types. As an opposite
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example, the Zephyr will deal 20 damage generally, 24 to medium and 28 to heavy armor types. And as a different example,
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Sipari deals 20 damage generally, 18 damage to heavy armor.
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Wait? There was no pattern to what general and specific damage is.
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Ya, don't read too much into these damage labels, they are just what is most readable on a per-unit basis.
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## So what do I do with this knowledge?
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Let's assume you are playing Q'Rath, and your opponent is playing Aru.
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They have two armies, one is a pack of Masked Hunters, and one is a pack of Xacals.
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Masked Hunters have the light armor type and Xacals have the heavy armor type.
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Well, you know Dervish deals the most damage to Light, and Zephyr deals the most damage to heavy, so you should
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generally have your Dervish attack the Masked Hunters and the Zephyr's attack the Xacals.
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But wait, your opponent moved their two armies together!
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Defensively, Masked Hunters deal less damage to the heavy armor type, and Xacals do less damage to Light.
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So while you want your Dervish to attack Masked Hunters, and the Zephyrs to attack the Xacals, you also want your
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Dervish to defend against the Xacals and Zephyrs to defend against the Masked Hunters.
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In mixed battles, you can spend some micro on your units to defend against enemy attackers they are strong against while
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having them attack potentially different enemies.
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So what should you do? Build some Sipari, a Light armor unit, to help tank some Xacal shots, to give your Dervish and
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Zephyrs room to maneuver against their key targets.
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## What else is there?
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Some units have additional tags, such as Structure and Etheric. Units can deal particular, or BONUS damage against
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enemies with those tags.
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**What are structures?** Structures are any building. Pretty much anything not a part of your moving army.
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As an example of bonus damage, the Absolver deals +8 damage to structures, giving it 29 DPS to heavy structures.
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Conversely, it has 23 DPS against heavy structures when deployed, meaning Absolvers are better at sniping most
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structures when mobilized.
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Heads up though, that not all structures are heavy, examples include Radiant Wards generated by the Dervish.
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**What are etherics?** Etherics are most caster units in the game. These casters can generally win long drawn-out
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fights, so are good to snipe with units that deal extra damage against them.
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An etheric example would be the Bloodbounds Culling Strike ability, which deals bonus damage against etheric.
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