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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
Beginners & Advanced Tanking Guide Alcast

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