VitalityTier 46,400 soulsPhantom 1+ · this season

Plated Armor Stats & Best Heroes

Players who buy Plated Armor win 54.8% of 65,051 tracked Phantom 1+ matches in this season, and it shows up in 4.8% of all builds. Refreshed daily from live match data.

Win Rate: 54.8%; #33 of 156
Bought: 4.8%; by 12,529 players
Avg Buy Time: 32:22; into the match
Matches: 65,051; tracked

What Plated Armor Does

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

Effect

Tier 4 Vitality

+130 Bonus Health

passive

Gain a chance to either deflect incoming bullets, preventing all weapon damage or prevent all on-hit effects from bullets.

30% Deflection Percent50% On-Hit Prevention Percent

Corrupted Plated Armor

The Broker trades Plated Armor 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
Bonus Health	+130	+500
Deflection Percent	30%	40%
On-Hit Prevention Percent	50%	65%

Possible penalties

Tier 4 values · 10 can roll · 1 never on Plated Armor

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
Spirit Resist	−18%
Bullet Resist	Never rolls here

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 Plated Armor

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

Best Heroes for Plated Armor

by win rate after buying it

1
Victor4,065 matches
Win rate
58.5%
Bought
14%
2
Dynamo866 matches
Win rate
59.7%
Bought
3%
3
Abrams5,028 matches
Win rate
56.8%
Bought
12%
4
Drifter3,336 matches
Win rate
56.8%
Bought
5%
5
Ivy837 matches
Win rate
58.3%
Bought
2%
6
Yamato3,153 matches
Win rate
56.3%
Bought
8%
7
Billy4,583 matches
Win rate
56.0%
Bought
13%
8
Rat King2,334 matches
Win rate
56.5%
Bought
15%

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

Often Built with Plated Armor

in the same build

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

Plated Armor 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