WeaponTier 46,400 soulsPhantom 1+ · this season

Armor Piercer Stats & Best Heroes

Players who buy Armor Piercer win 54.4% of 11,922 tracked Phantom 1+ matches in this season, and it shows up in 0.9% of all builds. Refreshed daily from live match data.

Win Rate: 54.4%; #38 of 156
Bought: 0.9%; by 4,209 players
Avg Buy Time: 35:45; into the match
Matches: 11,922; tracked

What Armor Piercer Does

Its effect in the shop, and where it sits in the upgrade tree.

Effect

Tier 4 Weapon

+60% Bullet Velocity+8% Weapon Damage

Your Bullets have a chance to become unavoidable, piercing through enemies and ignoring their Bullet Resistance.

55% Proc Chance

Upgrade Path

Win rates · Phantom 1+

Builds from

High-Velocity Rounds
T1 · 80050.8% win

This item

Armor Piercer
T4 · 6,40054.4% win

Armor Piercer builds from High-Velocity Rounds. Win rates are for Phantom 1+ matches in this season.

Corrupted Armor Piercer

The Broker trades Armor Piercer for a corrupted version: stronger stats, plus penalties rolled once per match.

The Broker is a merchant who shows up around minute 30 of a normal match and again roughly every 15 minutes after. He swaps a tier 3 or 4 item for its corrupted version. In Street Brawl, every player gets to corrupt an item after the round 5 item draft.

A corrupted item keeps its effect with stronger stats, and takes on penalties from a fixed set. They are rolled once per match, so every corrupted item in that match carries the same ones.

Stat bonuses

3 stronger

Stat	Normal	Corrupted
Bullet Velocity	+60%	+120%
Weapon Damage	+8%	+40%
Proc Chance	55%	70%

Possible penalties

Tier 4 values · 11 can roll

Penalty	At tier 4
Ability Cooldown Reduction	−17%
Ability Range	−25%
StaminaStamina Regen	−1−24%
Move Speed	−2.75m
Fire Rate	−30%
Ability Duration	−20%
Spirit Power	−45
Weapon Damage	−55%
Max Health	−550
Bullet Resist	−18%
Spirit Resist	−18%

Win rates of players who bought each version, in Phantom 1+ matches since the City Never Sleeps update (September 29, 2026). The Broker only trades from about minute 30, so corrupted items only show up in longer matches; read the difference with that in mind.

Who Should Buy Armor Piercer

The heroes it works best on, and the items it is built with, in Phantom 1+ matches.

Best Heroes for Armor Piercer

by win rate after buying it

1
Haze3,749 matches
Win rate
57.9%
Bought
6%
2
Dynamo48 matches
Win rate
68.8%
Bought
<1%
3
Rat King117 matches
Win rate
63.2%
Bought
1%
4
Vyper1,243 matches
Win rate
56.3%
Bought
5%
5
Drifter285 matches
Win rate
58.2%
Bought
<1%
6
Vindicta992 matches
Win rate
53.9%
Bought
2%
7
Ivy313 matches
Win rate
54.3%
Bought
1%
8
Holliday177 matches
Win rate
55.9%
Bought
1%

Ranked by the low end of each win rate's confidence interval. "Bought" is the share of the hero's matches with Armor Piercer.

Often Built with Armor Piercer

in the same build

"Together" is the share of Armor Piercer buyers who also bought the item; the win rate counts only builds with both. Its own components and upgrades are left out.

Armor Piercer Win Rate Trends

Over time, by rank, and by the minute it is bought.

Win Rate Over Time

Phantom 1+ · week by week

Win Rate by Rank

All ranks · this season

When to Buy

Win rate by purchase minute