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Volatile Armor

Volatile Armor

Volatile Armor

Cast Time: Instant
Target: Area
Range: Radius: 10 meters
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 release a spray of spikes around you, causing enemies hit to take 984 Magic Damage over 10 seconds. While active, the armor returns 143 Magic Damage to any enemy that uses a direct damage attack against you.
New effect
You release a spray of spikes around you, causing enemies hit to take damage over time.
Name: Volatile Armor
Type: Active ability
Location: Dragonknight > Draconic Power
Unlocks at: Draconic Power rank 1

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


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

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

Base ability

Spiked Armor
Spiked Armor

Other morph

Hardened Armor
Hardened Armor

Builds utilizing Volatile Armor

Name Author
Stamina Dragonknight Build PvP for Elder Scrolls Online Alcast
Magicka Dragonknight Build PvP for Elder Scrolls Online Alcast

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