Assault Cuirass

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

Combat Stats

+ 10 Armor

+ 5 Armor Aura

+ 30 Attack Speed

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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

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.

A core aura item that boosts your team against physical damage and improves the potential of running at towers as well as Roshan with minus armor.

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 summons.

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.

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.

A late game aura item that boosts your team against physical damage and improves the potential of running at towers as well as Roshan. Also lets you burst heroes with Starbreaker.

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.

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.

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.

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 your Wolf pack.

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.

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.

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.

A late game 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.

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 and burst them with skeletons. Also gives you some much needed attack speed.

Heroes countered by Assault Cuirass

Lets you lower the armor of Alchemist to burst him down with physical damage before he regenerates with Chemical Rage.

Lets you lower the armor of Anti Mage to burst him down with physical damage before he can Blink away.

Gives armor to your team and buildings to take less damage from Beastmaster and his summons to nullify his kill and push potential.

Gives armor to you and your team to take less damage from Bounty Hunter right clicks and reduce his kill potential.

Gives armor to you and your team to take less damage from Bristleback Quill Spray and right clicks to reduce his kill potential.

Gives armor to you and your team to take less damage from Starbreaker and right clicks.

Gives armor to your team and buildings to take less damage from Elder Titans right clicks and nullify his burst potential.

Gives armor to your team and buildings to take less damage from Gyrocopter during Flak Cannon to nullify his kill potential and teamfight prowess.

Gives armor to your team to significantly reduce the burst damage from Acorn Shot.

Gives armor to your team and buildings to take less damage from Juggernaut right clicks and Omnislash to nullify his kill and push potential.

Gives armor to your team to take less damage from Kunkka right clicks and Tidebringer to nullify his kill potential.

Gives armor to your team to take less damage from Legion Commander right clicks to nullify her kill potential during Duel.

Gives armor to your team and buildings to take less damage from Lina right clicks to nullify her kill and push potential from right clicks.

Gives armor to your team and buildings to take less damage from Spirit Bear and Lone Druid to nullify their kill and push potential.

Gives armor to your team and buildings to take less damage from Luna right clicks to nullify her kill and push potential.

Gives armor to your team and buildings to take less damage from right clicks from Lycan and his Wolf pack to nullify his kill and push potential.

Gives armor to your team to take less damage from Magnus' cleave right clicks through Empower to nullify his kill potential.

Gives armor to your team to take less damage from Marcis right clicks to nullify her kill potential during Unleash.

Gives armor to your team to take less damage from Mars' Gods Rebuke and right clicks to nullify his kill potential.

Gives armor to your team to take less damage from Medusa right clicks to nullify her AoE kill potential.

Gives armor to your team to take less damage from Mirana right clicks to nullify her kill potential in the late game.

Gives armor to your team to take less damage from Monkey King right clicks to nullify his kill potential inside Wukongs Command.

Gives armor to your team and buildings to take less damage from Nature's Prophet and Treants to nullify his kill and push potential.

Gives armor to your team to take less damage from Night Stalker right clicks to nullify his kill potential during Dark Ascension.

Gives armor to your team and buildings to take less damage from Phantom Lancer and his illusions to nullify his kill and push potential.

Against a right-click Puck

Against Mass Serpent Ward to protect heroes and buildings

Provide tankiness to yourself and your teammates to offset some armor reduction from Corrosive Haze.

Against a core right-clicking Snapfire

Gives your teammates and yourself good armor to tank her high damage output.

Against core Tiny

Provide extra tankiness for yourself and your teammates to tank through his physical damage output.

Provides tankiness to yourself and your allies to tank some of his physical damage.

Against a core Vengeful Spirit

Provide extra tankiness to yourself and your allies to tank some of his heavy physical damage output.

Provide armor and tankiness to yourself and your allies in fights against Wraith King high physical damage output.

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