Good Heavy armor for axe build?

[Gear-Fox]

Title. I read somewhere that Tatenashi is really good, but also heard it got nerfed hard too. Is this currently still viable, or is their a beter heavy armor set?

[Deostades]

Tatenashi is a great general Heavy Armor build that works with every weapon. It's not as great as it once was, but it's still the best damage-reduction armor in the game.

Kingo's Armor is supposed to be pretty good for Axes, and I think Dark Samurai has some good Axe-specific bonuses.

7 Misfortunes is pretty good, as Axe and Odachi share scaling stats, and the set itself is pretty great.

[Gear-Fox]

Publicado originalmente por Deostades:

Tatenashi is a great general Heavy Armor build that works with every weapon. It's not as great as it once was, but it's still the best damage-reduction armor in the game.

Kingo's Armor is supposed to be pretty good for Axes, and I think Dark Samurai has some good Axe-specific bonuses.

7 Misfortunes is pretty good, as Axe and Odachi share scaling stats, and the set itself is pretty great.

Thank you for the reply. I am thinking about going either Tatenashi or Obsidian (Dark Samurai). I main axe and use Atlas bear, and am currently in WotD and currently using Kaido armor. I know you said Tatenashi has the best damage reduction, but does it make enough of a difference to choose it over Obsidian, since obsidian has better offensive buffs?

[Deostades]

Tatenashi's Ranged Firearm Defence is what's great - this doesn't just cover arrows, but also things like Maria's energy waves, foxfire, and Rokurokubi poison. And you can get it to 100% with some finangling, making you invincible to these things.

Saves your frickin life against folk like Mysterious Samurai, Yukimura, and Ishida.

Added with 100% Elemental Damage Reduction, and the base defence of the armor itself, and you're able to reliably tank hits all the way through the bottom floors of the Abyss.