Imiw armor doesn’t stop havok’s detonation?

I was in variant 3 and didn’t realize until after 3 revives on havok that imiw passive armor up doesn’t even stop his detonation. Is this a bug?

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Championcritic

well i guess you know now haha.

Colleen

@Championcritic isnt it a bug??? Armor ups are supposed to make you immune to it

Championcritic

havok's ability says "Champions with an Armor Up Buff, and Havok, receive no damage from this ability.". Strictly speaking, IMIW armors are passives and not buffs.

Thi101

havok's ability says "Champions with an Armor Up Buff, and Havok, receive no damage from this ability.". Strictly speaking, IMIW armors are passives and not buffs.

What he said

MostWanted

I was in variant 3 and didn’t realize until after 3 revives on havok that imiw passive armor up doesn’t even stop his detonation. Is this a bug?

It's not a bug, because the armor up should be an Active Buff, not a Passive Effect (like Killmonger vibranium Armor: he Always takes detonation damage from Havok)

Pach

Why would you even use IMIW on havok? That’s one of the worst match ups any way

CFree

Why would you even use IMIW on havok? That’s one of the worst match ups any way

Obviously he thought the armor would help.

Colleen

@CFree im actually a girl but thanks for understanding and @Pach its v3 tech champs work best even if I had used starky spidey (which I did) he still died from detonation mind you he had about 230k health that’s as much or more as a war boss

Savio444

@CFree im actually a girl but thanks for understanding and @Pach its v3 tech champs work best even if I had used starky spidey (which I did) he still died from detonation mind you he had about 230k health that’s as much or more as a war boss

I was disappointed when I realised his armour ups wouldn’t negate the detonation. But it has its benefits, since they are passive abilities they can’t be nullified and they dont trigger annoying nodes like spite. There’s prob other stuff too.

Pach

Still he’s a bad match up even if the armor ups worked they aren’t up 100% of the time, his basic attacks that are repulser one give him extra plasma, his specials are basically useless against him too

Colleen

@Pach ok who did you use??? And can I have an ss of your completed v3?

RoninMan

Funny enough if you want a tech champ that’s a good counter to Havok, Vulture does the job. Warlock is probably the best counter but he’s newer so it’s less likely a lot of players have him. It’s hard to help suggest counters without knowing your roster. If you would like some advice, post your roster and we can try to help. Unless you made it through him.

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Colleen

Thanks @RoninMan and @UmbertoDelRio

Pach

I even sent a pic of my own maxed out infinity man so you know I’m not bluffing when I say that he’s a bad match up especially against variant level champs

UnFazedSkull

I even sent a pic of my own maxed out infinity man so you know I’m not bluffing when I say that he’s a bad match up especially against variant level champs

You're clearly missin the point no one cares if it's a bad match up or not the OP was just wondering why the passive armor ups were not working against havok

noy

Just wanted to add that Og vision is also a good counter if you have him. Spam sp1. Also venom, although not a tech, gains armor up when applying heavies sometimes so he's also a good counter

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Colonaut123

Funny enough if you want a tech champ that’s a good counter to Havok, Vulture does the job. Warlock is probably the best counter but he’s newer so it’s less likely a lot of players have him. It’s hard to help suggest counters without knowing your roster. If you would like some advice, post your roster and we can try to help. Unless you made it through him.

Doc Ock works pretty well to. Don't forget cosmic: Venom, Angela, Heimdall,...

Colonaut123

Just wanted to add that Og vision is also a good counter if you have him. Spam sp1. Also venom, although not a tech, gains armor up when applying heavies sometimes so he's also a good counter
If we're extending this to non-tech champs I'd probably take iceman over venom, since iceman is a lot safer.

And I feel like red skull would actually be a lot less stressful than og vision, since you won't need to worry about plasma management at all. But I did read some people say they did it with og vision, so definitely not trying to invalidate your point lol.

You could also use cyclops if you absolutely despise yourself.

Iceman doesn't work as it is not a real Armor Up.

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Eb0ny-O-M4w

For Iceman, I agree the text is misleading. He has a regular armor up buff, but with a different name and icon for some reason.

Lormif

Funny enough if you want a tech champ that’s a good counter to Havok, Vulture does the job. Warlock is probably the best counter but he’s newer so it’s less likely a lot of players have him. It’s hard to help suggest counters without knowing your roster. If you would like some advice, post your roster and we can try to help. Unless you made it through him.

the best is vision, power drain removes the charges.

Ordalca

I personally used my own Havok against him. No need to worry about armor breaks making him vulnerable when he's permanently immune.

Cyporg

I was fortunate enough to pull warlock from a featured. He's perfect for havok, rocks his socks.