Empowered Armor

This skill was removed from the game prior to Blizzcon 2010. This article is preserved for archive purposes. See the Wizard skills article for current skill information for this class, and the Wizard skill archive for information about removed skills..

Empowered Armor is a Tier 3 skill from the Wizard's Storm skill tree, doing something against an opponent.

Contents

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]
Empowered Armor Passive, 5 ranks
Used by:	Wizard
Skill Description:
Increases your armor by X%.
Skill Details:
Type:	Buff
Quantity:	5% Armor/rank
Effect:	Self
School:	Physical
Resource cost:	None
Cast time:	None
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	None
Synergies:	None
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	Ice Armor

The Wizard use magical energies to increase the protection of her physical armor.

Skill Design

Not high on the list to try out at BlizzCon 2009, where the Wizard hardly got hit at all.

Skill Rank Table

• Rank 1: Increase armor by 5%.
• Rank 2: Increase armor by 10%. (projected)
• Rank 3: Increase armor by 15%. (projected)
• Rank 4: Increase armor by 20%. (projected)
• Rank 5: Increase armor by 25%. (projected)

Synergies

• None known.

Skill Rune Effects

• None known.

Development

Empowered Armor was first shown at BlizzCon 2009, and is assumed to still be available in Blizzard's internal game build today.

References

• Full Wizard Skill Trees
• BlizzCon 2008 Wizard Gameplay Report