Armour Breaker

Armour BreakerAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike, Physical
Tier: 3
Level: (1-40)
Cost: (5-486) Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (50-414)% of baseAttack with a forceful blow, knocking enemies back and weakening their Armour.Hits Break (4-5123) Armour
+2 to Melee Strike Range
Knock Enemies Back on Hit
40% more attack speed while Dual Wielding

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Break (0-20)% increased ArmourPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. These are found in the Skill Gems panel.

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

Armour Breaker is an mace strike skill that delivers a hit that can break armour.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Attack Damage	Armour Break
1	1	1	5	50%	4
2	3	9	6	55%	8
3	6	16	7	60%	15
4	10	25	8	66%	29
5	14	34	9	71%	47
6	18	43	10	77%	71
7	22	52	11	82%	102
8	26	61	12	87%	143
9	31	72	14	91%	210
10	36	83	16	96%	303
11	41	95	18	101%	427
12	46	106	20	106%	596
13	52	119	22	111%	875
14	58	133	25	116%	1267
15	64	146	28	122%	1818
16	66	151	31	128%	2439
17	72	164	35	135%	2902
18	78	178	40	141%	3448
19	84	191	44	149%	4327
20	90	205	50	156%	5123
21	—	—	56	164%	5418
22	—	—	63	172%	5729
23	—	—	70	181%	6057
24	—	—	79	190%	6403
25	—	—	88	199%	6767
26	—	—	99	209%	7152
27	—	—	111	219%	7558
28	—	—	124	230%	7985
29	—	—	139	242%	8437
30	—	—	156	254%	8912
31	—	—	175	267%	9413
32	—	—	196	280%	9941
33	—	—	219	294%	10497
34	—	—	246	309%	11083
35	—	—	276	324%	11701
36	—	—	309	340%	12353
37	—	—	346	357%	13039
38	—	—	388	375%	13761
39	—	—	434	394%	14481
40	—	—	486	414%	15227

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	Break EnduranceBreak EnduranceSupport Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to gain an Endurance Charge when it Fully Breaks an enemy's Armour.30% chance to gain an Endurance Charge when Supported Skills Fully Break ArmourPlace 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.	Martial TempoMartial TempoSupport, Attack Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.Supported Skills have 20% more Attack SpeedPlace 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.	RageRageSupport, Attack, Melee Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Supported Skills grant 3 Rage on Melee 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.
II	Armour ExplosionArmour ExplosionSupport, Attack, AoE, Trigger, Fire, Payoff Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing them to trigger a Fiery explosion when they Fully Break an enemy's Armour.Support Supported Skills trigger an Explosion when they Fully Break an enemy's Armour Explosion Converts 100% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage Cannot Break Armour Explosion radius is 1.4 metresPlace 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.	Break PostureBreak PostureSupport, Attack Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to Daze Enemies when they fully Break Armour.Supported Skills apply Daze when fully Breaking Armour Daze lasts for 8 secondsPlace 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.	DemolisherDemolisherSupport, Spell Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.Supported Skills Break 50% more ArmourPlace 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	BeheadBeheadSupport, Attack, Melee, Strike Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Strike skills, causing them to steal Modifiers from Rare monsters they kill.Killing Blows from Supported Strike Skills against Rare monsters grant one of their Modifiers for 20 secondsPlace 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.	Culling StrikeCulling StrikeSupport, Attack Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attack Skills, causing them to Cull Rare and Unique Enemies on Hit.Supported Skills have Culling Strike against Rare or Unique EnemiesPlace 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.	Volcanic EruptionVolcanic EruptionSupport, Attack, AoE, Melee, Strike, Projectile, Trigger, Fire Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Strike Skills you use yourself. Supported Skills trigger Volcanic Eruption on Hit against Ignited Enemies.Supported Strikes trigger Volcanic Eruption on Hitting Ignited EnemiesPlace 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

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

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Armour Breaker has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0	The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels. Armour Breaker has had the Armour Break amount lowered by roughly 20% at all Gem levels.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.