Best armor and weapon for my level

[Mr. Poof]

I'm a level 14 warrior using a two-handed weapon. I want to know what is the best armor and weapon for my current level or if I should level up Smithing and make armor myself. I've read that Daedric armor is the best in the game. How do I get it? I'm trying to get 100 smithing using the gold ring method.

[WarWise]

It depends if you are using heavy or light armor. And it doesnt matter which you use, because the best one is dragon armor. Dragon armor comes in light and heavy types.
The second best for light is glass and for heavy is daedric.

[Mr. Poof]

Originally posted by WarWise:

It depends if you are using heavy or light armor. And it doesnt matter which you use, because the best one is dragon armor. Dragon armor comes in light and heavy types.
The second best for light is glass and for heavy is daedric.

I'm using heavy armor. What do you recommend?

[WarWise]

Probabily the best one you can craft. When you reach a new perk in crafting you can also improve that armor much more.
Whenever you craft or get a better armor, you should use items that improve weapon and armor enhancement. Like a 15% better armor enhancement ring for example. You can get one kind of item like that from a vendor, find it or enchant some. If you really want to improve armor, get a item that has that bonus, craft a new set of armor (can be leather or something as cheap) and use the enchantment on as many parts as possible. That way when you craft you can have multiple items giving bonus to armor enhancement. Also look in alchemy shops some potions that improve blacksmith. The best one is 40% I think, but there could be a 50% one.

So craft the armor (or assemble the pieces), wear the items, prepare all armor you want to improve and get the ressources (usually ingots), use the potion, and improve all armor at the same time. If you have time (usually 30 seconds) also improve your weapon in the sharpening rock.
If you dont have smithing, check out the best armor avaiable to buy. After iron and steel comes dwarf. After that its orc armor I think. I dont know if orc armor is avaible yet for you, but its quite good. If not, go for dwarven.

[Casul Gamer]

Keep in mind if you max out smithing early in the game your character will be overpowered. Doubly so if you also train enchanting. Personally, I like using a mod called better bartering which limits the amount of money I have so I can't grind crafting at lower levels. Then I added some loot mods that increase the chance of finding good items while adventuring. Another alternative would be to save up your money and buy some nice enchanted items from the shops. For some reason I seemed to find better items in shops than when adventuring which is another reason why I like using loot mods.

[Nephilim]

Create a set of smithing armor with fortify smithing and fortfiy alchemy echantments on them. As your smithing and alchmey improves you can improve your smithing armor over time. That means you create new and better smithing armor as your skills improve so it will allow you to create ever better everyday armor.

If you have a set of armor you want to improve put on your smithing armor and drink a smithing potion. Quickly improve your armor before the potion runs out.

Pick the armor that looks the best to you. Once your skills are high enough doesn't matter what armor you wear. 90% of being good is looking good.

Armor cap is at 567 or something like that? You can get that with any armor if smithing and alchemy are high enough. A good armor rating can help a lot but the enchants on your armor will probably help you even more.

[danconnors]

I don't think armor cap is 567. I have personally crafted dragonscale armor sets that amounted to 1,050, with the shield equipped.

[Nephilim]

Originally posted by danconnors:

I don't think armor cap is 567. I have personally crafted dragonscale armor sets that amounted to 1,050, with the shield equipped.

I am pretty sure it caps at 567. It might show a higher rating but that doesn't mean your armor is really at that level. Don't take my word for it though as I haven't played Skyrim much lately and things might have changed in recent patches that I do not know about.

If they did increase the armor rating cap in a patch I never heard about it. :)

[Casul Gamer]

Originally posted by danconnors:

I don't think armor cap is 567. I have personally crafted dragonscale armor sets that amounted to 1,050, with the shield equipped.

What the person means is that you get up to an 80% damage reduction. That happens at 567 (although varies depending how many pieces of armor you're wearing). So even if you have an AR higher than 567 you'll still only have 80% damage reduction. There are mods to change this though.

[WarWise]

SuperLotus97 is right, if you create armor or weapons that are too powerfull the game can become umbalanced and too easy. That is somethign to worry about, because it makes the game less enjoyable.