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Heavy Armor is a skill in Elder Scrolls Online. It consists largely of plate armors. As with the other armor skills, there are only passive skills and a single active ability. These skills generally aid "tank" characters— those who require a lot of health.

LearningEdit

The Heavy Armor skill line is granted the first time you equip 3 pieces of Heavy Armor. You can increase your skill by taking or blocking damage while wearing Heavy Armor, or earning experience with the Immovable skill slotted. The more pieces you are wearing, the faster your skill will increase. Orcs are naturally gifted with Heavy Armor, and will learn the ability more quickly than other races. In addition, you can earn free levels in the skill line by reading Skill Books, which may be found randomly on bookshelves anywhere. The skill books which increase Heavy Armor are:

Skill PerksEdit

Heavy Armor has an associated skill line that is revealed through wearing, and taking damage in, one or more piece(s) of Heavy Armor. Known abilities are listed below.

Notes

  • The numbers displayed here are the base values for the skills. Magicka/Stamina Cost is based on a character of Level 50  160. Damage values are based on Max Magicka/Stamina 12000, Max Health 16000, and Weapon/Spell Damage 1000. The actual numbers you see in the game may depend on a variety of factors, including skill line rank, your equipped weapons and armor, other skills, enchantments, etc. As such, they should only be used as a comparative reference.

Active AbilitiesEdit

These abilities must be activated manually, while wearing at least one piece of Heavy Armor, for a cost.

Name Line Rank Cast Time Target Range Radius Duration Cost
   Unstoppable 22 Instant Self 20 seconds 3213 Stamina
Duration: [17 / 18 / 19 / 20] seconds.
Requires 5 pieces of heavy armor equipped Intensify your physical presence to gain Major Resolve, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for [17 / 18 / 19 / 20] seconds. Also grants you immunity to knockback and disabling effects for 6 seconds, but reduces your Movement Speed by 65% for the duration.
     Unstoppable Brute Decreases the cost as the ability ranks up. While active, each piece of Heavy Armor worn decreases the cost of Break Free.
Cost: [3213 / 3123 / 3033 / 2943] Stamina.
Requires 5 pieces of heavy armor equipped Intensify your physical presence to gain Major Resolve, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds. While this effect persists, each piece of Heavy Armor worn decreases the cost of Break Free by 5%. Also grants you immunity to knockback and disabling effects for 6 seconds, but reduces your Movement Speed by 65% for the duration.
   Immovable Each piece of Heavy Armor worn increases the amount of damage you can block, but also increases the snare strength. Increases duration of Major Resolve as the ability ranks up.
Duration: [20 / 21 / 22 / 23] seconds.
Requires 5 pieces of heavy armor equipped Intensify your physical presence to gain Major Resolve, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for [20 / 21 / 22 / 23] seconds. Also grants you immunity to knockback and disabling effects for 6 seconds, but reduces your Movement Speed by (5 × Heavy Armor #)% for the duration. Each piece of Heavy Armor worn increases the amount of damage you block and the potency of the snare by 5%.

Passive AbilitiesEdit

Passive abilities are active all the time, so long as one or more piece(s) of Heavy Armor are equipped.

Name Line Rank Skill Rank Description
  Heavy Armor Bonuses 1    Each piece of Heavy Armor does the following: Reduces damage taken from Martial attacks by 1% Increases the amount of damage blocked by 1% Increases damage done with Bash by 30 Reduces your damage taken while immune to crowd control by 1%
  Heavy Armor Penalties 1    Each piece of Heavy Armor does the following: Increases damage taken from Magical attacks by 1% Reduces the Movement Speed bonus of Sprint by 1% Increases the cost of Roll Dodge by 3% Increases the size of your detection area while Sneaking by 10%
   Resolve 2    Increases your Physical and Spell Resistance by 114 for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped.
10    Increases your Physical and Spell Resistance by 229 for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped.
30    Increases your Physical and Spell Resistance by 343 for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped.
   Constitution 6    Increases your Health Recovery by 2% for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped. You restore 108 Magicka and Stamina when you take damage for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds.
18    Increases your Health Recovery by 4% for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped. You restore 108 Magicka and Stamina when you take damage for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped. This effect can occur once every 4 seconds.
   Juggernaut 14    Increases your Max Health by 1% for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped.
34    Increases your Max Health by 2% for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped.
   Revitalize 38    Increases the Magicka or Stamina your Heavy Attacks restore by 2% for each piece of Heavy Armor worn.
46    Increases the Magicka or Stamina your Heavy Attacks restore by 4% for each piece of Heavy Armor worn.
   Rapid Mending 42    Increases your healing received by 1% for every 2 pieces of Heavy Armor worn.
50    Increases your healing received by 1% for each piece of Heavy Armor worn.