What's up with armor rating?

I'd really like to use my 6* Morningstar more, but other than her really choppy and awkward play style, she cannot take a punch. At all.

So, I was looking in to her armor rating and it seemed really low to me. So, I then checked it against other versions of her... and then I started looking at other champs and started noticing really weird inconsistencies.

Morningstar:
2* - R2L20 - 204
3* - R1L01 - 189
4* - R2L20 - 229
6* - R1L25 - 228

So, by looking at that, I assumed that armor rating increases as level increases, but stays fairly consistent across rarity.

Then I took a look at The Hood:
3* - R1L10 - 71
4* - R1L01 - 157
5* - R3L45 - 440
6* - R1L25 - 391

I was confused by the difference, so I looked at more...

IMIW:
2* - R1L10 - 103
3* - R3L30 - 200
4* - R5L50 - 381
5* - R3L45 - 565
6* - R1L25 - 513

Hulkbuster:
2* - R1L10 - 198
3* - R1L10 - 211
4* - R1L10 - 318
5* - R1L25 - 568

Havok:
3* - R1L01 - 71
5* - R1L01 - 362
6* - R2L35 - 431

Diablo:
3* - R1L01 - 53
4* - R1L01 - 56
5* - R1L01 - 235

Doc Ock:
2* - R1L10 - 33
3* - R2L20 - 93
4* - R3L30 - 212
5* - R3L45 - 440

Deadpool X-Force:
2* - R1L10 - 33
3* - R1L10 - 71
4* - R1L10 - 157
6* - R1L25 - 391

Beardo:
3* - R1L01 - 71
4* - R4L40 - 242
5* - R2L35 - 400

Cable:
2* - R1L01 - 178
3* - R3L30 - 246
4* - R4L40 - 292
6* - R1L25 - 228

So, after looking at a bunch of others, champs like DPX, HB and Doc Ock seem like they make more sense and Morningstar, Cable and Diablo seem weird to me.

Can a mod or anyone knowledgeable explain the discrepancies and how armor rating is supposed to scale across level and rarity?

Thanks!

Comments

Neotwism

Never realized this. Thanks for bringing it up

Cliffordcan

Just like 6* powergain, they make it seem like they are better across the boards, but nerf things we won’t notice

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Jh_Dez

That's cuz when she's at 4 souls, she gains 50% chance to perfect block
It's a bit of balance I guess
Just like how high damage champs tend to have low health

Cliffordcan

That's cuz when she's at 4 souls, she gains 50% chance to perfect block
It's a bit of balance I guess
Just like how high damage champs tend to have low health

She has that ability at every rarity, that makes no sense why it varies so widely from rarity to rarity.

Neotwism

It seems to go more by level of the champ than how many stars they have. That would explain most of the cases even though it doesnt make much sense why rank and level matter more than rarity.