PoE 2 Armour Guide: Tank Like a God

Armour isn’t just for meatheads—master scaling, break the damage formula, and farm unkillable gear without wasting months.

Armour in Path of Exile 2 turns you into a walking fortress—if you know how to exploit its hidden mechanics. Most players die to phys hits because they don’t understand damage reduction caps, local vs. global scaling, or how to counter Overwhelm. Let’s fix that—plus a sneaky hack for impatient grinders.

Tip: check out our guide on the other standard Defence stats: Energy Shield and Evasion!

Armour 101: How to Laugh at Physical Hits

Damage Reduction Formula:

Reduction% = Armour / (Armour + 10 × Hit Damage)

Cap: 90% reduction (even with 1M armour vs a 10k hit).
Pro Tip: Stack flat armour on gear first. % increases are garbage without a strong base.

Local vs. Global Mods

Local: “+54 Armour” on gear → scales that item’s base.
Global: “34% Increased Armour” on amulets → boosts total armour.

Best Ways to Scale Armour (Meta Builds)

Gear Bases

Strength Armor: Body Armour, Helmets, Shields with T1 armour rolls.
Essence Crafting: Slam Essence of Dread for guaranteed +Armour.

Keystones

Iron Reflexes: Convert evasion → armour (hybrid tank builds).
Blade Catcher: Double armour vs crits (HCSSF must-have).

PDR Stacking

Endurance Charges: 4% PDR each.
Shields: Mods like “8% Additional Physical Damage Reduction.”

Armour Cheat Sheet

Skip the Grind: Secret SSEGOLD Hack

Crafting BiS armour takes 1,000+ chaos orbs and praying to RNGesus. For players who’d rather boss rush than farm:

SSEGOLD’s PoE 2 services deliver pre-rolled armour sets, currency (like Divine Orbs), and rare uniques like Blackbraid instantly.

Why suffer? Grab a god-tier armour bundle and facetank Uber bosses today.

TL;DR: Armour Mastery

• Stack flat armour on Strength bases first.
• Mix PDR + Endurance Charges for 90% cap.
• Buy BiS gear securely via SSEGOLD—because grinding maps for a 2% roll isn’t “hardcore,” it’s masochism.