Arctic Armour

Arctic ArmourSpell, Duration, Cold
Mana Reserved: 25%
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 16Conjures an icy barrier that chills enemies when they hit you. You drop chilled ground while moving, and take less Fire and Physical damage while stationary.Per 1% Quality:
1% increased Skill Effect DurationChill Enemy for 0.5 seconds when Hit, slowing them by 30%
(8-13)% less Physical Damage taken when Hit
(8-12)% less Fire Damage taken when Hit
Base duration is (2.5-4.4) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 16Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Orb of Alteration

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemArcticArmour

Arctic Armour is a defensive skill that protects the player against physical and fire damage while stationary, leaving a trail of ground ice and chilling enemies when they hit him. The trail of ground ice lasts 2.5 seconds at level 1 and increases for every level after. Arctic Armour has a default mana reservation of 25%.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Less Damage taken when Hit: This modifier is applied at the very end of the damage calculations. As the damage reduction is only applied on hits (including reflect), damage over time effects like burning are not affected.

Chilled ground: Ground ice chills anything standing on it. This does not stack with other chills.

Mana Reservation: Arctic Armour is affected by all mana reservation modifiers.

Blood Magic: A Blood Magic SupportBlood Magic SupportSupport
Icon: B
Mana Multiplier: (245%-196%)Requires Level 31Supports any skill.Per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills have 0.5% reduced Mana CostSupported Skills Spend Life instead of ManaThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. gem can be linked to Arctic Armour or the Blood Magic keystone can be allocated to make Arctic Armour reserve life instead of mana.

The Perfect FormThe Perfect Form
Zodiac LeatherQuality: +20%
Evasion: (1281-1451)Requires Level 65, 197 Dex3% reduced Movement Speed (Hidden)(30-50)% increased Evasion Rating
+(50-80) to maximum Life
-30% to Cold Resistance
(5-10)% increased Dexterity
100% reduced Arctic Armour Mana Reservation
Evasion Rating is increased by Uncapped Cold Resistance
Phase AcrobaticsWe share one space,
speak one voice,
act through one body.
A flawless crystal.
Brittle.: This unique item will cause Arctic Armour to reserve nothing.

Gem level progression

Level				less Physical Damage taken	less Fire Damage taken	Base Duration	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	16	26	18	8%	8%	2.5	0	0
2	20	31	22	8%	8%	2.6	49,725	49,725
3	24	37	25	9%	8%	2.7	95,714	145,439
4	28	42	29	9%	8%	2.8	169,595	315,034
5	31	46	32	9%	9%	2.9	199,345	514,379
6	34	50	35	9%	9%	3	285,815	800,194
7	37	54	37	10%	9%	3.1	401,344	1,201,538
8	40	58	40	10%	9%	3.2	554,379	1,755,917
9	43	62	43	10%	10%	3.3	755,049	2,510,966
10	46	66	46	10%	10%	3.4	1,016,533	3,527,499
11	49	70	48	11%	10%	3.5	1,898,602	5,426,101
12	52	74	51	11%	10%	3.6	1,964,019	7,390,120
13	55	78	54	11%	11%	3.7	2,573,731	9,963,851
14	58	82	57	11%	11%	3.8	4,676,439	14,640,290
15	60	84	59	12%	11%	3.9	3,017,327	17,657,617
16	62	87	60	12%	11%	4	7,823,001	25,480,618
17	64	90	62	12%	12%	4.1	15,264,208	40,744,826
18	66	92	64	12%	12%	4.2	26,272,845	67,017,671
19	68	95	66	13%	12%	4.3	62,872,274	129,889,945
20	70	98	68	13%	12%	4.4	212,023,122	341,913,067
21	72	100	70	13%	13%	4.5	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	13%	13%	4.6	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	14%	13%	4.7	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	14%	13%	4.8	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	14%	14%	4.9	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	14%	14%	5	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	15%	14%	5.1	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	15%	14%	5.2	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	15%	15%	5.3	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	15%	15%	5.4	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	15%	15%	5.45	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	16%	15%	5.5	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	16%	15%	5.55	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	16%	15%	5.6	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	16%	15%	5.65	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	16%	16%	5.7	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	16%	16%	5.75	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	16%	16%	5.8	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	16%	16%	5.85	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	17%	16%	5.9	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Quest reward

This skill is given as quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Intruders in Black Act 2	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓

Vendor reward

This skill can be bought at the listed npc vendors after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Root of the Problem Act 2 Yeena	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Alternate skill effects

Name	Cost	Description
Stormcloud Arctic Armour Stormcloud Arctic ArmourArctic Armour Skin Stack Size: 20Your Arctic Armour becomes a stormcloud that showers ice on you.	40	Replaces the standard effect on an Arctic ArmourArctic ArmourSpell, Duration, Cold Mana Reserved: 25% Can store 1 use(s) Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 16Conjures an icy barrier that chills enemies when they hit you. You drop chilled ground while moving, and take less Fire and Physical damage while stationary.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased Skill Effect DurationChill Enemy for 0.5 seconds when Hit, slowing them by 30% (8-13)% less Physical Damage taken when Hit (8-12)% less Fire Damage taken when Hit Base duration is (2.5-4.4) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. gem with a surging storm cloud that showers ice. Preview

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Arctic Armour

Name		Stats
EnchantmentArcticArmourBuffEffect1	66	24% increased Arctic Armour Buff Effect
EnchantmentArcticArmourBuffEffect2	75	36% increased Arctic Armour Buff Effect
EnchantmentArcticArmourManaReservation1	66	20% reduced Arctic Armour Mana Reservation
EnchantmentArcticArmourManaReservation2	75	30% reduced Arctic Armour Mana Reservation

Version history

Version	Changes
3.1.0	Chilling effect now slows enemies by 30% when you are hit (up from 10%).
2.1.1d	Fixed a bug with Arctic Armour where characters would play the cast animation upon changing instances.
2.0.0	Arctic Armour now chills enemies when they hit you. It causes you to drop chilled ground only while moving and take a percentage less Fire and Physical damage while stationary. It will reserve mana instead of draining mana and no longer reduces damage taken by a flat amount.
1.3.0	Arctic Armour has had its physical and fire damage taken when hit increased at high levels. By gem level 20 they are increased from -189 to -161
1.0.6	FirestormFirestormSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire Radius: 25 / 10 Mana Cost: (9-26) Cast Time: 0.90 sec Critical Strike Chance: 6.00% Damage Effectiveness: 30%Requires Level 12Flaming bolts rain down over the targeted area. They explode when landing, dealing damage to nearby enemies.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased DamageDeals (4-202) to (11-302) Fire Damage Base duration is 2 seconds One impact every 0.1 secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Caustic ArrowCaustic ArrowAttack, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Bow Radius: 20 Mana Cost: (8-16) Cast Time: 1.00 sec Projectile Speed: 3260Requires Level 4Fires an arrow which deals additional chaos damage to enemies it hits, and creates a caustic cloud. Enemies in the cloud take chaos damage over time.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectBase duration is (2.8-4.8) seconds Deals (5.3-765) Base Chaos Damage per second Gain (30-49)% of your Physical Damage as Extra Chaos Damage Modifiers to Projectile Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect +(0-4) to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Ice ShotIce ShotAttack, AoE, Duration, Cold, Bow Radius: 23 / 10 Mana Cost: (6-10) Cast Time: 1.00 sec Damage Effectiveness: (120%-147%) Projectile Speed: 3260Fires an arrow that converts some physical damage to cold on its target and converts all physical damage to cold in a cone behind that target. Creates a patch of ground ice under the target.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased Cold DamageDeals (120-146.6)% of Base Damage 60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage Base duration is 1.5 secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Arctic ArmourArctic ArmourSpell, Duration, Cold Mana Reserved: 25% Can store 1 use(s) Cooldown Time: 0.50 sec Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 16Conjures an icy barrier that chills enemies when they hit you. You drop chilled ground while moving, and take less Fire and Physical damage while stationary.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased Skill Effect DurationChill Enemy for 0.5 seconds when Hit, slowing them by 30% (8-13)% less Physical Damage taken when Hit (8-12)% less Fire Damage taken when Hit Base duration is (2.5-4.4) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Arctic BreathArctic BreathProjectile, Spell, Duration, AoE, Cold Radius: 12 Mana Cost: (11-21) Cast Time: 0.80 sec Critical Strike Chance: 5.00% Projectile Speed: 844Requires Level 28Fires a frozen skull projectile that leaves a trail of ground ice behind it. It explodes on impact, creating more ground ice and damaging targets within an area.Per 1% Quality: 0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (52-608) to (78-913) Cold Damage Base duration is (0.88-1.65) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Curses and Smoke MineSmoke MineMine, Spell, AoE, Duration, Movement Mana Cost: (6-13) Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 10Places a mine that will teleport you to it when detonated. It covers both your escape and arrival with a cloud of smoke that blinds enemies, and gives you a temporary buff to movement speed.Per 1% Quality: 1% increased Area of EffectMine lasts 16 seconds Base duration is (4-5.9) seconds 30% increased Movement Speed Places a Remote Mine which uses this Skill when detonatedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. have had their base duration increased by 10%.
0.11.0	Arctic Armour has had its damage reduction adjusted for new monster damage scaling.
0.10.5	Fixed a bug with Arctic Armour, mana regeneration, and reaching exactly 0 mana.
0.10.4	Arctic Armour has been added to the game.