Strongest heavy armor sets?

[Double]

I recently crafted the full silent legion set. 1000 armor with all pieces equipped (non-upgraded). While the armor rating is nice, I don't care much for the way it looks! Any set recipes to hunt down somewhere that rivals the silent legion set in defense? The Wiki is just full of outdated info (doesn't even mention the silent legion set). Thanks!

[Double]

Bump. Surely someone knows!

[Dark Thoughts]

You answered your own question already.

[Double]

Originally posted by Dark Thoughts:

You answered your own question already.

What? That makes zero sense lol

[Double]

Better yet, if someone could drop a link to a source that lists all the current armor sets/set recipes, that would work too.

[Gutvald]

Maybe you should compare to the cimmerian armour ? It's the best heavy armor i've seen before searching for Silent legion.

[Double]

I'll check it out. I was really hoping for some more epic set unlocks though. Is there not sets for dragonbone or black ice?

[Hemdall CoFH]

Any of the epic heavy sets will have defense comparable to the silent legion, because the armor value gets exponentially weaker. 750 armor is 78% damage reduction, while 1k armor is 79% or 80%. Its fairly negligible. Silent Legion is unique in that its the only armor that provides two heat resist per piece. So unless you are going into the heat stroke areas, virtually any armor is fine.

The other focus on armors should be the stat points they provide, and how it fits into your attribute build. If you are focused more on visuals don't worry about it, otherwise a set of exceptional or flawless quality armor can bump up a stat to the next tier bonus.

[Double]

Originally posted by Hemdall CoFH:

750 armor is 78% damage reduction, while 1k armor is 79% or 80%. Its fairly negligible.

Good to know! A 1-2% increase in damage reduction is not worth wearing armor that looks like ass all the time.

[Ace]

The best armor is Silent Legion. That being said armor rating give severely diminishing returns. at 900+ armor Silent Legion offers 78% damage reduction. Heavy Star Metal Vanir has 700+ and offers 76% damage reduction. So though other armors may not have the as good of rating, they may be close on the reduction. Also, It is hard to make up the 12 bonus stat pts Silent Legion gives you, so that is something to consider as well. All in all, you have to decide between function and glam. Silent Legion will also gett you into the volcano easily to get the obsidian recipes. (see below)

https://youtu.be/7UjxiYiPsE0

[Lerch Addams]

Originally posted by ArchSublime:

Originally posted by Hemdall CoFH:

750 armor is 78% damage reduction, while 1k armor is 79% or 80%. Its fairly negligible.

Good to know! A 1-2% increase in damage reduction is not worth wearing armor that looks like ass all the time.

Them's nerd fightin' words my friend!

I think SL looks awesome :)

[Double]

I think it's the waist that bothers me the most. Otherwise it's not TOO bad, imo. I've taken a long hiatus from the game to wait for better workshop mods. Hopefully there's some more interesting armor sets up for grabs by now lol

[Kervala]

I personally prefer Hyborian Slaver armor <3 It gives +9 in Strength bonus (Epic Flawless version) :)

[Dark Thoughts]

The 12 points of the silent legion armor aren't much better because of how they're distributed.

[Carrapato do Diabo]

Well, recently, the strongest armor since the patch 36 (June 2019,I believe) is the Godbreaker armor (just because of the numeric valor) with 1k+ armor value. But this doesnt seem to make much difference in gameplay, every epic heavy armor set may be equally useful.

[Droz1937]

Godbreaker and the Silent/Black Dragon set are the ones I use.