about med armor sets...

about those med armor sets... im searching some compatable med set. looks like, when looking about stats, the balder set is kinda wearable. it gives rather good protection, but still it wont burden you like those heavy sets do. if you enchant it to + 10, it gives better protect than silverknightset. and it only weigh 25. if anyone here can give advices about medium armors, i appreciate it.

Praise The Sun !!

I'm wearing armour of favor atm but thats mainly for looks, although the stats aren't bad.

For looks: dark/thorns armor

Better ones in therms of defense, same weight: Solaire's armor, Balder armor, Black and silver knight armor, Lautrec's armor, Elite knight armor and a few more

As long as you upgrade them to max, each set is practically equal. A few points of defense more or less doesn't make much of a difference.

Most important things, in my opinion, are poise and weight. And a great med set for that is the Knight's. Underrated set, in my opinion.

Paladin's Armor is a very popular medium armor set for its defenses and looks (though the helm is debatable depending on individual tastes ), though it is one of the heavier medium armor sets.

I also love the knight's set (basic starter). At +10 it is quite strong while still at the lower end of med weight, and everyone assumes you're a noob so you can surprise people.

Another factor personally is that every elite knight chest I find only has 15 poise, even though everyone (and the wikia) swears it has 20. No idea what's going on there.

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I think it has been lowered in Patch

The two knight sets are pretty decent in terms of poise and weight. I like the Dark Armor and Favor armour for looks though.

befowler wrote:I also love the knight's set (basic starter). At +10 it is quite strong while still at the lower end of med weight, and everyone assumes you're a noob so you can surprise people.

Another factor personally is that every elite knight chest I find only has 15 poise, even though everyone (and the wikia) swears it has 20. No idea what's going on there.

Thanks for pointing that out. At +10 it says 15 poise, but base and +5 still say 20. No armor's poise changes when you upgrade them (let alone down!), so I'll go ahead and edit that. Normally I would check when the information was added... but the page is huge and has 299 edits!! So I'll just trust you.

The set has been nerfed in 1.05, I didn't know it was poise too though. So the Knight's is even better vs Elite Knight's than I knew.

Edit: wow, all the pieces were nerfed on poise. Does the set actually only have 34 poise?? That's terrible! I'll wait for confirmation before editing that...

Edit 2: The +10 numbers are recent, I'm pretty confident they're correct. The base and +5 numbers are from early November though, no longer correct.

As far as I know, Solaire's set and the knight's set are the best weight/poise and weight/res in their class if you go with a full set. I'm not a huge fan of Solaire's chest though, as it makes you look like you have a potbelly.

If you really want to go lightweight, you can't go wrong with the hollow soldier set. The hollow soldier legs are the best weight/poise bargain in the game, and one of the best weight/resistance bargains in the game. The rest of the set is also pretty good.

When I feel like really min/maxing weight and poise, I put on hollow legs, knight chest, and havel's gauntlets. It gets you the magic 55 poise (greatswords & curved greatswords) with a stunningly low 23.9 weight. If you wear a RFoP, you'll be able to fast roll. If you also wear a mask of the father, you can use a greatsword and have some room to spare for a talisman, catalyst, etc., while having a free ring slot. It's a totally min-maxed setup that doesn't rely on DWGR or force a slow roll. Granted, you're going to look like a bit of a moron. But at least you won't be a giant with a mask of the mother, and you can pimp a hornet's ring in your spare slot if you really want to be a min/maxer.

You can get 56 poise with Havel's Legs and Gloves only, for 23 weight.

BLA1NE wrote:You can get 56 poise with Havel's Legs and Gloves only, for 23 weight.

A couple of Havel pieces plus dingy robes for defense usually end up quite decent already.

I like the Brass armor set, but you have to kill Gwyndolin to get to it though. Looks good and decent defence, with a ring of favor and protection/havels ring plus some endurance you can still move fast.

where are you guys getting 15 poise for elite knight chest from? :|

always has been and will be 20 on my game..

Really?

I'm too tired just to turn on the video game to see how much poise Elite knight armor have.

I thought it has 20 poise, I even upgraded to +9, I almost use a titanite SLAB for +10. Until I saw 15 poise. If it would gave 20 poise it would have been the best medium armor in the game. I switch to Favors afterwards.

WyrmHero wrote:If it would gave 20 poise it would have been the best medium armor in the game.

Dunno how long you've been playing, but before the 1.04/1.05 patch, it did give 20 poise. It was nerfed BECAUSE it was the best medium armor in the game :|

Serious_Much wrote:where are you guys getting 15 poise for elite knight chest from? :|

always has been and will be 20 on my game..

did you update your game? after the patch it got nerfed

also cleric armor has awesome stats too, doesnt look that good though but i like the pants and gloves.

RantFromRant wrote:

Serious_Much wrote:where are you guys getting 15 poise for elite knight chest from? :|

always has been and will be 20 on my game..

did you update your game? after the patch it got nerfed

.....I was at fightclub with you on saturday yeah i updated my game, and still nice golden 20 poise.. though i never get it to +10 maybe it changes then?

Serious_Much wrote:

RantFromRant wrote:

Serious_Much wrote:where are you guys getting 15 poise for elite knight chest from? :|

always has been and will be 20 on my game..

did you update your game? after the patch it got nerfed

.....I was at fightclub with you on saturday yeah i updated my game, and still nice golden 20 poise.. though i never get it to +10 maybe it changes then?

must be a glitch then, if that had happened to me i would be using nothing but the elite knight set, one of the best looking armors in the games.

Maybe europe just got it good?

If it's a glitch, it's the best glitch in the goddam game

but yes i do use it, pretty much constantly

Reaperfan wrote:

WyrmHero wrote:If it would gave 20 poise it would have been the best medium armor in the game.

Dunno how long you've been playing, but before the 1.04/1.05 patch, it did give 20 poise. It was nerfed BECAUSE it was the best medium armor in the game :|

I bought the game day 1 with the strategy guide. But I began as a sorcerer and didnt care about medium armor. Then the other day I checked the strategy guide and it says 20 poise, nice stats, I want this!!!!!! Only to find out that its nerfed

paladins has similar stats/weight and 20 poise. little heavier but worth it if you need the 5 poise to hit a stunlock cut-off.

Forum Pirate wrote:paladins has similar stats/weight and 20 poise. little heavier but worth it if you need the 5 poise to hit a stunlock cut-off.

Thanks to you forum pirate + all replies. got to admit that the
balder set looks kinda gladiator style.