The Admiral Varnished Coat - Path of Exile

The Admiral Varnished Coat

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The Admiral

The Admiral is a unique Varnished Coat. Body Armours. Evasion Rating: 387–434. Energy Shield: 79–89. Movement Speed: -3%.

Requires Level 62, 96 Dex, 96 Int.

  • +(30–40) to Intelligence
  • (100–140)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  • +(10–20)% to all Elemental Resistances
  • (5–10)% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite
  • Elemental Damage you Deal with Hits is Resisted by lowest Elemental Resistance instead
  • (Freeze lowers Enemy Action Speed to zero, preventing them from acting. Duration is based on the Cold Damage of the Hit)
  • (Shock increases Damage taken by up to 50%, depending on the amount of Lightning Damage in the hit, for 2 seconds)
  • (Ignite deals Fire Damage over time, based on the base Fire Damage of the Skill, for 4 seconds)

Flavour Text: The Oriathans built their empire on naval mobility, which allowed them to wage war wherever their enemy was weakest.

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Mechanics and Interactions

All fire, cold and lightning damage from hits will use the lowest of all 3 elemental resistances on the monster for damage calculations. The damage type does not change.

The admiral opens up multiple options for damage scaling from hits with multiple elemental damage types. (These examples may not include all possibilities)

  • Option 1 - Focus lowering one single resistance of your choice. It is generally easier and more powerful to lower 1 enemy resistance. Most enemies have the same base elemental resistances and therefore option 1 will do more damage against more enemies than option 2.
  • Option 2 - Focus on lowering all of the monsters elemental resistances. Some enemies like devourers, have base resistances of 75% cold and 0% all other elemental resists. Due to the high variance in resistances (75% or higher) , monsters like these would almost always take more damage from option 2.

Interactions

When using Elemental Equilibrium, all damage types must be different from the resistance type you are lowering to lower enemy resistance further. Therefore a maximum of 2 damage types can benefit from Elemental Equilibrium, without needing to switch between damage types.

The type of resistance penetration you use should match the resistance you target, not the damage types you deal. For example, if you're dealing cold and/or lightning damage and lowering fire resistance, you want fire penetration, not cold or lightning penetration. Generic elemental penetration works equally well.

Item acquisition

The Admiral has restrictions on where or how it can drop. It cannot be chanced. The Admiral drops from Admiral Darnaw, the boss of Contract: Death to Darnaw

Monster restrictions

This item can be acquired from the following monsters:

  • Admiral Darnaw