Empowered Armor

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

Archived Article [e] Empowered Armor is an archived article about material previously included in Diablo 3. However, it has been removed or the article contains outdated facts. The information is stored in Diablo Wiki for posterity. Please note: Links in this article lead to both updated and archived material. This article was last up to date: BlizzCon 2009 Updated version of this article is: None Current information can be found at: Wizard skills; or see Wizard skill archive for all removed Wizard skills

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