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Heavy Armor

Fortitude

Reduces penalties of wearing heavy armor and increases armor rating.

Category

Fortitude

Max Level

5

PvE Rating

★★★★★

3/5

Perk Levels

1

Heavy armor penalty reduced 20%

2

Heavy armor penalty reduced 40%

3

Heavy armor penalty reduced 60%, armor +5%

4

Heavy armor penalty reduced 80%, armor +10%

5

No heavy armor penalty, armor +15%

Strengths

  • +Enables wearing best armor without penalty
  • +Maximum damage reduction
  • +Great for tanky melee builds

Weaknesses

  • -Only useful with heavy armor equipped
  • -Steel armor is late-game to craft
  • -Fortitude points may be better elsewhere early

Pro Tips

  • 1Max level removes all movement penalties from steel armor.
  • 2Steel armor + Heavy Armor 5 = maximum survivability.
  • 3Not worth investing until you have steel armor.