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Hardened Armor

Hardened Armor

Hardened Armor

Cast Time: Instant
Target: Self
Cost: 2700 Magicka
Skill description
Release your inner dragon to gain Major Resolve and Major Ward, increasing your Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 5280 for 20 seconds. You gain a damage shield that absorbs up to 1354 damage for 6 seconds. This portion of the ability scales off your Maximum Health. While active, the armor returns 143 Magic Damage to any enemy that uses a direct damage attack against you.
New effect
You gain a damage shield after casting.
Name: Hardened Armor
Type: Active ability
Location: Dragonknight > Draconic Power
Unlocks at: Draconic Power rank 1

Types of damage:
  • Magic Damage
Champion Points buffing this skill:
  • Bastion
  • Elemental Expert
  • Elf Born
  • Master at Arms
  • Spell Erosion
Champion Points protecting against this skill:
  • Elemental Defender
  • Iron Clad


Hardened Armor is a skill located in the Draconic Power (which can be found in the Dragonknight skill tree). Hardened Armor is a morph of Spiked Armor.

Hardened Armor deals the following types of damage: Magic Damage. Which means that it gets buffed by the following blue champion point trees: Bastion, Elemental Expert, Elf Born, Master at Arms, Spell Erosion. Also the following red champion point trees protect against this skill: Elemental Defender, Iron Clad.


Base ability

Spiked Armor
Spiked Armor

Other morph

Volatile Armor
Volatile Armor

Builds utilizing Hardened Armor

Name Author
Stamina Dragonknight Beginner Guide for Elder Scrolls Online Alcast
Magicka Dragonknight Beginner Guide for Elder Scrolls Online Alcast
Dragonknight Main-Tank: Spartan Woeler
Dragonknight Off-Tank: Patron Woeler
Dragonknight Beginner Tank: Apprentice Woeler

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