Armor / Magic Resists Confusion

Segius·Dec 11, 2016·1 votes·327 views

So is Attack Power Considered Magic Damage? Like if someone Builds Attack Power does that just mean Magic? And if they Build Attack Damage then I should build armor?

Please Clear this up for me

7 Comments

BhagswagDec 11, 20161 votes

Attack damage, which you can get by build things like infinity edge, blood thirster, blade of the ruined king, etc; the damage from these items can be lowered by building ARMOR. Attack damage is also called physical damage.

Magic damage you get from things like Rylai's, Zhonyas, Luden's Echo, etc. You can lower the damage by building magic resist.

OglafDec 11, 20161 votes

It is Attack Damage and Ability Power.

AD is generally for physical damage (so Armour) whereas AP is for magic damage (so Magic Resist).

Shuyin178Dec 11, 20161 votes

Not all Magic Damage comes from Ability Power though. Mundo's Cleaver doesn't have an AP ratio but deals a good chunk of magic damage.

OglafDec 11, 20161 votes

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Not all Magic Damage comes from Ability Power though. Mundo's Cleaver doesn't have an AP ratio but deals a good chunk of magic damage.

That is why I said "generally"...

WeatheredDec 11, 20161 votes

Each ability will (for the most part) scale off of either Attack Damage (AD) or Ability Power (AP), but in some rare cases they can scale off of one and do the other's respective dmg. For the most part, champions who have abilities that scale off of AD will do physical damage, while champions who scale off of AP will do magic damage.

Shuyin178Dec 11, 20161 votes

Serious question........ how are you level 30 and not understand Armor counters Attack Damage and Magic Resist counters Magic Damage.......... Or that some abilities scale from AD or AP but can deal the opposite damage type......

EndlessSorcererDec 11, 20161 votes

Attack Damage and Ability Power are stats you can build.

Abilities generally have ratios (Total AD, Bonus AD, AP, Total Health, Bonus Health, Armor, etc) which they scale with and a type of damage they deal.

While physical damage abilities generally scale with AD and magic damage abilities generally scale with AP, there are exceptions and abilities which have multiple ratios.

If you are confused as to what ratios a champion has, check their page on the wiki.