Armour

For equipment classified as armour, see Equipment.

Armour is a rating that measures a character's physical damage mitigation.

Armour rating can be increased by wearing equipment, taking certain passive skills, using spells such as Molten Shell, and drinking Granite Flasks.

Mechanics

Damage reduction from armour only reduces physical damage taken. Elemental damage and damage-over-time are not affected.

The amount of damage reduction is a function of armour rating and the damage taken. Damage reduction is capped at 90%.

Damage Reduction = Armour / ( Armour + (12 * Damage) )

The fact that damage reduction diminishes against more damaging hits means it is difficult to know exactly how much damage is reduced. As a rule of thumb, to achieve 50% damage reduction you will need an armour rating equal to twelve times that of the damage taken in a single hit. For example, 50% damage reduction against a 100 damage hit requires 1200 armour rating.

Passives

There are passive skill nodes that grant additional evasion or a combination of bonuses including evasion.

Armour

These passives increase armour rating by a percentage.

In the case of Iron Reflexes, armour is increased by an amount equal to total evasion. In exchange, evasion is reduced to 0.

Icon	Name	Bonuses
File:Passive-armour.png	Armour	10% increased Armour 12% increased Armour 15% increased Armour
File:Passive-steelskin.png	Steel Skin	30% increased Armour
File:Passive-armourmastery.png	Armour Mastery	18% increased Armour 2% increased Movement Speed
File:Passive-armourandevasion.png	Armour and Evasion	8% increased Evasion Rating and Armour
File:Passive-leatherandsteel.png	Leather and Steel	24% increased Evasion Rating and Armour
File:Passive-armourandenergyshield.png	Armour and Energy Shield	8% increased Armour 6% increased maximum Energy Shield
File:Passive-bodyandsoul.png	Body and Soul	20% increased Armour 20% increased maximum Energy Shield +10% to all Elemental Resistances
File:Passive-keystone-ironreflexes.png	Iron Reflexes	Converts all Evasion Rating to Armour

Miscellany

These passives are related to armour, but don't fit into any other category.

Icon	Name	Bonuses
File:Passive-armourmaster.png	Armour Master	Ignore all movement penalties from Armour
File:Passive-keystone-acrobatics.png	Acrobatics	20% chance to Dodge Attacks Removes all Armour and Energy Shield