Body of Steel

Monk skill · Chi line · tier 2

Beta 0.7.2

The body hardens where the blow will land.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 12 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Body of Steel scales with Absorption. Its value at each rank is 3 + 2 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	5	7	9	11	13	15	17	19	21	23

The value is the game's internal number for this skill.

in combat = round(value × skill power × 5 × max(0.35, hero damage ÷ 600))
hero damage = Attack + all elemental damage
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Chi skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

The damage factor has a minimum of 0.35 and no maximum. A hero with 600 damage and no line mastery or synergies gets the listed value × 5; how it becomes damage or healing per hit depends on the skill's type and timing.

How to unlock it

1
Rank 5 in Chi Drain Tier 1 of the Chi line.
2
Hero level 12 at the earliest There is no level requirement, but a hero gets one skill point every 2 levels.
3
One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Rank 5 in Body of Steel opens Balance.

Mastery and synergies

Line mastery: every point in the other Chi skills makes Body of Steel 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.

Body of Steel has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.

Chi line

Skill	Tier	Type	Cooldown	Scales with
Chi Drain	1	Sustain	None	Lifesteal
Body of Steel	2	Shield	12 s	Absorption
Meditation	3	Heal over time	10 s	Regen
Balance	4	Buff	14 s	Crit Chance
Transcendent Body	5	Ultimate	16 s	Health