Best armor set that doesn't weigh a lot?

[nekroturkey]

What are some armor sets that provide good protection and that don't weight a lot?

[Headinjury]

drangelic armor

[Nichtswisser]

Alva's armor set is a nice set when you want something with light wheight that still offers decent protection (it's great for my katana mage - only 11 points in vitality and still a load limit below 50% with the third dragon ring). You can buy it from that armor merchant in Majula after buying stuff for 16000 souls from him.

[Deadoon]

I'd say for the legs and hands, the rouges set items are excellent. they are really light but provide benefits close to stuff twice their weight.

[ApexPredator]

drangleic, headless guy's set, dragon set.

[Tank Magnet]

Alva Armor Set. It's Fairly lightweight, easily obtained (Buy from Maughlin after spending ~16k souls of equipment from him.), and looks pretty fashionable.

(Example: A sorcerer with base vitality can wear the full set, plus a longsword, kite shield (100% phys Block), catalyst and short bow without a royal soldiers ring and still be at mid roll weight load (under 70% equip load), with fairly good protection when upgraded sufficiently.)

[Zaik]

Faraam's is fairly light for the protection it provides, needs to be upgraded to +10 before it really shines though.

[kNIGHT]

I actually am running with something weird, but I like it:

For a LONG time:
Head: Vengarl's Head
Chest: Penal Armour (this is where you get the huge weight saving, but get epic resistance stats).
Arms: Drangelic --> Alonne Knight Gauntlets
Legs: Dark Leggings --> Alonne Knight Leggings

Though I've just swapped out the arms & legs for Alonne Knight Leggings & Gaunlets (cause you can +10 them vs. Drabg & Dark and so I don't need twinkling titanite YAH!). (or whatever their correct names are). Though I wish I had enough Vitality to also use the Alonne Captain's plate that dropped.

Basically I just mix in some heavy armour on legs & arms for poise and physical, and then use lighter high quality chest piece for the elemental resistances.

[Sugoi]

Alva, Elite Knight, and Llwellyn all provide a lot of defense for their weight. The sinner's mask is great in this regard too, especially if you already invested a fair amount into having a high equip load. Brigand Bracers are very strong too.

I haven't really found a leg piece that mathematically stands out strongly, but I use black leather since it has a nice mix of decent defense and status protection.

[The Bees]

for awhile I was using Vengarl's Helm, Drangleic Mail, and Alonne gauntlets and legs.

[Fatal unstabLe_]

Everyone keeps telling me Alva is really good. Elite Knight is good too.

[Captainhowdy]

Perfer the king's set personally , pretty light , well rounded resistences , and not to hard to upgrade.

[Angela™]

Dragon set. You get a nice special move from it as well and it's pretty damn good for such weight.