PoE2 skill gem

Arctic Armour

While active, conjures an icy barrier that gains stages over time. While the barrier has stages, Melee Attacks that hit you will remove a stage to cause a burst of ice that deals Cold Spell damage to the attacker.

Current data

Catalog version 0.5.4d

No direct 0.5 patch change is linked to this page. The displayed values are current for catalog version 0.5.4d.

Effects

6 effects

Requirements and restrictions

1 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-157) Int
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90), (4-157) Int

Gem level progression

40 levels
Arctic Armour levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelIntBase DamageDeals 3 to 5 Cold Damage per StageGains a Stage every 1.25 seconds, up to a maximum of 2 Stages
104100%, 100%, 100%3, 51.25, 2
239100%, 100%, 100%5, 71.18, 2
3614100%, 100%, 100%6, 91.15, 2
41021100%, 100%, 100%8, 121.13, 3
51428100%, 100%, 100%10, 151.1, 3
61835100%, 100%, 100%13, 191.08, 3
72241100%, 100%, 100%15, 231.05, 3
82648100%, 100%, 100%18, 271.03, 3
93157100%, 100%, 100%22, 321, 3
103665100%, 100%, 100%25, 380.98, 3
114174100%, 100%, 100%29, 440.95, 4
124682100%, 100%, 100%34, 510.93, 4
135292100%, 100%, 100%40, 590.9, 4
1458103100%, 100%, 100%46, 680.88, 4
1564113100%, 100%, 100%52, 780.85, 4
1666116100%, 100%, 100%60, 900.83, 4
1772126100%, 100%, 100%68, 1030.8, 4
1878137100%, 100%, 100%78, 1170.78, 4
1984147100%, 100%, 100%89, 1330.75, 4
2090157100%, 100%, 100%101, 1520.73, 5
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Arctic Armour levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelIntBase DamageDeals 3 to 5 Cold Damage per StageGains a Stage every 1.25 seconds, up to a maximum of 2 Stages
21Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%115, 1730.7, 5
22Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%131, 1960.68, 5
23Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%149, 2230.65, 5
24Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%169, 2530.63, 5
25Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%192, 2880.6, 5
26Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%218, 3270.58, 5
27Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%247, 3710.55, 6
28Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%281, 4210.53, 6
29Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%319, 4790.5, 6
30Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%363, 5440.48, 6
31Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%413, 6190.45, 6
32Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%470, 7050.43, 7
33Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%535, 8020.4, 7
34Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%609, 9140.38, 7
35Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%695, 10420.35, 7
36Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%793, 11900.33, 7
37Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%906, 13590.3, 8
38Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1036, 15530.28, 8
39Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1185, 17770.25, 8
40Not applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1357, 20360.23, 8

Quality effects

2 effects

Arctic Armour standard quality

  • Gains a Stage every seconds, up to a maximum of (0-1) Stages

Advanced Thaumaturgy

This is the additional quality effect granted while the Gemling Legionnaire passive is allocated. The main value below is shown at 20% gem quality. Compare all gem bonuses.

  • Buff grants 20% increased Armour per StageQuality scaling: Buff grants (0-20)% increased Armour per Stage

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Spell, Buff, HasReservation, Cold, OngoingSkill, Persistent, Damage, Sustained, GainsStages, Cooldown, AttackInPlace

Granted by items

1 items

Acquisition

2 sources

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Elemental, tier 4

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 4 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Elemental

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Arctic Armour. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

01
No change.
02
Permanently add or subtract one gem level. This is retained when upgrading the gem level using an uncut gem. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way, but cannot go below Level 1.
03
Add or remove a socket.
04
±10% to Quality, up to 23%.
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Patch history

1 changes
0.4.0
Direct change

Arctic Armour: Now deals 8 to 12 Cold Damage per Stage at Gem level 4 (previously 16 to 24), scaling to 101 to 152 Cold Damage per Stage at Gem level 20 (previously 203 to 304). Now has 100% more Freeze Buildup. Now has 100% more Magnitude of Chill inflicted.