Damage Types: Changelog
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Attack Types
[edit]Physical damage caused by standard attacks can have different attack types depending on the unit:
- Basic attacks are used by most creeps and summons
- Deals less damage to buildings, siege creeps, and heroes
- Pierce attacks are used by some creeps and summons
- Deals very high damage to lane creeps and neutral creeps, but very weak damage to buildings, siege creeps, and heroes
- Siege attacks are used by towers and siege creeps
- Deals very high damage to buildings and siege creeps, but less damage to heroes
- Hero attacks are used by all heroes, and a few special summons
- Deals half damage to buildings and siege creeps
Attack types are affected by different armor types listed in the table below:
| Attack Type | Armor Type | |||||
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 Basic
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 Fortified
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 Hero
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 Basic
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100% | 70% | 75% | |||
 Pierce
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150% | 35% | 50% | |||
 Siege
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100% | 250% | 100% | |||
 Hero
|
100% | 50% | 100% | |||
- For a comprehensive list, see: Table of Armor and Damage Types
Version History
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