Heavy Armor Skill

Heavy Armor
Specialisation	Combat
Perks	8
Perk Points To Fill	12
Governing Stone	The Warrior Stone
Armour Per Point	+0.4%

Heavy Armor governs how well you move and fight in the heavier armour sets in Skyrim. Each skill point adds 0.4 per cent to the armour rating those pieces give you.

Sets It Unlocks

Iron, Steel, Dwarven, Orcish, Ebony and Daedric are the base game's forgeable heavy sets, and the Smithing perks map onto them directly. Ancient Nord, Imperial and Dragonplate are also forgeable, as are Bonemold, Chitin heavy, Nordic carved and Stalhrim with the Dragonborn add-on.

A few heavy sets cannot be forged at all: Dawnguard heavy, Blades, Falmer and Wolf armour.

The Perks That Change How You Play

Conditioning removes the weight of heavy armour entirely, which matters more than the armour rating for most characters. Matching Set rewards wearing four pieces of the same type, and Fists of Steel turns gauntlets into a weapon.

Notable Perks

Eight perks, twelve points.

Perk	Effect
Juggernaut	Up to +100% armour rating
Conditioning	Heavy armour weighs nothing
Matching Set	Bonus for a full matching set
Fists of Steel	Gauntlets add unarmed damage
Reflect Blows	Returns melee damage

Progression

The eighteen skills split three ways. Full list on Skills.

Specialisation	Stone	This skill
Magic	The Mage Stone	-
Combat	The Warrior Stone	Yes
Stealth	The Thief Stone	-