![]() Because of their cloth nature, most are also quite weak to Slash damage and do not easily tolerate Bleed or Frost buildup. Follow the "Weight" list down until you find that weight - then look in the "Armor Combination" section for the best armor combination for that weight.For the most part, light armor sets have generally weak physical defenses, but strong elemental resistances to compensate. How to use this list: All you have to do is identify how much weight you have available to spend on armor. Excel made this process easier but it was still a daunting task. And 15 Legggings.ĥ) With my final list in hand – I began the painstaking process of identifying the best possible combinations of armor in the game (based on the pieces that remained after steps 1-4 above). I then crossed off any armor piece that did not remain a clear upgrade over what was above it (this only ended up being 5-6 pieces total). But Thrust, Slash, and Physical get full 100% value. I then gave Strike 80% value since it's the least relevant PvP damage type. This established a list of the best TD pieces for each category of armor.Ĥ) Then to prevent any elemental piece of armor from taking over the list (because I still believe physical is FAR more important.) I made another list that added Physical and Elemental absorption together again, but only gave elemental 30% of it’s value. Everything else is discarded as irrelevant. The bolded items are clear upgrades in TD (total defense/absorption) so they make the list. As an example here’s a small section of gloves. I then went through each armor list sorted by weight and looked for steps up in TD. Understanding this step is the key to understanding why.) I also combined these numbers together to get a TD (total defensive score).ģ) (Note: People were rattling off different pieces of armor and saying “how come didn’t make the list?” last week. ED stands for elemental defense and is a combination of MAGIC/FIRE/LIGHTINING/DARK absorption. PD stands for physical defense and is a combination of PHYSICAL/STRIKE/SLASH/THRUST absorption. I trust Mugenmonkey to have the most accurate information.Ģ) I then gave each piece of armor a PD and an ED score. I built the list based on giving physical defense priority over elemental defense (since elemental defense is easier to get and less important.) And hinted at some things I was working on in the future.Īll this week, I’ve been working feverous on a new project built around the same concept, except it goes even deeper into a mad obsession I’ve had to figure out the absolute best combinations in the game.Īfter a lot of tinkering in excel – I found a way to steamroll this process (although it still took a lot of manual plugging in of numbers.) What follows is the steps I took to come up with this list:ġ) I used Mugenmonkey to pull weight/physical defense/elemental defense numbers for each piece of armor. I made a list a week ago detailing what were statistically the best pieces of armor in the game. This is for extreme min/maxers and mostly geared towards PvP. Special Note: Although I feature a fashion show below - this is not a fashion souls friendly post. u/mrpisto has been working diligently on a program this past weekend to allow you find the absolute best armor combinations using the correct math. You're still going to be in top quality defense armor by using the combinations below but some sets may beat your range by a few points. New note: Because absorption is multiplicative - most of these armor sets will not be the actual highest value possible.
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