Talk:Chain Set/@comment-50.149.28.119-20140310131216

Not a bad set per say, just wish it didn't look so much like silver pajamas. Good starting point if you are aiming for under X% equip weight and don't have room for Havel's Ring or Wolf Ring. The Leather Gauntlets are a waste though. Knight Gauntlets and Elite Knight Gauntlets offer much better defense, one point more poise and are roughly the same weight (give or take a couple tenths of a unit).

If you want more poise, the Gargoyle Helm will net you an extra 3, and give significant lightning, bleed and poison resistance, but at the cost of some physical defense and 0.5 in weight. The Chain Armor could also be replaced with the Hollow Soldier Armor for another +3 poise, but between the defense drop and the extra 1.8 in weight, it doesn't seem worth it.

If you need less weight, swap out the leggings for a Hollow Soldier Waistcloth (or if you are really hard up, the Hollow Warrior Waistcloth). Ugly as sin, but weighing in at 1.5, with 7 units of poise, it has near the best defense to weight ratio I've seen. Excluding rings and magic of course.