Spiked Armor

Spiked Armor
Class	Dragonknight
Skill Tree	Draconic Power
Type	Active skill
Cast Time	Instant
Target	Self
Duration	17 seconds
Cost	42 magicka
Morph One	Volatile Armor
Morph Two	Hardened Armor

Spiked Armor is a Dragonknight active skill in the Draconic Power skill line in The Elder Scrolls Online. Prior to Update 6, the Morph, Hardened Armor, was known as Razor Armor.

Description

Increases armor by 25 for 17 seconds and returns 2 physical damage to melee attackers. (Level I)

Volatile Armor

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• Update 1: The damage return for this ability and its morphs has been increased.
• Update 6: This ability now deals increased damage over 10 seconds. The amount of damage dealt increases with each rank
• Update 7: Fixed an issue where Ranks II-IV of this ability were dealing physical damage instead of fire damage.

Hardened Armor

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• Update 1: The damage return for this ability and its morphs has been increased.
• Update 1: Fixed an issue where this ability wasn't granting bonus armor for the first 3.5 seconds.
• Update 6: Renamed this ability to Hardened Armor (from Razor Armor), which now provides a damage shield equal to 10% of your maximum health. The duration of this shield lasts 3.5 seconds at Rank IV.

Updates

• Update 1: The damage return for this ability and its morphs has been increased.
• Update 6: All ranks of this ability now also grant the buffs Major Resolve and Major Ward.
• Update 8: This ability now returns damage from melee area effect attacks (such as Puncturing Strikes or Blade Cloak).
• Update 8: Fixed an issue where Spiked Armor and Spiked Bone Shield would trigger damage against attackers using Caltrops

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls Online