MHW Iceborne - Armor augment is viable?

[AndNasc]

[JebKerman]

I mean, same as in the base game:

Why wouldn't you augment your armour if you have the ability to do so? There's no downside to it beyond the cost to do so, which is pretty negligible, especially for rarity 11 and below.

[RayOfLite]

Yes it works. ???

[Smiles]

.. I forget that's a thing but it seems super fricking useful. I know I wanted to in the past, but getting the drops for SnS was horrid. Still, getting another deco slot to a fav piece of armor would be really nice.

[Greb]

Augmenting armour is practically mandatory. There's no downsides other than the cost involved. It makes R10 and R11 armours just a defensively viable as R12 armours, putting them all on an equal playing field for the most part, making mixing and matching sets for skills and resistances less trouble, once you can do it.

Armour augmentation isn't the same as weapon augmentation. It's merely applying a bigger cap on the armours max potential level of reinforcement. You can't add more slots or anything like that, just expand how many armour spheres you can use on it and thus how much physical defence it provides. Still very useful and your main armour set should be augmented as soon as you are able to do so, etc.

[Xedhadeaus]

I'd rather augment armor instead of waste points of defense boost.