is the nights calvary set good for strength builds?

[Blitherrex]

Just wondering since its an armor set I have.

[Blitherrex]

or should i just replace it with lionel armor?

[Tobsenflopsen]

Armor really isnt that important. Basically you can wear whatever you like the look of. Only some armor pieces have effects for some builds.

[Blitherrex]

Alright then thanks

[Lynfinity]

Fashion > Stats

Pick whichever set you like visually the most. Or better yet, mix and match pieces of different sets and create your own drip.

[Veles]

Armour only really matters in PvP and even then it's mainly for poise breakpoints. In PvE, ideally you want to be getting hit as little as possible unless you've got some kind of tank build.

[nfinite.recursion]

If you're running a STR build then you will (or should) have naturally high defensive stats against physical attacks. Adding armor on top of that is kinda pointless aside from the fashion.

My co-op toon is a STR build with light armor and Heavy Claws. I use Heavy affinity to maximize the damage output of the claws due to me using a STR build. Sure, a DEX build + Keen Claws does more damage, but your natural defense stats will suffer greatly.

I add the Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman to further boost my physical defense and eat crab too. This allows me to take a full salvo of one of Malenia's Waterfowl flurries just fine. Necessary when my host is about to get it due to him R1 spamming and so I throw some fan daggers at Malenia and she switches aggro to me, often at point blank where dodging it is still really tough for me.

[Sephylon]

Only armor pieces that would matter are those with passive effects like white mask, shroom crown, imp heads, burger king masks, carian hats (preceptors, moon queen and ranni's), alberich set, raptor's, and the briar set. Prob forgetting some but these are what I can think of off the top of my head.

Other than the ones mentioned above, armors are mostly cosmetic for pve.