Sacred 2:Shiver Armor

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Shiver_armor.png Shiver_armor_small.png This Combat Art is a (Buff)

This icy shield both protects the Sorceress and deals an icy blast to any attackers, numbing them with cold, searing pain. Those seeking to engage the Sorceress shall soon feel the icy bite of their folly.

Aspect

Cold_spells.png - Cold Spells

Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Ice.png

  • Damage: 6-6 Cold
  • Resistance Bonus: 40 + 15 per level Cold armor
  • Defense Rating: 45% + 7.5% per level
  • Radius: 2 meters
  • Hits per second: 0.5 (i.e., hits once every 2 seconds)
  • Regeneration Time of all Combat Arts: +35.0%
  • Regeneration Time: Aspect Cold Spells -29.5% (this almost entirely offsets the above penalty)

Modifications

See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications
MODicons_12.gif Bronze

MODicons_10.gif Silver
  • Cold Mastery - Increases opponents' sensitivity to cold damage by 20% + 0.5% per level (duration is 6 seconds).
  • Rime Armor - Further increases the Sorceress's base cold armor by 25 + 15 per level.

MODicons_08.gif Gold
  • Expertise - Decreases the regeneration penalty of Shiver Armor by 25%.
  • Chilling Armor - Additionally increases all inflicted cold damage by 50% + 2% per level.
Shiver Armor


Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

  • Armor Lore - will indirectly increase the cold resistance bonus by a percentage (after it is added to the player's other sources of armor).

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

  • Stamina will lower regeneration time penalty

Usage Strategies

  • This is a premium buff for a Cold Sorceress. It protects from cold damage and adds a percent to defense rating, in addition to causing low level cold damage to all surrounding enemies.
  • Bronze and Silver mods: the offensive choices are Freeze and Cold Mastery which will debuff enemies. These debuffs last for 6 seconds, so with Shiver Armor hitting once every 2 seconds, these debuffs can stack up to three times.
  • Cold Mastery works like reverse damage mitigation, increasing enemy sensitivity to all cold damage. It can pierce cold immunities and affects even enemies without any cold resistance.
  • Bronze and Silver mods: the defensive choices are Frozen Armor and Rime Armor.
  • Gold mod: Expertise is the mod of choice for Sorceress who are specializing in other aspects, because it will reduce the regeneration penalty. Cold Sorceresses may find this mod redundant because this buff already has a negligible impact on Cold Spells regeneration times. They may prefer Chilling Armor instead which will boost all inflicted cold damage from all spells and weapons.

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Virtually no penalty to the Cold Spells aspect.
  • Has both offensive and defensive effects.

Cons

  • Penalizes regeneration of other aspects.

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