Arctic Armour

Arctic ArmourBuff, Spell, Persistent, Sustained, Cold, Staged
Tier: 4
Level: (1-40)
Reservation: 30 spirit
Critical Strike Chance: 11.00%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.Deals (7–184) to (10–276) Cold Damage per Stage
Gains a Stage every (1.25-0.73) seconds, up to a maximum of (2–5) Stages

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Gains a Stage every seconds, up to a maximum of (0–1) StagesPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill.
Sockets are found in the Skills menu tab.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemArcticArmour

Arctic Armour is a persistent buff skill. It creates an icy barrier that gains stages periodically. Enemies that strike you with a melee hit will remove a stage and deal cold spell damage back at the attacker.

Gem level progression

Level			Cold Damage per Stage	Gains a Stage every x seconds	Maximum stages
1	1	1	7 to 10	1.25	2
2	3	9	9 to 14	1.18	2
3	6	16	13 to 19	1.15	2
4	10	25	17 to 25	1.13	3
5	14	34	21 to 31	1.1	3
6	18	43	26 to 38	1.08	3
7	22	52	31 to 41	1.05	3
8	26	61	37 to 55	1.03	3
9	31	72	43 to 65	1	3
10	36	83	51 to 73	0.98	3
11	41	95	59 to 88	0.95	4
12	46	106	68 to 101	0.93	4
13	52	119	77 to 116	0.9	4
14	58	133	88 to 132	0.88	4
15	64	146	100 to 151	0.85	4
16	66	151	114 to 171	0.83	4
17	72	164	129 to 193	0.8	4
18	78	178	145 to 218	0.78	4
19	84	191	164 to 246	0.75	4
20	90	205	184 to 276	0.73	5
21	—	—	207 to 311	0.7	5
22	—	—	232 to 349	0.68	5
23	—	—	261 to 391	0.65	5
24	—	—	292 to 438	0.63	5
25	—	—	327 to 491	0.6	5
26	—	—	366 to 549	0.58	5
27	—	—	410 to 615	0.55	6
28	—	—	459 to 688	0.53	6
29	—	—	513 to 770	0.5	6
30	—	—	575 to 862	0.48	6
31	—	—	643 to 964	0.45	6
32	—	—	720 to 1080	0.43	7
33	—	—	806 to 1209	0.4	7
34	—	—	902 to 1354	0.38	7
35	—	—	1011 to 1516	0.35	7
36	—	—	1133 to 1700	0.33	7
37	—	—	1270 to 1906	0.3	8
38	—	—	1425 to 2138	0.28	8
39	—	—	1600 to 2400	0.25	8
40	—	—	1797 to 2695	0.23	8

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	ClarityClaritySupport, Buff, Persistent Tier: 1 Reservation: 10 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Mana Regeneration while the Skill is active.30% Increased Mana Regeneration Rate while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	GlaciationGlaciationSupport, Cold Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making it more effective at Freezing enemies.Supported Skills cause 50% more Freeze BuildupPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
II	BludgeonBludgeonSupport Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to Knock Back enemies.Supported Skills Knock Enemies Back on HitPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	HerbalismHerbalismSupport, Buff, Persistent Tier: 2 Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Life recovery from Flasks while the Skill is active.30% Increased Recovery from Life Flasks while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
III	CannibalismCannibalismSupport, Buff, Persistent Tier: 3 Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to recover Life on kill while the Skill is active.2% of maximum Life recovered on Kill while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Strong HeartedStrong HeartedSupport, Buff, Persistent Tier: 3 Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing Shock applied to you to last for a shorter duration while the Supported Skill is active.50% less Shock duration on you while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.

Item acquisition

Arctic Armour has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Arctic Armour has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0	Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread. Added Staged tag. [Undocumented]
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.