Arctic Armour

Arctic ArmourBuff, Spell, Persistent, Sustained, Cold, Staged
Tier: 4
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 30 Spirit
Cooldown Time: 0.25 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: Instant
Critical Strike Chance: 11.00%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.Deals (3-101) to (5-152) Cold Damage per Stage
100% more Magnitude of Chill inflicted
100% more Freeze Buildup
Gains a Stage every (1.25-0.72) seconds, up to a maximum of (2-5) Stages

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Gains a Stage every 0 seconds, up to a maximum of (0.05-1) StagesSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

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	0	0	3 to 5	1.25	2
2	3	9	5 to 7	1.18	2
3	6	14	6 to 9	1.15	2
4	10	21	8 to 12	1.12	3
5	14	28	10 to 15	1.1	3
6	18	35	13 to 19	1.07	3
7	22	41	15 to 23	1.05	3
8	26	48	18 to 27	1.02	3
9	31	57	22 to 32	—	3
10	36	65	25 to 38	0.97	3
11	41	74	29 to 44	0.95	4
12	46	82	34 to 51	0.93	4
13	52	92	40 to 59	0.9	4
14	58	103	46 to 68	0.88	4
15	64	113	52 to 78	0.85	4
16	66	116	60 to 90	0.82	4
17	72	126	68 to 103	0.8	4
18	78	137	78 to 117	0.78	4
19	84	147	89 to 133	0.75	4
20	90	157	101 to 152	0.72	5

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	Clarity IClarity ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Clarity Tier: 1 Additional 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 Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Controlled DestructionControlled DestructionSupport, Spell Category: Controlled Destruction Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Spells that Hit enemies, boosting their damage but preventing them from dealing Critical Hits.Supported Spells deal 25% more Hit Damage Supported Skills cannot deal Critical HitsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II	FreezeFreezeSupport, Cold Category: Freeze Tier: 2 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 Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Mysticism IMysticism ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Mysticism Tier: 2 Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Spell Damage while on full Energy Shield while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 30% increased Spell Damage while on full Energy Shield 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 Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III	KnockbackKnockbackSupport Category: Knockback Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to Knock Back enemies.Supported Skills Knock Enemies Back on Hit Supported Skills have 40% more Knockback DistancePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Warm BloodedWarm BloodedSupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Warm Blooded Tier: 3 Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 DexSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing Freeze applied to you to last for a shorter duration while the Supported Skill is active.50% less Freeze 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 Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
IV	Bounty IIBounty IISupport Category: Bounty Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any Skill that Hits Enemies, causing Enemies it kills to grant more Flask and Charm charges.Enemies killed by Hits from Supported Skills grant 100% more Charm charges Enemies killed by Hits from Supported Skills grant 100% more Life Flask Charges Enemies killed by Hits from Supported Skills grant 100% more Mana Flask ChargesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Mysticism IIMysticism IISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Mysticism Tier: 4 Additional Reservation: 30 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Spell Damage while on full Energy Shield while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 40% increased Spell Damage while on full Energy Shield 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 Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
V	Cold MasteryCold MasterySupport, Cold Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Cold skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Cold SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

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
0.4.0	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.
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.