Plate Mail is a piece of Body Armor in Diablo II. It is a piece of heavy armor, and a significant upgrade in terms of defense over most forms of lighter armor, though this comes at the cost of higher strength requirements, as well as a 10% penalty to stamina drain rate and movement speed.
Stats[]
- Defense: 108 - 116
- Level Requirement: None
- Strength Requirement: 65
- Durability: 60
- Maximum number of sockets: 2
- Armor type: Heavy
- Quality Level: 24
Gallery[]
See also[]
- Templar Coat (Exceptional version)
- Hellforge Plate (Elite version)
- Boneflesh (Unique)
Trivia[]
- "Plate mail" is a a Victorian name for a type of armor that did not exist in the form seen in-game. The historical equivalent would be a type of mail armour which could have metal plates attached onto the front and/or back. This type of armor is commonly called "plated mail" (as opposed to plate mail which implies a weaved construction of small plates). The construction seen here however is closer to either scale armour which was a construction of metal (or leather) scales sewed to a cloth backing, or lamellar armour which had the scales be tied to each other instead with cord.
Normal Armor — Quilted Armor • Leather Armor • Hard Leather Armor • Studded Leather • Ring Mail • Scale Mail • Breast Plate • Chain Mail • Splint Mail • Light Plate • Field Plate • Plate Mail • Gothic Plate • Full Plate Mail • Ancient Armor
Exceptional Armor — Ghost Armor • Serpentskin Armor • Demonhide Armor • Trellised Armor • Linked Mail • Tigulated Mail • Cuirass • Mesh Armor • Russet Armor • Mage Plate • Sharktooth Armor • Templar Coat • Embossed Plate • Chaos Armor • Ornate Plate
Elite Armor — Dusk Shroud • Wyrmhide • Scarab Husk • Wire Fleece • Diamond Mail • Loricated Mail • Great Hauberk • Boneweave • Balrog Skin • Archon Plate • Kraken Shell • Hellforge Plate • Lacquered Plate • Shadow Plate • Sacred Armor