User blog comment:ArtMaster7/Armatos the Crimson Dragon/@comment-25403955-20160915063215/@comment-25403955-20160915104236

My goal in making this champ's kit is to have its abilities (augmented at max rank), that's why I gave those passive[I'm joining some kind of champion contest in other sites, and the theme for that contest is inside the (  ) above], I'm sorry.

Since it is a ground-targeted ability, yes, Armatos can use the innate even without an enemy.