Armor Skills
Armor Skills in ESO are active and passive skills that affect your character, based on the type of Armor they are wearing. Some skills will activate with one only piece of Armor while other skills require you to wear up to five pieces before you can activate them.
Armor and related skills affect your character’s performance and the roles you can fulfill. These skills, along with Class Skills, Weapon Skills and Armor Sets, can help you create powerful Builds for PVE or PVP content in ESO!
It is often wise to wear at least one piece from every Armor skill-line in order to unlock as many skills as possible for your characters. Wearing one piece of Armor from every line also grants you the useful Undaunted passives. The available Armor Skills categories are:
Below you can find all available Armor Skills!
Light Armor Skills
Below you can find all Light Armor Skills in ESO. They boost Magicka, Magicka Recovery and are often good for Magicka DPS Builds and Healers.
| Skill | Morph | Effect | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 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 Maximum Health. | 4590 | |
 Dampen Magic | 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 60% of your Maximum Health. Each piece of Light Armor worn increases the amount of damage absorbed by 6%. | 4590 | |
 Harness Magicka | 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 Maximum 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. | 4590 | |
 Light Armor Penalties | Each piece of Light Armor does the following: Increases your damage taken from Martial attacks by 1% Increases the cost of Block by 3% Decreases your damage done with Bash by 1% | Passive | |
Light Armor Bonuses | Each piece of Light Armor does the following: Reduces your damage taken from Magical attacks by 1% Reduces the cost of Roll Dodge by 3% Increases your Movement Speed while Sneaking by 5% Reduces the cost of Break Free by 5% Reduces the cost of Bash by 3% | Passive | |
 Grace | Reduces the effectiveness of snares applied to you by 4% per piece of Light Armor worn. Reduces the cost of Sprint by 3% per piece of Light Armor worn. | Passive | |
 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. | Passive | |
 Spell Warding | Increases your Spell Resistance by 726 for each piece of Light Armor equipped. | Passive | |
 Prodigy | Increases your Weapon and Spell Critical rating by 219 for each piece of Light Armor equipped. | Passive | |
 Concentration | Increases your Physical and Spell Penetration by 939 for each piece of Light Armor worn. | Passive |
Medium Armor Skills
Below you can find all Medium Armor Skills in ESO. They boost Stamina, Stamina Recovery and are often good for Stamina DPS Builds.
| Skill | Morph | Effect | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Evasion | REQUIRES 5 PIECES OF MEDIUM ARMOR EQUIPPED Shroud yourself in mist to gain Major Evasion, reducing damage from area attacks by 20% for 20 seconds. | 3213 | |
 Shuffle | REQUIRES 5 PIECES OF MEDIUM ARMOR EQUIPPED Shroud yourself in mist to gain Major Evasion, decreasing damage 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. | 2943 | |
 Elude | REQUIRES 5 PIECES OF MEDIUM ARMOR EQUIPPED Shroud yourself in mist to gain Major Evasion, reducing damage from area attacks by 20% for 26 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. | 3213 | |
 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 your damage taken from Area of Effect Attacks by 2% for 2 seconds after you Roll Dodge Increases your Movement Speed by 2% while immune to crowd control | Passive | |
 Dexterity | Increases your Critical Damage and Healing Done rating by 2% for each piece of Medium Armor equipped. | Passive | |
 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. | Passive | |
 Improved Sneak | Reduces the cost of Sneak by 7% per piece of Medium Armor equipped. Reduces the size of your detection area while Sneaking by 5% per piece of Medium Armor equipped. | Passive | |
 Agility | Increases your Weapon and Spell Damage by 2% for each piece of Medium Armor worn. | Passive | |
 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. | Passive |
Heavy Armor Skills
Below you can find all Heavy Armor Skills in ESO. They boost Health, Health Recovery and are often good for Tanks.
| Skill | Morph | Effect | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Unstoppable | REQUIRES 5 PIECES OF HEAVY ARMOR EQUIPPED Intensify your physical presence to gain Major Resolve, increasing your Physical Resistance 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. | 3213 | |
 Unstoppable Brute | REQUIRES 5 PIECES OF HEAVY ARMOR EQUIPPED Intensify your physical presence to gain Major Resolve, increasing your Physical Resistance 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. | 2943 | |
 Immovable | REQUIRES 5 PIECES OF HEAVY ARMOR EQUIPPED Intensify your physical presence to gain Major Resolve, increasing your Physical Resistance 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%. | 3213 | |
 Heavy Armor Penalties | Each piece of Heavy Armor does the following: Increases your 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% | Passive | |
Heavy Armor Bonuses | Each piece of Heavy Armor does the following: Reduces your 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% | Passive | |
 Resolve | Increases your Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 343 for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped. | Passive | |
 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. | Passive | |
 Juggernaut | Increases your Maximum Health by 2% for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped. | Passive | |
 Revitalize | Increases the Magicka or Stamina your Heavy Attacks restore by 4% for each piece of Heavy Armor worn. | Passive | |
 Rapid mending | Increases your healing received by 1% for each piece of Heavy Armor worn. | Passive |
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