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Assault Cuirass

Your hero's all-in-one armor upgrade, a powerful and supportive item that not only enhances your hero's defenses but also boosts their team's strength.
Upgraded Item | Armor

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Forged in the depths of the nether reaches, this hellish mail provides an army with increased armor and attack speed.

Your hero's all-in-one armor upgrade, a powerful and supportive item that not only enhances your hero's defenses but also boosts their team's strength.

Base Combat Stats

+ 30 Attack Speed

+ 10 Armor

Recipe

Your hero's all-in-one armor upgrade, a powerful and supportive item that not only enhances your hero's defenses but also boosts their team's strength.
Platemail
Hyperstone
Buckler
Assault Cuirass Recipe

Abilities

Passive: Assault Aura

Grants 30 attack speed and 5 armor to nearby allied units and structures, and decreases nearby enemy unit and structure armor by 5.
Radius: 1200

Additional Insights

It's like donning a shining, protective armor that exudes resilience and power. The Assault Cuirass provides a blend of armor, attack speed, and an incredible aura that significantly empowers your hero and nearby allies.

Statistics

The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Assault Cuirass as a core or non-core item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.

Itemization Strategy

Heavily utilized by Offlaners that are mainly initiators, this item is a mid to late game item that could truly benefit the team as whole whether be it pushing or team fighting. Heroes that build this item are Slardar and Wraith King to name a few.

Heroes with Assault Cuirass as Core Item

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Abaddon
An aura item that boosts your physical damage against enemy heroes and buildings while tanking up with armor to reduce the enemy physical damage. Improves the potential of running at towers as well as Roshan with minus armor.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Alchemist
An aura item that boosts your physical damage against enemy heroes and buildings while tanking up with armor to reduce the enemy physical damage. Improves the potential of running at towers as well as Roshan with minus armor.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Chen
A late game aura item that boosts your team against physical damage and improves the potential of running at towers as well as Roshan with your team and army of creeps.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Legion Commander
A late game aura item that boosts your team against physical damage and improves the potential of running at towers as well as Roshan. Gives you a better chance to finish off enemies in Duel duration to gain damage.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lifestealer
A core item that gives you extra tankiness and a lot of attack speed. Must be picked up if the enemy hero has high physical damage output.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lone Druid
An aura item that boosts your physical damage against enemy heroes and buildings while tanking up with armor to reduce the enemy physical damage. Improves the potential of running at towers as well as Roshan with minus armor.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lycan
A core aura item that boosts your team against physical damage and improves the potential of running at towers as well as Roshan with your team and your Wolf pack.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Nature's Prophet
A core aura item that boosts your physical damage against enemy heroes and buildings while tanking up with armor to reduce the enemy physical damage. Improves the potential of running at towers and other objectives with your hero and Treants.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Pangolier
A core item that boosts your team against physical damage and improves the potential of running at towers as well as Roshan with minus armor. The armor reduction lets you deal more damage with Rolling Thunder.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Tiny
A core item that boosts your physical damage against enemy heroes and buildings while tanking up with armor to reduce the enemy physical damage. Improves the potential of running at towers as well as Roshan with minus armor. Also gives you attack speed to have more DPS with Tree Grab.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Tusk
A core item that boosts your physical damage against enemy heroes and buildings while tanking up with armor to reduce the enemy physical damage. Improves the potential of running at towers as well as Roshan with minus armor. Also gives you attack speed for another Walrus Punch! through right clicks with your level 25 talent.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Visage
A core aura item that boosts your team and Familiars against physical damage and improves the potential of running at enemy heroes, towers, and Roshan with minus armor.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Wraith King
A core item that boosts your physical damage against enemy heroes and buildings while tanking up with armor to reduce the enemy physical damage. Improves the potential of running at towers as well as Roshan with minus armor. Also gives you some much needed attack speed.

Heroes countered by Assault Cuirass

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Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Bounty Hunter
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Bristleback
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Dawnbreaker
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Elder Titan
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Gyrocopter
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Hoodwink
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Juggernaut
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Kunkka
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Legion Commander
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lina
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lone Druid
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Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lycan
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Magnus
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Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Nature's Prophet
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Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Templar Assassin
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Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Tusk
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Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Visage
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Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Weaver
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Trivia

In Warcraft III, the Night Elf hero unit, Furion, had an ability named 'Thorns Aura', which granted nearby allied units increased attack damage and a chance to retaliate against attackers with spiked armor. This ability's functionality and theme were instrumental in inspiring the creation of the Assault Cuirass in Dota 2.
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