Giant Armor obsession - good reason or memes?

[Artek [General]]

Literally every invader i see is a giant dad wannabe. Its easier to count how many people actually wore something else.
Is giant armor ACTUALLY good for anything, or its just the Giant Dad cosplay obsession? I mean, there's got to be armor that offers more protection or at the very least better protection-to-weight ratio.

[y u do dis Fromsoft?]

fully upgraded giant armor has the highest total physical defense of all armors in the game + its the most stylish heavy armor set and has a ridicolous amount of poise (i think the highest of all armor sets aswell, but i could be wrong about this one)

[Drey]

Originally posted by y u do dis Fromsoft?:

fully upgraded giant armor has the highest total physical protection in the game + its the most stylish heavy armor set and has a ridicolous amount of poise (i think the highest of all armor sets aswell, but i could be wrong about this one)

nothing beats Havel in Style :o

Edit: heavy Armor style

[uberish]

Originally posted by Artek General:

Literally every invader i see is a giant dad wannabe. Its easier to count how many people actually wore something else.
Is giant armor ACTUALLY good for anything, or its just the Giant Dad cosplay obsession? I mean, there's got to be armor that offers more protection or at the very least better protection-to-weight ratio.

pretty sure it has some of the highest defence, but i know it has the highest poise at least compared to havels

[y u do dis Fromsoft?]

Originally posted by I Wish I Was Black:

nothing beats Havel in Style :o

i never liked the looks of havel, but it still carried me through my first four kings fight, so thats something :)

[Ratselhaft]

Dont like either Havals or the Giant set BUT------

Giants full set is 91 poise for 42.1 wieght.
Havals full set is 121 poise for 50 wieght.

Havals wins hands down for poise I am afraid.

[y u do dis Fromsoft?]

Originally posted by Ratselhaft:

Dont like either Havals or the Giant set BUT------

Giants full set is 91 poise for 42.1 wieght.
Havals full set is 121 poise for 50 wieght.

Havals wins hands down for poise I am afraid.

the thing is you dont need 121 poise...80 is enough and the giant set has even more. furthermore, the giant set has a lower weight and most importantly the best physical protection of any armor set in the entire game, which is the most common damage type in pve and pvp.

[Knight Solair]

Originally posted by Artek General:

Literally every invader i see is a giant dad wannabe. Its easier to count how many people actually wore something else.
Is giant armor ACTUALLY good for anything, or its just the Giant Dad cosplay obsession? I mean, there's got to be armor that offers more protection or at the very least better protection-to-weight ratio.

Giant armor has the highest physical defense in the game, is lighter than many other heavy armors and has good poise. It is a very good armor, however the giant dad meme build uses it because it allows 77 poise with heavy armor while allowing fast rolling.

Many builds can use the giant set, but the giant set does not equal giant dad.

[Ratselhaft]

Originally posted by y u do dis Fromsoft?:

Originally posted by Ratselhaft:

Dont like either Havals or the Giant set BUT------

Giants full set is 91 poise for 42.1 wieght.
Havals full set is 121 poise for 50 wieght.

Havals wins hands down for poise I am afraid.

the thing is you dont need 121 poise...80 is enough and the giant set has even more. furthermore, the giant set has a lower weight and most importantly the best physical protection of any armor set in the entire game, which is the most common damage type in pve and pvp.

Not argueing that.

I was pointing out that Havals has the highest poise not the Giants.. even if you take poise to wieght ratio. Some posts were saying Giants set had the highest. This was wrong.

[Rapax/希狐]

It really catches me off-guard when someone is not staggered by an ugs 2hr2

[undakovrist]

The best phys defense overall as well as generally high elemental defenses. Torso, arms, and legs combined net you 77p which is more than enough for any build. Its fantastic for builds that rely on trading or just poise tanking. So yeah, most midroll builds.
But really you normally don't need over 61p so it's mainly for the defense.

[Apathy]

It actually is good and not just memes. Not just good either but one of, if not the single, best armors in the game. It has high defense and poise for it's weight and unlike a full Havel's set you can fast roll in it for only 66 end + FaP & Havel's Ring (including a Zwei and Grass Crest Shield). You need Ring of FaP, Havel's Ring, and 72 Endurance just to fast roll in Havel's set. That's with no weapons or shield. It's even higher if you add in weapons and shields.

Originally posted by y u do dis Fromsoft?:

fully upgraded giant armor has the highest total physical defense of all armors in the game + its the most stylish heavy armor set and has a ridicolous amount of poise (i think the highest of all armor sets aswell, but i could be wrong about this one)

Havel's has more poise. Giant Set has the best armor rating + poise to weight ratio. It's technically the best set in the game when it's +5. On top of this with FaP & Havel's Ring you only need 66 end to fast roll with a Zwei and a Crest Shield. All crest shields weigh the same and the Zwei can be freely swapped to any weapon of equal or less weight (shield too).

[Taco Cat]

Smough's set has the most poise, not Havel's
Smough:
https://darksouls.wiki.fextralife.com/Smough's+Set
Havel:
https://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Havel's+Set

[Apathy]

Originally posted by TacoCat:

Smough's set has the most poise, not Havel's
Smough:
https://darksouls.wiki.fextralife.com/Smough's+Set
Havel:
https://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Havel's+Set

91 poise is less than 121. That's the Havel Set from DS3 btw. Poise doesn't even exist in that game so it has a poise rating of 0. In Dark Souls 1 Havel's set has 121 poise.

Smough's set is equal to Giant Set in poise only. It's heavier and has worse defense and damage reduction than Giant Set. Giant Set is technically inferior to Havel's set as well from flat stats but the weight difference makes Giant Set superior because it's easier to build a character that can exploit the armor and be able to use shields and weapons while fast rolling.

[Taco Cat]

Originally posted by Apathy:

91 poise is less than 121. That's the Havel Set from DS3 btw.

Whoops

Originally posted by Apathy:

Poise doesn't even exist in that game so it has a poise rating of 0.

Nice meme

[Black Sheep Inc]

To parrot a few other posts: High Defense, High Poise & Low Weight