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| − | '''Energy Armor''' (known as [[Energy Shield]] prior to July 2011) is a [[Wizard skill]] | + | '''Energy Armor''' (known as [[Energy Shield]] prior to July 2011) is a [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 22, which uses [[Arcane Power]] to absorb incoming damage. |
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| − | |description= | + | |description= Focus your energies, increasing your Defense by {{c_lime|20%}} but lowers your maximum Arcane Power by {{c_lime|20}}. Lasts {{c_lime|120}} seconds.<br> |
| + | Cost: {{c_lime|25}} Arcane Power | ||
|type= Defensive [[buff]] | |type= Defensive [[buff]] | ||
|resource= Costs [[Arcane Power]]/time | |resource= Costs [[Arcane Power]]/time | ||
Revision as of 20:08, 8 September 2011
Energy Armor (known as Energy Shield prior to July 2011) is a Wizard skill unlocked at Level 22, which uses Arcane Power to absorb incoming damage.
This is an Armor spell. Only one Armor spell can be active at a time.
Contents
Background
| Diablo III Active Skill [e] | |
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| Energy Armor | |
| Used by: | Wizard |
| Enabled at: | Clvl 22 |
| Focus your energies, increasing your Defense by 20% but lowers your maximum Arcane Power by 20. Lasts 120 seconds. Cost: 25 Arcane Power | |
| Type: | Defensive buff |
| Resource Use: | Costs Arcane Power/time |
| Alabaster rune: | Unknown |
| Crimson rune: | Unknown |
| Golden rune: | Unknown |
| Indigo rune: | Unknown |
| Obsidian rune: | Unknown |
Drawing from long forgotten texts, this magical shield of energy absorbs harmful attacks through energy resonance, draining Arcane Power.
Skill Design
The skill with lots of heritage is back in Diablo III. It's a shield that absorbs all damage taken, converting the damage to Arcane Power loss, draining 2 points of AP for every point of damage absorbed.
This skill is likely to be used by many Wizards, especially if they are going melee-style with Diamond Skin and Magic Weapon, or playing hardcore.
Skill Rank Table
- Rank 1: 75 damage absorbed. Duration: 120 sec.
Synergies
Skill Rune Effects
- No rune effects for Energy Armor are known.
Development
Energy Armor first appeared in the BlizzCon 2009 demo (then named Energy Shield), located at Tier III in the Arcane Skill Tree and already one of the D3 Team's favorites. Flux didn't have much to say about it, unfortunately. The full quote:[1]
Not a skill I even considered using, in the easy Blizzcon demo.
Skill trees were removed shortly thereafter. At BlizzCon 2010, Energy Shield was a Tier 5 skill, making it too high-level for players to select. Before the July 2011 Press Event, Energy Shield was renamed Energy Armor. Skill tiers were also removed, and Energy Armor became a level 22 skill.
Previous Versions
Energy Armor is similar to, and might have replaced, Temporal Armor. That skill was seen in the BlizzCon 2008 demo, and had a slightly different mechanic: protecting the caster from 100% damage once every 6 seconds. Something that could be either very good, if it fended off a strong attack, or quite useless, if it fended off a weak one.
See Energy Shield for the original version of this skill.
In Other Games
Energy Armor originates from the grossly overpowered Mana Shield from the original Diablo game, where every point of damage translated into mana lost instead of life. The spell had unlimited duration, as long as the character didn't die or travel to another level.
In Diablo II, the Sorceress got a nerfed version of the same spell but with the name Energy Shield. The spell has a time limit (needed, since no levels were limited by loading) and only absorbed a fraction of the damage.
Media
Energy Armor can be seen in action on video here:
- No videos yet.
You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:
Related Articles
References
- BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees
- Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
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