Damage from weapon shots, or abilities can be classified as Inhand Weapon Damage, Ability Damage or Executes. Primary Attacks always count as Weapon Damage, while most abilities count for Ability Damage.
Characteristics[ | ]
Inhand Weapon Damage[ | ]
Weapon shots and abilities that deal Weapon Damage can trigger effects from some items or Gameplay mechanics such as the following:
Wrecker - Damage bonus against Shields to weapon attacks.
Life Rip - Your weapon attacks gain Lifesteal.
Bulldozer - Your weapon attacks deal more Damage to Deployables, Pets, and Illusions.- Anti-Healing Mechanic - Your weapon attacks reduce the effect of healing on your target.
- Out of Combat - Your weapon attacks end the out of combat effect.
Exceptions are Barik's turrets, both standard and ultimate ones, and the basic attack of Luna - Io's Guardian Spirit - whose damage count as Inhand Weapon Damage that can be mitigated by Armor Plating but do not apply these effects. For the latter, ending Out of Combat status only applies to Luna herself but not to Io.
Ability Damage[ | ]
Abilities dealing Ability Damage completely lack the aforementioned characteristics of Weapon Damage, unless the ability itself functions similarly, such as Willo's Deadzone applying Anti-Healing in an area. Plus, using an ability does not end Out-of-Combat status unless the ability dealt damage to an enemy target.
Countering[ | ]
Items[ | ]
Useful Items for reducing the damage of Inhand Weapon or Ability Damage:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
 Armor Plating |
Reduce the Damage you take from Inhand weapons. |
 Arcane Warding |
Reduces damage taken from abilities. |
Cards and Talents[ | ]
Some champions have Cards and Talents that grant Damage Reduction that reduce the damage taken regardless of type.
Inhand Weapon Damage and Ability Damage[ | ]
Dredge's Reload projectile counts as Ability Damage
Dragon Punch executes.
Luna's Stun ability, Rush, deals Ability Damage.
Cyclone Strike executes with
The Law executes on targets below 65% health.
Mal'Damba's Reload projectile counts as Ability Damage.
Distortion Field deals Ability Damage with
Ruckus uses Miniguns and Missile Launcher in his ult dealing weapon and ability damage.
Crippling Arrow Explosion deals neither category with
Crouching Tigron requires
to deal damage
Heavy SMG - Burst Mode deals additional Weapon with
Sensor Drone requires
to deal damage
Harbinger's Wrath ability executes on targets below 66% health.
Travel Mode
Illusion requires
to deal damage
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