Plated Greaves
When activated, grants armor and
deflection to nearby allies.
Value 1503
Passive Bonuses
+3 Strength
+3 Agility
+3 Intelligence
+70 Movement Speed
+5 Armor
Activation
Self Position Ally Units
Radius 450
Mana cost 25
Cooldown 30 seconds
Applies Plated to all allies in a 450 radius around self
Plated Effects
+2 Armor
100% chance to block 10 attack damage
Grants +20% damage but only affects allied non-player controlled creeps
Lasts 15 seconds
Requires
Marchers 500
Shield of the Five 803
Plated Greaves Recipe 200

[...] A new item has been added to the Heroes of Newerth , Plated Greaves. [...]
hey can someone help me out…..i was wondering what the benefit to using these instead of steamboots or ghost marchers would be?? i was guessing maybe a support hero but i didnt know
I would think these would be on your teams tank or support character. The advantage is the decent speed boost, with a activatable armor boost that (in theory) would stack with the HoN equivalent of mekanism.
Stacks with mekanism
More like the Poor man’s shield or stout shield or vanguard). But better because of the movespeed and the buff can be put into allies as well…