[1.16.5] Getting the armor value of an entity

[CrackedScreen]

I am creating a projectile that can bypass a certain amount of the target's armor by taking the effective "armor value", reducing it by a coefficient, and then applying the damage. I know getArmorInventoryList() returns armor the entity is wearing, but can't access the protection values of each individual piece as it only returns an ItemStack. Thanks in advance for any help.

[Luis_ST]

you can use ItemStack#getItem to get the Item, then check if the Item an instance of ArmorItem.
then use ArmorItem#getDefense to get the Armor value

[CrackedScreen]

Your suggestions worked, thanks again.

Edited December 7, 2021 by CrackedScreen