Wanderer set is so nice i can't stop wear it on my main character

[Michanicks]

I want to find some armour to wear instead, but after having it always on in my first ever Dark Souls playthroughts it feels like a betrayal of old friend. But i still want to find a nice armour to fullfill my love for knights and heavy characters, and to actually have the level of poise no other DS game has.

[Mr. Oibyr]

Giant's set has a regal feeling to it, where Havel's is more like a rhino+stegosaurus+mohawk cement-looking armour, it really depends on what you are looking for. I actually prefer Elite Knight set or Catarina set with a different helm, because you can still fastroll with FaP/Havel's rings at around 40 endurance. My fav looking medium/fat roll tank build is probably = spiked helm(or havel), Ornsteins chest, Smough's gloves and his leggings...what an exotic looking tank.

[Michanicks]

Originally posted by Mr. Oibyr:

Giant's set has a regal feeling to it, where Havel's is more like a rhino+stegosaurus+mohawk cement-looking armour, it really depends on what you are looking for. I actually prefer Elite Knight set or Catarina set with a different helm, because you can still fastroll with FaP/Havel's rings at around 40 endurance. My fav looking medium/fat roll tank build is probably = spiked helm(or havel), Ornsteins chest, Smough's gloves and his leggings...what an exotic looking tank.

Thank you very much. I, for some reasons, find elite knight too boring for me. It's TOO popular and oversused, and i not a fan of blue colour. One of the main reason i liked Alva set in DS2 (with the plumed heide mask) and firelink/lotric/cathedral sets in DS3 is that they utilize the red colour.

I already collected every single item in DS1, so i know how all the armour looks like, it's just i didn't check it really hard to find replacement.

[Vex Hilarius]

Me with the shadow set

[sekai]

Originally posted by Michanicks:

find a nice armour to fullfill my love for knights and heavy characters, and to actually have the level of poise no other DS game has.

Say no more.

Wear Giant Set hand, leg, and body. Wear Mask of Father. Use Grass Crest Shield and a chaos enchanted Zweihander (2-hand it always). Complete with Havel's Ring and Ring's of Favour and Protection...

[sekai]

If you don't want to go Elite Knight Set, you can always go for either Steel Set or Black Iron Set.

Black Iron Set in particular is easy to mix and match other armour piece with. You can just keep the torso of Black Iron and use other armour for hand, helmet, and legs and it'll probably look good.

I used Black Iron torso, Holy Set legs, Elite Knight hands, and Thief Set head for quite a while until I got tired of medium roll. It's a decent combo that looks nice and got an ok colour variation.

Cleric Set would also look good. Or at least the upper body looks ok. The lower body part can be a bit awkward when running probably due to budget/tech limitation at the time. Though it looks good when standing still.

[Michanicks]

Originally posted by sekai:

Originally posted by Michanicks:

find a nice armour to fullfill my love for knights and heavy characters, and to actually have the level of poise no other DS game has.

Say no more.

Wear Giant Set hand, leg, and body. Wear Mask of Father. Use Grass Crest Shield and a chaos enchanted Zweihander (2-hand it always). Complete with Havel's Ring and Ring's of Favour and Protection...

What about spells? I have low att and int/fth, would Black Flame do?

[sekai]

Originally posted by Michanicks:

Originally posted by sekai:

Say no more.

Wear Giant Set hand, leg, and body. Wear Mask of Father. Use Grass Crest Shield and a chaos enchanted Zweihander (2-hand it always). Complete with Havel's Ring and Ring's of Favour and Protection...

What about spells? I have low att and int/fth, would Black Flame do?

Yes.

[Mr. Oibyr]

Originally posted by sekai:

Originally posted by Michanicks:

What about spells? I have low att and int/fth, would Black Flame do?

Yes.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, lets just stop being tacky...before this gets out of hand. Giant dads are for scrubs, only mods come off more casul. Stone kid and Havel mom are cooler, less "tryhard". My fav is "Catarina Kid"(child mask + 3/4 catarina set), which has a specific chaos theme. There are still hundreds of ways to play that I don't know of, but Catarina Kid(fast rolls, 40 poise, 45 dex, melts bosses, uses both Quelaags weapons, all 3 chaos spells + power within)is the most overpowered PVE character I've made and can take a Giant Dad build with chaos blade bleeding and/or 2-hand furysword R1 spamming.

OP is best getting the heaviest armours to mix and match. Mugenmonkey is best for planning a build, but can also be used to min/max already built characters.

[Mr. Oibyr]

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