Patch 0.5.5 ·

Arctic Armour

Spirit Gems

Arctic Armour is a Spirit Gem (Intelligence) in Path of Exile 2. It is usable from character level 10 and can be cut from an Uncut Gem of level 4 or higher. Tags: Buff, Spell, Persistent, Sustained, Cold, Staged.

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Arctic Armour
Buff, Spell, Persistent, Sustained, Cold, Staged
Level: 1
Reservation: 30 Spirit
Critical Hit Chance: 11%
Cooldown Time: 0.25 sec
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.
100% more Freeze Buildup
100% more Magnitude of Chill inflicted
Deals 3 to 5 Cold Damage per Stage
Gains a Stage every 1.25 seconds, up to a maximum of 2 Stages
Type
Spirit Gems
Attribute
Intelligence
Tags
Buff, Spell, Persistent, Sustained, Cold, Staged
Usable from character level
10
Gemcutting
Uncut Gem level 4 or higher
Gemcutting category
Elemental
Levels
1–40

Quality

At 20% quality

  • Gains a Stage every 0 seconds, up to a maximum of 1 Stages

Additionally with Advanced Thaumaturgy (Gemling Legionnaire)

  • Buff grants 20% increased Armour per Stage

Granted by

Lament Amulet Base item

Used in builds

Values per level

Only values that change with the level – fixed values are in the tooltip. Click a row to show that level in the tooltip.

Level Character levelDeals # to # Cold Damage per StageGains a Stage every second, up to a maximum of # StagesGains a Stage every # seconds, up to a maximum of # Stages
1 –3–5–1.25 / 2
2 35–7–1.18 / 2
3 66–9–1.15 / 2
4 108–12–1.13 / 3
5 1410–15–1.1 / 3
6 1813–19–1.08 / 3
7 2215–23–1.05 / 3
8 2618–27–1.03 / 3
9 3122–323–
10 3625–38–0.98 / 3
11 4129–44–0.95 / 4
12 4634–51–0.93 / 4
13 5240–59–0.9 / 4
14 5846–68–0.88 / 4
15 6452–78–0.85 / 4
16 6660–90–0.83 / 4
17 7268–103–0.8 / 4
18 7878–117–0.78 / 4
19 8489–133–0.75 / 4
20 90101–152–0.73 / 5
Levels 21–40 (from additional gem levels)
Level Character levelDeals # to # Cold Damage per StageGains a Stage every second, up to a maximum of # StagesGains a Stage every # seconds, up to a maximum of # Stages
21 –115–173–0.7 / 5
22 –131–196–0.68 / 5
23 –149–223–0.65 / 5
24 –169–253–0.63 / 5
25 –192–288–0.6 / 5
26 –218–327–0.58 / 5
27 –247–371–0.55 / 6
28 –281–421–0.53 / 6
29 –319–479–0.5 / 6
30 –363–544–0.48 / 6
31 –413–619–0.45 / 6
32 –470–705–0.43 / 7
33 –535–802–0.4 / 7
34 –609–914–0.38 / 7
35 –695–1042–0.35 / 7
36 –793–1190–0.33 / 7
37 –906–1359–0.3 / 8
38 –1036–1553–0.28 / 8
39 –1185–1777–0.25 / 8
40 –1357–2036–0.23 / 8

Matching supports 182

182 Support Gems can support this skill.

Strength 59

Armour Break I Armour Break II Armour Break III Armour Demolisher I Armour Demolisher II Arms Length Bleed I Bleed II Bleed III Bleed IV Break Endurance Brutality I Brutality II Brutality III Cannibalism I Cannibalism II Cool Headed Deep Cuts I Deep Cuts II Devastate Direstrike I Direstrike II Enduring Impact I Enduring Impact II Eternal Flame I Eternal Flame II Eternal Flame III Execute I Execute II Execute III Exploit Weakness Fire Attunement Fire Exposure Fire Penetration I Fire Penetration II Heft Herbalism I Herbalism II Ignite I Ignite II Ignite III Knockback Rupture Rusted Spikes Searing Flame I Searing Flame II Stun I Stun II Stun III Thornskin I Thornskin II Uhtred's Augury Uhtred's Exodus Uhtred's Omen Uruk's Smelting Uul-Netol's Embrace Vitality I Vitality II Xoph's Pyre

Dexterity 52

Admixture Arakaali's Lust Blind I Blind II Blindside Bounty I Bounty II Bursting Plague Chance to Freeze Charm Bounty Cooldown Recovery I Cooldown Recovery II Corrosion Deadly Poison I Deadly Poison II Electrocute Eonyr's Thunder Escalating Poison Hobble Lasting Shock Leverage Life Bounty Life Drain Lightning Attunement Lightning Exposure Lightning Penetration Lockdown Malady Mana Bounty Neural Overload Overcharge Pin I Pin II Pin III Poison I Poison II Poison III Precision I Precision II Rakiata's Flow Second Wind I Second Wind II Second Wind III Shock Slow Potency Soul Drain Swift Affliction I Swift Affliction II Swift Affliction III Tacati's Ire Tul's Stillness Warm Blooded

Intelligence 59

Ambush Arbiter's Ignition Atziri's Communion Biting Frost I Biting Frost II Bone Shrapnel Brittle Armour Chaos Attunement Clarity I Clarity II Cold Attunement Cold Exposure Cold Mastery Cold Penetration Concussive Spells Controlled Destruction Coursing Current Deep Freeze Dialla's Desire Electromagnetism Elemental Discharge Elemental Focus Embitter Enervation Esh's Radiance Fiery Death Freeze Frost Nexus Frostfire Frozen Vortex Living Lightning Living Lightning II Mana Flare Mysticism I Mysticism II Nadir Oisín's Oath Pinpoint Critical Potent Exposure Practical Magic I Practical Magic II Rapid Casting I Rapid Casting II Rapid Casting III Shock Conduction Shock Conduction II Shock Siphon Spreading Frost Static Shocks Stormfire Strong Hearted Supercritical Upwelling I Upwelling II Varashta's Blessing Wildfire Withering Touch Zenith I Zenith II

No attribute 12

Arbiter's Reach Breachlord's Rift Esh's Prowess Healing Runes Her Declaration Mórrigan's Insight Runic Extraction Scouring Flame Seraph's Heart Styrn's Anthem Uhtred's Constellation Uhtred's Rite

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