You touch one Medium or smaller nonmagical suit of armor that isn’t being carried or worn. The target animates, becoming an Animated Armor under your control until the spell ends or the creature drops to 0 hit points. (The DM has the Armor’s game statistics.)

As an action on each of your turns, you can verbally command any creature you animated with this spell if the creature is within 120 feet of you and can hear you. You decide what action the creature will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a particular chamber or corridor. If you issue no commands, the creature only defends itself against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creature continues to follow it until its task is complete.

When the creature drops to 0 hit points, it reverts to its original form, and any remaining damage carries over to that form.