Board Thread:Dark Souls III/@comment-28661852-20160730180356/@comment-4511886-20160731191247

In my opinion, no. It seems from my experience, and testing, that light-medium armor is always the best choice. Most medium and heavier armors generally aren't worth the weight, while light armor simply doesn't provide enough survivability to be useful for anything but fashion. Funnily enough, the same generally applies to weapons as well, but that's for a different thread.

Personally, I'd recommend a combination of medium chest and leg pieces, while cutting down the weight on your head and hand armor, to get the best performance while staying mobile enough. Of course, heavier armor does help, just not by as much as you'd expect from previous installments, or even common sense for that matter.