WTF is the point of armor?

[Chaosolous]

If you're just gonna get killed in one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hit?

[Kyutaru]

You're probably using light armor. Heavy armor in this game only gives like 30-40% resistance. Which is really just enough to turn a 1 shot into a 2 shot. Taking 30% less damage means that 1000 dmg hit does 700 dmg. 700 dmg is still a lot and you're going to die quick.

You need to stack resistances to be effective at mitigating anything more than an extra hit.

The blessings give you another 50% dmg cut, so that's a huge source. Turns a 40% mitigation into a 70% mitigation. Talismans and consumbles add even more.

For the final boss, I was rocking 92% light resistance. Meaning I only took 8% dmg from his strongest attacks. It was easy to survive multiple hits.

[paincanbefun]

drip

[AkumaOuja]

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

If you're just gonna get killed in one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hit?

Poise and resistances. Armor that reaches the real poise breakpoints that matter and have good resistances like the Banished Knight armor can let you trade your way through ♥♥♥♥ you would normally die to. Pairing them with a solid shield that has good guardboost and resistances makes this even stronger, it's the difference between "OMG the Haligtree sucks Cleanrots OP Malenia is badly designed" and "The Haligtree is one of the easiest places to grind because nothing there is a threat and Malenia is an easy boss who struggles to out-trade you even with lifesteal and one of the strongest DOT statuses in the game"

Dextard dodge builds get nothing out of it but a build focused on trading hits as long and as aggressively as possible live and die dependent on strong armor as key foundations that make their builds function.

[rparham685]

Originally posted by Lynfinity:

I'd rather get OHKO'd while looking fabulous, than survive while looking like a complete idiot.

Seconded. Still looking for a good looking setup. :P

[Ultima]

level vigor

[AkumaOuja]

Originally posted by rparham685:

Originally posted by Lynfinity:

I'd rather get OHKO'd while looking fabulous, than survive while looking like a complete idiot.

Seconded. Still looking for a good looking setup. :P

Banished Knight is one of the better ones. Some people like Radahn's but IMHO Radahn is cool in spite of his drip not because of it, it looks awful. That's basically it for worthwhile armor that isn't super ugly in base if you aren't willing to give up a slot for Bullgoat.

DLC has the Blackgaol Knight's armor just right there basically though and it's both pretty sick as well as very good being a borderline straight upgrade on BK armor.

[Archdeacon Monseigneur]

OP might be exaggerating a bit, but he isn't wrong.
my build has 70% physical damage negation and about 60% in elemental negations and i find myself dead in maybe 3 hits at most if i don't dodge or block.

that is not acceptable for a heavy armor build that specifically aims to tank damage, that's light build ♥♥♥♥ right there....

[Ultima]

Originally posted by Armando Broncas:

The fanatics with the typical moving the goalpost and red herring fallacies about vigor LMAO.

OP you are correct armor is worthless.

It's not a fallacy. Simply level vigor and you won't get one-shotted. It's just obvious. lol

[Nifty]

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

If you're just gonna get killed in one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hit?

There a number of resistance mechanics to be mindful of.

Base game, soft cap of 30 resistance to aim for.

Dlc soft cap of 60 resistance to aim for.

You can push beyond that by 10 resistance or so in either case.

You shouldn't be getting one shot at 60 vigor.

[rparham685]

I think I have that set. Could be fun to run around in that while I work my way back into the DLC.
I'm currently running around in the Tree Sentinel set, with the Circlet of Light.

[Todd Howard]

I use whatever starting classes' armor is for the entirety of the game. I especially like the prisoner's and the samurai one. Very unique.

[Archdeacon Monseigneur]

Originally posted by Nifty:

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

If you're just gonna get killed in one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hit?

There a number of resistance mechanics to be mindful of.

Base game, soft cap of 30 resistance to aim for.

Dlc soft cap of 60 resistance to aim for.

You can push beyond that by 10 resistance or so in either case.

You shouldn't be getting one shot at 60 vigor.

that totally happens though.
both radahn and bayle has certain mega BS abilities that outright one-shot you if you are unfortunate enough to be within range.

[DreadLordAvatar]

From the wiki:

Armor is protective items worn by the player's character which grant protections, resistances, and various bonus effects against damage and status effects, as well as influencing statistics such as carry load and poise.

[Archdeacon Monseigneur]

Originally posted by DreadLordAvatar:

From the wiki:

Armor is protective items worn by the player's character which grant protections, resistances, and various bonus effects against damage and status effects, as well as influencing statistics such as carry load and poise.

"my work here is done"

[Eric]

Poise, unless youre in the DLC area. They dissabled it there acting like it still exists.