Rare item
Sunderhide Barb
Base item
Debuff
Stats
+34 ATK- +16% armor penetration
+8% attack speed
Effects
Unique Passive
Sundering Strikes
Attacks shred 3.5 armor from the target for 5s, stacking up to 5 times.
How it works
- 16% armor penetration: the hero's physical damage counts only 84% of the target's armor (a share, not a flat amount). Against 200 armor 37.3% of a hit lands instead of 33.3% (x 1.12 damage); against 50, 70.4% instead of 66.7% (x 1.06). Penetration from several sources adds up, at most 100%; it does nothing to 0 or negative armor.
Builds into
Lore
Carved by Thornmere trappers from the dorsal spines of giant mire boars. Its barbed edge catches in protective hides and armor seams, peeling away defensive plate with each rending blow.
Appearance
A six-inch curved bone bodkin harvested from a swamp beast, bristling with reverse-facing splinter barbs along its concave edge. The dense yellow bone is polished slick with pine oil and stained with dried earth. Lashed to the weapon head or glove knuckle with sinew cord, the vicious barb bites through steel plate, shedding fine white bone powder as armor splinters.