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Aquila Cuirass

Aquila Cuirass

Legendary Chest Armor

  • Legendary
  • Level 70

Properties

660–759 Armor

Primary Attributes

  • Sockets (1)

Secondary Attributes

  • While above 90–95% primary resource, all damage taken is reduced by 50%.

Random Affixes

  • +416–500 Strength
  • +416–500 Dexterity
  • +416–500 Intelligence

Ancient & primal values

Ancient

  • +550–650 Strength

Primal

  • +650 Strength

Fixed properties of the ancient form; primal items roll the top value of the ancient range. Game files, version 2.8.0.

All possible random properties (51 primary, 16 secondary)

Besides its fixed properties, this item rolls 2 primary and 1 secondary properties at random from these lists.

Primary

  • +10–15% Life
  • Regenerates 4,643–5,528 Life per Second ancient 6,080–7,185
  • +91–100 Resistance to All Elements ancient +110–130
  • +416–500 Strength ancient +550–650
  • +416–500 Dexterity ancient +550–650
  • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
  • +416–500 Vitality ancient +550–650
  • +559–595 Armor ancient +654–775
  • Reduces damage from elites by 10–11%
  • Sockets (1–1) ancient (3–3)
  • Barbarian +10–15% damage: Rend, Earthquake, Furious Charge, Call of the Ancients, Revenge, Overpower, Avalanche
  • Crusader +10–15% damage: Condemn, Bombardment, Falling Sword, Heaven's Fury
  • Demon Hunter +10–15% damage: Fan of Knives, Spike Trap, Sentry, Rain of Vengeance, Companion
  • Monk +10–15% damage: Cyclone Strike, Sweeping Wind, Mystic Ally, Seven-Sided Strike, Dashing Strike
  • Necromancer +10–15% damage: Command Skeletons, Command Golem, Revive, Bone Armor, Bone Spirit, Corpse Explosion, Corpse Lance
  • Witch Doctor +10–15% damage: Grasp of the Dead, Haunt, Locust Swarm, Summon Zombie Dogs, Fetish Army, Gargantuan, Wall of Death, Piranhas
  • Wizard +10–15% damage: Explosive Blast, Hydra, Familiar, Black Hole, Blizzard

Secondary

  • +32–35% Extra Gold from Monsters
  • Monster kills grant +140–200 experience. ancient +220–260
  • Health Globes and Potions Grant +20,001–29,713 Life. ancient +32,684–38,625
  • Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1–2 Yards.
  • +141–160 Physical Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Fire Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Cold Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Lightning Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Poison Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Arcane Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +5,334–7,696 Thorns Damage ancient +7,697–9,500
  • Level Requirement Reduced by 2–30 ancient 30–40
  • +4,252–5,942 Life after Each Kill ancient +6,536–7,725
  • Reduces damage from ranged attacks by 6–7%.
  • Reduces damage from melee attacks by 6–7%
  • Ignores Durability Loss

Pool of the item type from the game files, version 2.8.0. Skill damage bonuses only carry weight for their class. All properties of this slot

Ceremonial armor commemorating the chieftain Ghaold's victory over the wild men from the east.

Aquila Cuirass

The Aquila Cuirass halves all incoming damage while your primary resource stays above a high threshold. This is a huge, class-agnostic layer of defense, but it requires you to deliberately keep your resource topped up instead of dumping it on expensive skills. The moment you drop below the threshold, the protection vanishes.

That is why the chest piece shines in builds that naturally keep their resource near full, for example through generators or cheap skills. Its power works from the armor slot of Kanai's Cube as well. The three sockets add room for vitality or main stat. Plan your resource management so you stay above the line at all times.

Why a Low Roll Wins Here

The 90–95% range does not belong to the damage reduction - that is fixed at 50% - but to the threshold. Unlike almost every other power, you want the lowest value you can get: at 90% you can spend more of your resource before the protection drops, while at 95% even a small expense breaks it. When comparing two cuirasses, check this number first and the main stat roll second.

In practice, your resource needs time to climb back over the line between two spends. The more a single skill costs relative to your resource pool, the longer the halving stays off.

Stats, Cube and Common Pairings

Next to its three fixed sockets, the chest rolls +416–500 Dexterity, Intelligence or Strength. For the open slots, Vitality, Armor, Damage Reduction from Elites and Melee Damage Reduction are sensible targets. If you put the power in the cube, your chest slot opens up for a different chest piece.

The Cuirass is frequently paired with Convention of Elements, Squirt's Necklace, Unity, Stone Gauntlets, Ice Climbers and Blackthorne's Jousting Mail. According to its flavor text, it is ceremonial armor commemorating the chieftain Ghaold's victory over the wild men from the east.

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