Buffs should not render your character useless.

Cortimi

Talking about the heavy armor armor buff. You become rooted in place, completely stuck for using it.

"Great power comes as great cost"... Cool, so what "cost" does ANY OTHER skill in the game have besides resources?

This is truly ridiculous and has turned a barely used alternative into a complete micro-niche non-option.

Every other armor buff in the game has a neat little "gimmick" added to it that doesn't completely cripple your character. It was fine as it was. Know why? Because it was already outclassed and outused by class armor buffs. So the answer is to make it useless.

Honestly, this is awful execution. But alas, welcome to Buildbreaker, where the rules are made up and consistency doesn't matter.