Heavy Plating, a TFT Set 17 Factory New crate item

Heavy Plating

graves

Description

Gain 300 Base Health, 20 Armor, and 20 Magic Resistance.

Source

Heavy Plating enables

  • The physical-defense stat that reduces incoming AD damage. Tank items, the Bastion trait, and champions or items that grant flat Armor all feed into this mechanic, alongside the handful of effects that scale a bonus off a unit's Armor value. Sunder is its inverse — a debuff that reduces enemy Armor.

  • The magic-defense stat that reduces incoming AP damage. Many sustain items, the Bastion frontline trait, and "Gain X Armor and Magic Resist" effects grant or scale off it; Shred is its inverse.