PoE 2 Ref

Arctic Armour

Active skill gem · Intelligence

Arctic Armour

Buff, Spell, Persistent, Sustained, Cold, Staged

Type: Active skill gem

Socket Colour: Blue (Intelligence)

Reservation: 30 Spirit

Requires Level 11

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.

Arctic Armour

Effect of quality

What quality adds to Arctic Armour, shown at 20% (maximum) quality. Each bonus scales evenly from 0% up to 20% and they all apply together.

  • +Buff grants 20% increased Armour per Stage

Status effects it applies

Arctic Armour grants or inflicts this status effect — see the full description on each.

Related active gems

Works with these support gems

5 support gems can be linked to Arctic Armour to modify how it behaves.

Stats per gem level

How Arctic Armour scales as the gem levels up — the damage and effect it deals at each level, with the character level each step requires.

LevelReq.Stats
11
  • Gains a Stage every 1.25 seconds, up to a maximum of 2 Stages
  • Deals 3 to 5 Cold Damage per Stage
23
  • Gains a Stage every 1.18 seconds, up to a maximum of 2 Stages
  • Deals 5 to 7 Cold Damage per Stage
37
  • Gains a Stage every 1.15 seconds, up to a maximum of 2 Stages
  • Deals 6 to 9 Cold Damage per Stage
410
  • Gains a Stage every 1.13 seconds, up to a maximum of 3 Stages
  • Deals 8 to 12 Cold Damage per Stage
514
  • Gains a Stage every 1.1 seconds, up to a maximum of 3 Stages
  • Deals 10 to 15 Cold Damage per Stage
618
  • Gains a Stage every 1.08 seconds, up to a maximum of 3 Stages
  • Deals 13 to 19 Cold Damage per Stage
722
  • Gains a Stage every 1.05 seconds, up to a maximum of 3 Stages
  • Deals 15 to 23 Cold Damage per Stage
827
  • Gains a Stage every 1.02 seconds, up to a maximum of 3 Stages
  • Deals 18 to 27 Cold Damage per Stage
931
  • Gains a Stage every second, up to a maximum of 3 Stages
  • Deals 22 to 32 Cold Damage per Stage
1036
  • Gains a Stage every 0.98 seconds, up to a maximum of 3 Stages
  • Deals 25 to 38 Cold Damage per Stage
1141
  • Gains a Stage every 0.95 seconds, up to a maximum of 4 Stages
  • Deals 29 to 44 Cold Damage per Stage
1247
  • Gains a Stage every 0.93 seconds, up to a maximum of 4 Stages
  • Deals 34 to 51 Cold Damage per Stage
1352
  • Gains a Stage every 0.9 seconds, up to a maximum of 4 Stages
  • Deals 40 to 59 Cold Damage per Stage
1458
  • Gains a Stage every 0.88 seconds, up to a maximum of 4 Stages
  • Deals 46 to 68 Cold Damage per Stage
1564
  • Gains a Stage every 0.85 seconds, up to a maximum of 4 Stages
  • Deals 52 to 78 Cold Damage per Stage
1670
  • Gains a Stage every 0.83 seconds, up to a maximum of 4 Stages
  • Deals 60 to 90 Cold Damage per Stage
1777
  • Gains a Stage every 0.8 seconds, up to a maximum of 4 Stages
  • Deals 68 to 103 Cold Damage per Stage
1884
  • Gains a Stage every 0.78 seconds, up to a maximum of 4 Stages
  • Deals 78 to 117 Cold Damage per Stage
1991
  • Gains a Stage every 0.75 seconds, up to a maximum of 4 Stages
  • Deals 89 to 133 Cold Damage per Stage
2098
  • Gains a Stage every 0.73 seconds, up to a maximum of 5 Stages
  • Deals 101 to 152 Cold Damage per Stage

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