Talk:Paladin Set/@comment-125.166.192.73-20141012151329/@comment-25561331-20141023023858

To be more specific than Easyname, when fully upgraded, the Elite Knight set is lighter, and has better lightning and strike defense. The Paladin set, when fully upgraded, has better defenses in all other cases, but has a weight of 33.1, and even boasts the highest Curse resistance. This makes fighting basilisks and Seath far less frightening.

As for the one you may want to go with, it depends on your play style. If you need speed and agility over physical and elemental resistance, pick Elite Knight. If not, or you need curse resist and better poise, pick Paladin.

One more caveat: Upgrading the Elite Knight to full (+10) will take a Titanite slab. You can only get two of them for sure, as any others will either be gifted by another player, or dropped EXTREMEMLY RARELY by the Darkwraith enemy in New Londo Ruins. The Paladin set is far easier to upgrade, only needed twinkling titanite.