The armor value is the most important defensive value in Diablo 4. A player has only now noticed a change in Season 4 and has collected more than twice as much armor as actually needed.
Armor and damage resistance are the most important defensive values in Diablo 4. So far, it has been a major challenge to determine ideal armor values to achieve maximum damage reduction.
With Season 4, the developers simplified everything and set a cap. This means that once you reach a certain armor value, you are “finished” and do not need to increase it further. The user “N8CCRG” apparently noticed the change too late and has now realized that his armor value is unnecessarily high.
Season 4 completely revamped Diablo 4. Here you can see the changes in the video:
“The more, the better” does not apply to the armor value in Diablo 4
What did the player overlook? In Diablo 4, your armor reduces incoming physical damage up to a cap of 85%. Previously, the armor value needed to reach this 85% cap depended on the level of the monsters you were fighting.
Since Season 4, there is a cap for armor: Once you reach 9,230, you are “finished”. Everything beyond that amount of armor no longer helps with damage reduction.
The player apparently didn’t notice the change and saw it by chance in the game. Since the last patch 1.4.1, the armor cap is displayed in the tooltip. Apparently, “N8CCRG” also noted this. He writes on Reddit: “I (new player) just learned that the armor cap is at 9,230. I feel dumb because I raised it to 21,485 for no reason.”
On Reddit, “N8CCRG” presents his armor value and the new tooltip display:
What does the community say about it? The top comment comes from “-Its-Could-Have-“. He reassures the post creator and notes that the information was only added to the tooltip with the last update. It simply was not available information before.
The user “your_add_here15243” writes in a comment on Reddit: “Don’t feel bad, many new players make this mistake. If you don’t already know: You can apply any aspect from the Codex to any Legendary and overwrite the previous one.”
Other players also note in the comments that they probably need to revise their gear now that they know about the armor cap. Others are asking for tips on how to increase their armor value to reach the 9,230 cap.
Since Season 4, there is a new crafting system in Diablo 4. With “Tempering,” it is possible to imprint two additional affixes onto items – such as “Armor.” You should definitely do the tempering before you take your new items to the Occultist to reroll affixes. Because a mistake can cost you millions of gold – and a perfect item.
