Armor Skills - ESO

Learn more about all the armor types in the Elder Scrolls Online. Light Armor, Medium Armor, Heavy Armor.

Skill lines

This category contains 3 skill lines

Light Armor skills

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Annulment
Requires 5 pieces of light armor equipped Convert a portion of your Magicka into a protective ward, gaining a damage shield that absorbs 3718 damage for 6 seconds. Damage shield strength capped at 50% of your Max Health.
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Dampen Magic
Convert a portion of your Magicka into a protective ward, gaining a damage shield that absorbs 3718 damage for 6 seconds. Damage shield strength capped at 60% of your Max Health. Each piece of Light Armor worn increases the amount of damage absorbed by 6%.
Each piece of Light Armor worn increases damage absorbed. Increases shield cap value.
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Harness Magicka
Convert a portion of your Magicka into a protective ward, gaining a damage shield that absorbs 3718 damage for 6 seconds. Damage shield strength capped at 50% of your Max Health. While active, whenever the shield absorbs damage, you restore 229 Magicka. Each piece of Light Armor worn increases the Magicka restored by 33%. This effect can occur up to 3 times.
Restores Magicka whenever you absorb damage.
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Light Armor Bonuses
Each piece of Light Armor does the following: Reduces damage taken from Magical attacks by 1% Reduces the cost of Roll Dodge by 3% Reduces the Movement Speed penalty of Sneak by 5% Reduces the cost of Break Free by 5% Reduces the cost of Bash by 3%
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Light Armor Penalties
Each piece of Light Armor does the following: Increases damage taken from Martial attacks by 1% Increases the cost of Block by 3% Decreases damage done with Bash by 1%
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Grace
Reduces the effectiveness of snares applied to you by 4% for each piece of Light Armor worn. Reduces the cost of Sprint by 3% for each piece of Light Armor worn.
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Evocation
Increases your Magicka Recovery by 4% for each piece of Light Armor equipped. Reduces the Magicka cost of your abilities by 2% for each piece of Light Armor equipped.
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Spell Warding
Increases your Spell Resistance by 726 for each piece of Light Armor equipped.
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Prodigy
Increases your Weapon and Spell Critical rating by 219 for each piece of Light Armor equipped.
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Concentration
Increases your Physical and Spell Penetration by 939 for each piece of Light Armor worn.

Medium Armor skills

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Evasion
Requires 5 pieces of medium armor equipped Shroud yourself in mist to gain Major Evasion, reducing damage taken from area attacks by 20% for 20 seconds.
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Shuffle
Shroud yourself in mist to gain Major Evasion, decreasing damage taken from area attacks by 20% for 20 seconds. Each piece of Medium Armor worn removes and grants immunity to snares and immobilizations for 1 second.
Each piece of Medium Armor worn removes and grants immunity to snares and immobilizations.
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Elude
Shroud yourself in mist to gain Major Evasion, reducing damage taken from area attacks by 20% for 20 seconds. While this effect is active, when you take damage from a direct area of effect attack you gain Major Expedition for 0 seconds, increasing your Movement Speed by 30%. Each piece of Medium Armor worn increases the duration of this ability.
When you take area damage, you gain Major Expedition. Each piece of Medium Armor worn increases the duration of this ability.
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Medium Armor Bonuses
Each piece of Medium Armor does the following: Reduces the cost of Sprint by 1% Reduces the cost of Sneak by 5% Reduces the cost of Block by 3% Reduces damage taken from Area of Effect attacks by 2% for 2 seconds after you use Roll Dodge Increases Movement Speed by 2% while immune to crowd control
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Dexterity
Increases your Critical Damage and Healing done rating by 2% for every piece of Medium Armor equipped.
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Wind Walker
Increases your Stamina Recovery by 4% per piece of Medium Armor equipped. Reduces the Stamina cost of your abilities by 2% per piece of Medium Armor equipped.
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Improved Sneak
Reduces the cost of Sneak by 7% for each piece of Medium Armor equipped. Reduces the size of your detection area while Sneaking by 5% for each piece of Medium Armor equipped.
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Agility
Increases your Weapon and Spell Damage by 2% for each piece of Medium Armor worn.
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Athletics
Increases the Movement Speed bonus of Sprint by 3% for each piece of Medium Armor equipped. Reduces the cost of Roll Dodge by 4% for each piece of Medium Armor equipped.

Heavy Armor skills

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Unstoppable
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. Also grants you immunity to knockback and disabling effects for 6 seconds, but reduces your Movement Speed by 65% for the duration.
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Immovable
Intensify your physical presence to gain Major Resolve, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 23 seconds. Also grants you immunity to knockback and disabling effects for 6 seconds, but reduces your Movement Speed by 65% for the duration. Each piece of Heavy Armor worn increases the amount of damage you block and the potency of the snare by 5%.
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.
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Unstoppable Brute
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.
Decreases the cost as the ability ranks up. While active, each piece of Heavy Armor worn decreases the cost of Break Free.
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Heavy Armor Penalties
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%
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Heavy Armor Bonuses
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%
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Resolve
Increases your Physical and Spell Resistance by 343 for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped.
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Constitution
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.
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Juggernaut
Increases your Max Health by 2% for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped.
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Revitalize
Increases the Magicka or Stamina your Heavy Attacks restore by 4% for each piece of Heavy Armor worn.
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Rapid Mending
Increases your healing received by 1% for each piece of Heavy Armor worn.