[[Image:Paper doll jan 12.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Paper doll]], Jan 2012.]]'''Body Chest armor''' refers specifically to the armor worn over a character's torso in Diablo III. The term "[[Armor]]" is often used for this item slot, but it's also a generic term for all of the various types of worn equipment in the game, including [[belts]], [[Hands|gloves]], [[Feet|boots]], [[shoulders]], etcand more.
Though we are far from receiving a full list of the types of Chest armor in can be found, bought, or crafted by the game[[Blacksmith]], and comes with a few tidbits have been revealedwide variety of affixes and values. Chest Armor generally provides substantial defense, and most players seek stats such as +vitality, +[[mainstat]], and 1-3 sockets when selecting chest armor.
* There are no attribute requirements (such as numerous [[strengthitem sets]] or [[dexterity]]) to equip items in Diablo II. Clvl that include a piece of chest armor and class restrictions seem to be these are among the only requirements, which means all characters can use all types of most popular itemsfor this item slot, both for their individual stats as well as for the set bonuses they generate when equipped with only other items from the stats and other modifiers constraining their choicesame set.
* Armor in Diablo III is fitted into There are no attribute requirements (such as [[strength]] or [[gear setsdexterity]]; suits of equipment ) to equip items in Diablo 3. All characters can use all types of items, providing they meet the level requirement, and the same item level that create a complimentary look when all worn at onceisn't class-specific. ** There [[Cloaks]] are 18 such gear sets in the game, which seems to mean that there are 18 types of each item a type of chest armor. Chest armor at least, as the central piece of each setthat can only be worn by [[Demon Hunters]].
* All armor in the game looks unique for each class. The same boots or gloves or helm on each class will look unique to that class; no piece of [[Barbarian]] armor is identical to, for instance, a piece of [[Witch Doctor]] or [[Demon Hunter]] armor.
* There are no [[exceptional]] or [[elite]] armor or weapon item types ==Chest Armor Catalogue== The table below displays all of the Chest Armor in Diablo III. These were found in Diablo II, where the same equipment graphic was reused for a 2nd and 3rd quality level, which resulted in high level characters wearing a type of leather armor with much higher defense than heavy plate mailcurrent game files.** In Diablo III The data below comes straight from the 18 types of [[gear set]] mark a progression throughout the entire gamefiles, with the highest levels (by item level and quality) only found late in Hell difficultywill update automatically when patches change existing stats or introduce new items.** This means that high level characters will likely have some uniformity of appearance, at least in terms of all wearing (or aspiring to wear) what looks to be <item type="heavylist" armor.>Chest Armor</item>
==Armor Looks==
A few of the Armor comes in numerous different styles in Diablo 3, with 18 levels for basic armor looks, plus dozens of Armor unique looks found in Diablo III can be seen belowfor legendary and set items.
* See the [[Gear Sets]] page for numerous full armor outfits.
* See [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=509 the character art gallery] for additional gear set screenshots, as well as dozens of pieces of concept art, a few of which are seen below.
[[File:Armor-barb3.jpg|center|thumb|600px|[[Barbarian]] concept art, showing a hypothetical armor progression, from light to heavy.]]
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