Armadon
A stolid and stalwart defender of the weak, whether Man or Beast, the long-lived Armaddon refused to take part in the war between the Legion and the Horde, and instead maintained a neutral haven amidst the strife. With the arrival of the Hellbourne, however, Armaddon’s choice became clear, and he hefted his mighty mace in the service of good. The gruff warrior is now a key hero in the New Legion.
Stats
Attack Type=Melee
Attack Damage=52-62
Attack Range=125
Movementspeed=295
Turnrate=320
Armor=3.38
MagicArmor=5.5
Strength=22
Agility=17
Intelligence=14
Strength per level=2.2
Agility per level=1.8
Intelligence per level=2.8
Spells
Hurls a wad of snot at target enemy unit,
reducing armor and slowing speed.
Additional snot wads will further reduce
speed and armor.
Level 1 : 20% Movement slow, 3% Movement slow per charge, -1 Armor per charge for 5 seconds
Level 2 : 20% Movement slow, 6% Movement slow per charge, -1 Armor per charge for 5 seconds
Level 3 : 20% Movement slow, 9% Movement slow per charge, -2 Armor per charge for 5 seconds
Level 4 : 20% Movement slow, 12% Movement slow per charge, -2 Armor per charge for 5 seconds
Mana cost 30
Cooldown 1.5
Showers the area around Armadon with quills,
damaging nearby enemies. If a unit was struck
by Armadon’s quills recently it will take extra damage.
Level 1 : Deals 20 damage and applies Spine Vulnerability in 650 radius, Adds 1 charge.
Level 2 : Deals 40 damage and applies Spine Vulnerability in 650 radius, Adds 1 charge.
Level 3 : Deals 60 damage and applies Spine Vulnerability in 650 radius, Adds 1 charge.
Level 4 : Deals 80 damage and applies Spine Vulnerability in 650 radius, Adds 1 charge.
Mana cost 35
Cooldown 3 seconds
Spine Vulnerability
30 Physical damage per charge
Armadon fortifies his spines, reducing damage
taken from the rear and sides. An extra spine
burst is released based on damage absorbed by
the spines.
Level 1 : Reduces damage taken from rear by 10%, from sides by 5%. Releases Spine Burst whenever 250 total damage is reduced.
Level 2 : Reduces damage taken from rear by 20%, from sides by 10%. Releases Spine Burst whenever 250 total damage is reduced.
Level 3 : Reduces damage taken from rear by 30%, from sides by 15%. Releases Spine Burst whenever 250 total damage is reduced.
Level 4 : Reduces damage taken from rear by 40%, from sides by 20%. Releases Spine Burst whenever 250 total damage is reduced.
Mana cost n/a
Cooldown n/a
Ultimate
Armadon temporarily increases his movement
speed and attack speed for every spell he casts.
Level 1 : +10 Damage, +4 Damage per charge, +4% Movement Speed, +1% Movement Speed per charge
Level 2 : +20 Damage, +8 Damage per charge, +5% Movement Speed, +2% Movement Speed per charge
Level 3 : +30 Damage, +12 Damage per charge, +7% Movement Speed, +3% Movement Speed per charge
Mana Cost n/a
Cooldown n/a





B there is a typo vulnerability is spelt wrong for spine vulnerability.
Bristleback
wait, so is armadon hellbourne or beast horde…his description confuses me
I think you should add what the durations are for Restless and Snot Storm.
Think this guy should be placed in Hellbourne group
Yeah bristleback
AHHH I CAN’T GET HIS OBNOXIOUS VOICE OUT OF MY HEAD. Seriosly play him with the volume down, cause his voice needs changing (preferably to something more intellegent).
wat side is Armadon on?
Why did they place Armadon in the Legion’s side, when, according to his profile, he is clearly on the Hellbourne side?
His responses… “Hehe, right…”, “Duh, okay…” “HELLO…” Oh, my. Words fail me.
Other than that, this guy’s a carbon copy of Bristleback. If played right, he can be one of the most difficult heroes to kill.
His voice gives me nightmares, just like his spine burst right after I pop a mana pot…Grrrr
He is on the legion side. The side they are referring to in the text is the beast horde. The beast horde fought the legion side way before and then the hellbourne came, making the beast horde and legion side allies. Predator and scout are part of the beast horde but now with the legion
i have tried this hero several times… he stinks.. does CRAP dmg .. ok i know hes a tank.. but ever heard of lifesteal… then tanks dies .. k.
2nd.. hes EXTREMELY gear dependent !
i give him 1.5 out of 5
TEchnoMulen, your a noob. No one wants to know your retarded rating system since you obviously don’t know what your talking about.
Btw, arma does a lot of damage to anyone that isn’t a tank since his spine burst damage stacks as well as he has an armor slow and his ulti allows him to chase and finish off heroes. Your an idiot, and your opinion is worth crap
theowne you are the one failing here. tech speaks the truth.
HAHAHHAHAHA, Lol, keep talking. Go look at dota sites or anywhere but obviously you wouldn’t know because your talking outta your ass. Talk to the pros and you’ll see Arma is actually good and he’s been picked in pro matches and not alot of things can counter him except battery. Tho, there’s no point in arguing cuz no matter what i say or anybody says in general, your a scrub and you won’t listen. Actually, straight up, add me and lets play one on one and i’ll show your noob ass what arma can do :] add my name and we’ll play sometimes.
Also, the way your writing, i bet you sound just like arma XD
Though I understand where you are coming from theowne, I have to agree with the others.
He can do some nice damage, but so can any hero. The point is unless you are completely pro, he is a far under par character. And why wouldn’t a pro play an over par character?
Mid-late game he is useless. He is owned by any carry and magic burst damage and any disabler owns him. If you are all about pushing early then yes he is the hero for you.
okay, i understand from your perspective. But i don’t think anyone here realizes his potential to which i see it. DOes anyone not notice that his tanking ability reduces damage by 40% at lvl 4. That’s almost half and that also means when attacked from behind or chased, any hero would lose becuz half their damage is reduced. ANd no, carries and nukers would not beat arma one on one. He would lose if any tard just happened to play arma and run in. That’s not how you play him. He’s a tank, and one of the best tanks becuz he can go toe to toe with any hero except for maybe magebane and witch and pyro. All his damage is based upon how long he can last in a fight and from basic positioning that requires micro and patience and timing. hell, i don’t see much tanks who can chase like him either or is as fast as him and who can do so much AOE damage in a small time. I’m just done, I just can’t believe no one sees it like me. He’s not the best hero, but he’s extremely under-looked and I’ve had so many games where i Just farm with him to radiance and played carry and won.
I totally agree with you theowne, my favorite heroe, I get first blood almost every game i play him and that makes me strong for mid and late game, I can often play as a carry
Liked him and dirge in old dota since they always gave me first blood <3
the owne- i agree also, he’s the most annoying hero of all time. Try to kill him and he’ll out tank, damage, and slow you like shit. Killing him in ganks takes like 10 seconds and he does lotsa spine damage based on damage reduced. Very very good hero. Good luck escaping from him with his ridiculous slow and passive ms ult. Very good noob hero cause hes the easiest hero to play (just spam spells). However I don’t see why positioning and timing is important. All you need to do is run in and slow and spine a bunch, and chase them agil and intels with slowing spam. Not exactly position intensive…
Well, i mean to use his tanking ability. Ppl tend to forget that it reduces damage so its better to always have your back turned. If you see witch or a pyro and they have full mana, you can anticipate when they nuke so usually, you can just run at them and then turn your back on them and it reduces alot of it. Or when he’s tanking in a fight, he should try to put his back to as many enemies as he can.
Soul Reaper > Armadon
Soul Reaper is a counter to all str heroes like how pest is a counter to invis heroes. I’m sure everyone knows that otherwise, they’re nubs :T
Soul reaper is counted by said str heroes with magic armor. 400gold later and soul reapers ulti is fairly useless.
silly good in the right hands (and team)
the opposite is true as well
great ganking buddy, can also carry in some games
if facing him, get a power supply asap
I can only agree with theowne. Armadon is a hero to recognise. Ppl keep saying that powersupply counters him completely… wrong! If played right, he will still do tremendous damage, which you won’t be able to heal back.
Some ppl above also said positioning is not a great deal with him… fail. A good player knows which way to turn when Rampages uses his ulti on you… Just giving one example.
Armadon also pwns Witchslayer and Pyromancer most of the time (given the fact he is not way underleveled and underfarmed).
In competetive play he fits in many roles. That’s why I wouldn’t say Armadon is an “under par char”.
He s just like Devourer and Ophelia. You have to practice a lot to master him. That’s all.
Battery is also good on him…gives plenty of space for mind games…like when u have low hp and people think ur gonna die and start chasing you..a good armadon player will run and pretend to be dying while the enemy chases him AND KEEPS ON GETTING HIT WITH SPINE BURST, not realizing that he’s actually loosing hp…then when aramdon’s hp goes to a very low level…activate the battery…and wala…full hp…now it’s armadon’s turn to do the killing, and it’s the hunter has now become the hunted.
I usually tank him in team-battles by running straight into enemy lines while spamming spine burst…then when the other team starts targetting armadon, i turn around and run to my team…then i leave the rest to the my teammates since most skills of the enemy team has been wasted on me…spamming snot storm and spine bursts for oppopnents who try to run away when my team comes.
Armadon is not a hero which gets kills easily, so most of them time you might die (usually in team battles I’m the only one who dies in my team…but all of the time it’s a genocide with me the only one dying on the team and serving my purpose as a tank)…but his sole purpose as a tank and not as a nuker pretty much helps the team to a win.
Arma is an awesome hero when played by a pro. I’ve literally seen him not only tank, but kill and stop a 5 man push. Although we lost (mostly cuz the rest of us sucked….bad), Arma was the most surprising character to watch play. And the nubs saying he sucks, don’t make urself look so dumb by posting ur comments.
Clearly got some nabs on here running a full tank armadon…
Like warbeast, if you stat stack the fuck out of armadon he’s a legit tank/carry.
Get him Steamboots,Symbol of Rage, Behemoth’s heart, Helm of the black, Runed axe, and another item that is situational and you’ll haull ass with over 4k life and 350 damage.
–and dumaguete, i CONSISTANTLY go like any where from 11-3-5 to 18-0-12 with armadon in 1v1′s to 5v5′s
ddaann is ma man, people don’t realize how easy it is to stuff a magic user early game ESPECIALLY in a 1v1.
$400 for mystical vestiments and BOOM! essentially half damage from spells.
theowne is a smart man!
Armadon’s damage reduction is what lets you stat stack to do MASSIVE damage and have a MASSIVE health pool, so with all that health you’re taking shit damage because of armadillo!!!
also…runed axe lets you non stop spam snot and spines at about lvl 14-16 when your int gets high enough from leveling and adds a good chunk of damage
Arma is a great hero, anyone who says otherwise deserves to burn in hell
slap a sac stone + frostfield plate on him and you’ve got an excellent spammer
a behemoth’s heart + daemonic plate and he’s an excellent tank
etc.
Arma’s strength really depends on the players so if used properly you’ve got this great hero but that goes for almost every other hero.
Bristleback absolute big and stinki sh**. I played him more then 20 times and never had better stats then 2x more deaths. I owned with every hero only with him no! Only 3 times i saw good playing bristleback, guys give link to replay if you are so goood with him…
I also think he is good when played by a person which likes to play him.. But for noobs he is THE worst hero. Pretty much because his slow aint taking NO damage at all. And his spines stack max 4 times. which is like +120 dmg which is really bad compared to other heroes. He hits really slow. But tracks down others pretty fast with his slow/ulti.
For that dude who said he just used to run into a group and spining them abit… The ones you played against must be jerks with reactions like 200year olds. 1 stun, 2 stun then the 3 stuns comes and you are dead. Doesnt matter that you have 4-5k health and 30 armor when you aint got shit to escape with yourself!
I’m a noob player but have found Armadon *the* best hero to play for a coward like me. As long as you’re careful not to die until levels 7-8, you’re solid. So many people don’t realize the way spine burst stacks, and that Arma releases an *extra*, free spine burst whenever he loses 200 hp if hit from behind and not stunned. Say you got a couple of melee enemies beating on you while you’re running away = several free spine bursts for up to 110 damage *in addition* to the ones you spam every 3 seconds. It’s so funny to see enemy carries go like “haha, Armadon is such low DPS, let’s beat on him.. whoops, how come I only have 20% health left?”
all of you guys are noobs armadon has no chance against any kind of hero especialy heroes like sand and ram ….
hes not gonna do anything but just run and get killed^_^
Unless there’s a massive gear advantage, Armadon eats Sand Wraith for breakfast. A very fast hitting and chain stunning Rampage may be a threat, but earlier in the game he’s an easy snack. Let’s not forget the effects of Armadon’s ultimate either: the more he casts/procs, the faster he runs and harder he hits, while being able to focus purely on tank gear. Of course a smart Armadon is always running away.. from dumb chasers who seldom outdamage him that way.
I just played the most stacked game with Arma ever tonight. Other than games playing as a carry (where you natural for 30 minutes) this has to be the most gear Ive ever gotten… In a 35 minute match I had (and bought in this order) my Steamboots, Helm of Black Legion, Demonic Brestplate, Behemoth Heart, 2nd Behemoth Heart, and Doom Bringer…
So. Legit.
lol sorry but, i think armadon is retarded
@SnazzySnazz
The gruff warrior is now a key hero in the New Legion.
i take my words back !!!
armadon is now my favorite hero..
and i play him almost 50% of all games..
hes amazing strong if played right..
i prefer going for
1. black helm
then nullstone
then steamboots
and then either some hp items or mock..
OMG, worst guide ever.
Starting items 5xtotems +1 and life vials.
First item MOCK!
HoBL is a no-no as it screws Armadillo.
Skills burst armadillo burst snot burst ulti burst snot snot snot ulti armadillo armadillo armadillo stats ulti stats
JUNGLE FFS!