Armor Up

**Armor Up** is a beneficial effect that increases Armor Rating. It is commonly found in Tech  Champions.

Armor Up can be countered with Armor Break and Armor Shattered, which specifically remove Armor Ups or prevent them from triggering.

## List of Champions with Armor Up

### Buff

#### Base Abilities

* Angela
* Baron Zemo
* Black Panther (Civil War)
* Captain America (Sam Wilson)
* Civil Warrior
* Colossus
* Cosmic Ghost Rider
* Doctor Octopus
* Guardian
* Guillotine 2099
* Heimdall
* Howard the Duck
* Hulkbuster
* Ikaris
* Iron Man
* Iron Man (Infamous)
* Iron Patriot
* Kang the Conqueror
* Lady Deathstrike
* Nimrod
* Odin
* Omega Sentinel
* Red Skull
* Scarlet Witch
* Scarlet Witch (Classic)
* Silver Centurion
* Silver Surfer
* Spider-Man (Supreme)  (Copied Buff)
* Summoned Symbiote
* Super-Skrull
* Superior Iron Man
* Thanos
* Ultron
* Ultron (Classic)
* Unstoppable Colossus
* Venom
* Venom the Duck
* Viv Vision
* Vulture
* War Machine
* Warlock
* Yondu

#### Synergies

* Annihilus  -- with Hulk (Ragnarok)
* Darkhawk  -- with Nova
* Doctor Doom  -- with Silver Surfer
* Psycho-Man  -- with Ant-Man, Wasp or Yellowjacket
* Rocket Raccoon  -- with Misty Knight or Winter Soldier
* Sersi  -- with Captain America or Captain America (Infinity War)

#### On Opponent

* Scarlet Witch
* Scarlet Witch (Classic)

### Passive

#### Base Abilities

* Captain America (Sam Wilson)
* Lady Deathstrike
* Sentinel
* Shuri

#### Synergies

* Mutant Champions -- Mister Sinister  with Cable
* Sauron  -- with Havok

### Variants

**Corrupted Armor Up - Buff:** Has 300% Ability Accuracy, but deals Direct Damage to Vox if Nullified.

* Vox

**Ice Armor - Buff:** Shatters when capping a single source of damage at 5% or when negating a Stun.

* Iceman
* Venompool  -- Synergy with Iceman or Vision (Aarkus)

**Nano-Armor Up - Buff/Passive:** Increases chance for incoming attacks to Glance.

* Ant-Man (Future)

**Oshtur's Refuge - Buff:** Increases Block Proficiency.

* Doctor Strange

**Molecular Armor - Passive:** Increases Critical Resistance and Resistance to Power Drain effects, and grants immunity to Bleed and Coldsnap.

* Iron Man (Infinity War)

**Vibranium Armor - Passive:** Grants Power each time the Opponent inflicts a Debuff.

* Killmonger

**Toxic Armor - Buff, On Opponent:** Striking an Opponent with Toxic Armor deals Direct Damage based on their Armor Rating.

* Venom the Duck

## List of Champions that counter Armor Up

### Armor Up Removal

*This section is for Champions who can remove Armor Up Buffs and Passives without using Armor Break/Shattered.*
* Knull  -- Living Abyss
* Yondu  -- Pilfer

## Trivia

* Armor Up has the opposite effect of Armor Break, which decreases Armor Rating.

## Navigation

**General Buffs:** Amplify ● Aptitude ● **Armor Up** ● Berserk ● Bulwark ● Combat Power Rate ● Combo Shield ● Critical Resistance ● Cruelty ● Energize ● Energy Protection ● Energy Resistance ● Evasion ● Expertise ● Extend ● Fortitude ● Fury ● Glancing ● Immortality ● Indestructible ● Indestructible Charge ● Intensify ● Invisibility ● Perfect Block ● Physical Resistance ● Pierce ● Power Efficiency ● Power Flood ● Power Gain ● Precision ● Protection ● Prowess ● Rampage ● Regeneration (Self-Repair) ● Rejuvenate ● Safeguard ● Shock Resistance ● Stoicism ● True Accuracy ● True Damage ● True Sense ● True Strike ● Unblockable ● Undermine ● Unstoppable ● Vicious ● Vigilance ● Vigor

**Champion-Specific Buffs:** Bionic Overcharge ● Confidence ● Cosmic Control Rod ● Cosmic Energy Overload ● Death Immunity ● Debuff Immunity ● Dimensional Link ● Fervor ● Gift of the Loa ● Hunter-Spider ● Jiggy With It ● Klyntar Mutation ● Malice ● Nova Fists ● Nova Surge ● Overpower ● Phase ● Power Charge ● Power Cosmic ● Power of Galactus ● Rout ● Sovereignty ● Thanos' Favor ● Transmutation ● Venom Magic ● Viscera Magic ● Volt Magic

**Buffs inflicted on Opponent:** Detonate ● Hater ● Loa ● Spider-Seal ● Toxic Armor ● Toxic Pustule

**Passives:** Block Penetration ● Cleanse ● Endurance ● Heavy Proficiency ● Resistance Up ● Trample ● Untouchable

**Other Beneficial Effects:** Auto-Block ● Dodge ● Evade ● Glancing ● Invulnerable ● Miss ● Purify (Tenacity)

**Retired:** Luck