What is the best kind of Armor?

[Throstle]

There is Light, Medium and Heavy Armor. Is there any advantage of one over the others? What is the best ways to compare different armors? for example is prices a good tool? maybe level? Armor rating? It's sometimes hard to judge if one set has a higher armor rating but the other has lots of perks. Thanks for the help

[Spooky]

bear school/ Ursine armor is apparently the best end game armor

[Li Shengshun/Bk-201]

Originally posted by Dr•Ðir†y ™:

bear school/ Ursine armor is apparently the best end game armor

for torso maybe, other pieces not.

[WyattEarp]

the witcher armors are the best

[Egro]

Your stamina regen faster if you wear Light, good if you use sign a lot. Heavy give you very good protection but Stamina regen slower. Medium is medium, a jack of all trade which mean it will give you decent protection with decent stamina regen.

However, Fashion > Stats. SO I wear whatever I fancy, sometime I wear nothing like a true nordling.

[Drake Ravenwolf]

I kinda love the synergy between cat school techniques and fast attack combat skills. +100% crit damage, +20% fast attack damage then the combat skill buffs the crit chance and... ya :)

[Throstle]

I think critical hit chance, sign intinsity, attack power and later on number of sockets are the most important. Also that the armors match (ie light, medium, heavy) to take advantage of the General upgrades.

I do not think that price that a sword costs is the best measure of a good weapon. Relic weapons/armor seem to be more expensive but not always the best. For example the steel sword Tir Tochair (relic) is over 1000 gold but not really the best.

The level of a weapon is directly affects the damage a sword does which is important but there are other factors.

Once you get some decent runestones to put into sword/armor the number of sockets becomes more important.

Throstle
level 15 witcher, fan of Griffin armor.

[Sundusk]

cat set,just beat the game on death march and with the cat set it was a stroll just watch for humans since the set give you less protection agaisnt human made weapon,but it give you a great boost in attack power!

[Niss]

There is no cut and dry answer for what is "best" since it depends on your setup.

Light armor goes hand in hand with light attacks, critical chance and critical damage. You'll also find attack and bleed on these items and skills. It gives more protection against elemental attacks than other armors, but less of the other resistances and gives the best stamina regen. (+30% for a full set)

Medium armor goes hand in hand with sign-heavy builds. The armor passive will buff your stamina regen and sign intensity for casting, and it's usually medium armors that are dedicated to buffing 1 sign by a large amount. Griffin school also buffs overall sign intensity. Resistances are average across the board.

Heavy armor goes hand in hand with strong attacks and adrenaline related builds. Building it up and then expending it for a big buff in damage in a form of a very strong heavy hit or sometimes signs. Heavy armor tends to have more resistances to slashing, piercing, blunt and monsters but loses elemental resistance and lowers your stamina regeneration.

[TheBurgerGod]

It depends on what your build is and your preferred fighting style. From what I've gathered:

Light armor for high critical hit chances coupled with fast attacks

Medium armor for higher stamina regeneration in order to cast a crap ton of signs if you're going for a sign focused build

Heavy armor for straight up melee for dealing and absorbing more damage than the other two

[DiscoMoose]

Light = Low Armor/High Stamina
Medium = Balanced
Heavy = High Armor/Crippled Stamina

Pretty sure it says all this in game though.

[Warlord]

I just use what has the best stats. I've only really come across light armors anyway. I guess that is good because most of my points are in signs.

[ArchAnge1LT]

every mastercrafted tier armor is same in armor value, and can be equipped at level 31. Be it Feline, Ursine or Griffin.

Depends on your build actually.

-Ursine offers most physical defenses.
-Feline gives attack power boost and gives most elemental dmg resistance.
-Griffin gives sign boost, and is middle of the two.

For swords, i find Ursine the best. Then again, for sign build, Griffin swords would be better.

[MrFrengLitch]

The best armor gear are the witchers gear, since you can upgrade them 4 times.

From there, it really depends on what char build you're running.

Signs/Alch = Griffin Armor.
Physical attack = Feline armor.
Tank = Ursine.

Once you chosen, you also want to pick an armor specialization to improve your stats.

For swords, it really doesn't matter. You can pick witcher swords, but a lot of relics are actually as good as the witcher swords or even better. So it's up to you if you want to improve your stats (signs, attack power, hp).