Talk:Armor (Dark Souls)/@comment-25950924-20150108000232

Analysis of early/midgame light/medium set comparison (not upgraded). Please let me know if there is any missing or incorrect information. I don't have time to finish formatting (links and properly aligned columns).

1. Elite Knight Set

2. Balder Set

3. Crimson Set

4. Black Leather Set

5. Shadow Set

Notes:

-order of items based on total weight of set

-Mask of sealer = crimson set helm

-Thief Mask = black leather set helm

-Balder gauntlets and crimson gauntlets data needed to be added to this wiki as well as the total stats of each set

-shadow set and crimson set require twinkling titanite (rare until later in the game) to upgrade and can only be upgraded to +5 rather than +10

-shadow set provides better poison resistance than black leather set except for leggings

-crimson set is heavier and provides better protection than black leather set except for the gloves which are lighter and provide less protection

-when both pieces are fully upgraded, elite knight armor provides x2.0 as much physical resistance and 1.4x fire resistance as Crimson robe, but with neither upgraded both resistances are comparable. Also, crimson robe provides x2.0 magic resistance when neither is upgraded, but only x1.2 magic resistance when both are fully upgraded

-crimson set provides curse resistance and, except for poise, when fully upgraded is superior in almost every way to the adventurer's set (another curse resistant set available early/mid game - not listed in charts below)

-Among the 5 sets listed, all except Balder Armor can be found as a set. Balder is a random drop from Balder Knights.

-Black Leather Set is the starting set for the Thief class (but can also be found as a set). The starting set for the Knight class is comparable to the Balder and Elite Knight set

-Elite Knight and Balder set are the only sets with poise

-I made these charts for myself to decide what is best for Blighttown

Reg/Strike/Slash/Thrust  Mag/fire/light   Bleed/Poison/Curse   Poise  Weight

Elite Knight helm    15.0/14.6/17.4/15.0       7.0/8.0/6.0        9.0/6.0/0.0          8.0    4.5

Balder Helm            14.0/13.7/17.1/13.4    6.0/8.0/6.0         8.0/6.0/0.0         6.0     4.2

Mask of the sealer  12.0/13.2/12.0/12.0    12.0/7.0/9.0         8.0/8.0/8.0       0.0    1.5

Thief Mask               9.0/ 9.6/ 9.0/ 9.0          8.0/5.0/6.0        9.0/12.0/0.0     0.0    1.2

Shadow Mask      9.0/  9.9/  9.0/  9.0          5.0/6.0/6.0        15.0/18.0/0.0   0.0   0.9

Physical Mag/fire/light Bleed  Poison  Curse   Poise  Weight

Elite Knight Armor   39.0/37.8/45.2/39.0 17.0/18.0/15.0 23.0 16.0 0.0 20.0 11.7

Balder Armor          37.0/36.3/45.1/35.5 15.0/18.0/15.0 20.0 16.0 0.0 16.0 10.9

Crimson Robe     32.0/35.2/32.0/32.0 33.0/19.0/24.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 0.0 3.9

Blk Leather Armor   23.0 /24.6/23.0/23.0 20.0/14.0/16.0 23.0 31.0 0.0 0.0 3.1

Shadow Garb     23.0/25.3/23.0/23.0 12.0/16.0/17.0 39.0 47.0 0.0 0.0 2.3

Physical Mag/fire/light Bleed  Poison  Curse   Poise  Weight

Elite Kn. Gauntlets  18.0/17.5/20.9/18.0 7.0/8.0/5.0 7.0 5.0 0.0 6.0 3.7

Balder Gauntlets    17.0/16.7/20.7/16.3 7.0/8.0/5.0 6.0       5.0 0.0 5.0 3.5

Crimson Gloves     7.0/  7.7/  7.0/  7.0 7.0/4.0/5.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0 0.8

Blk Leather Gloves 13.0/13.9/13.0/13.0  12.0/8.0/9.0 14.0 18.0 0.0 0.0 1.8

Shadow Gauntlets  13.0/14.3/13.0/13.0 7.0/9.0/10.0 23.0 28.0 0.0 0.0 1.4

Physical Mag/fire/light Bleed  Poison  Curse   Poise  Weight

Elite Kn. Leggings   23.0 /22.3/26.7/23.0 11.0/11.0/9.0 14.0 9.0 0.0 12.0 6.9

Balder Leggings      22.0/21.6/26.8/21.1 12.0/14.0/9.0 12.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 6.4

Crimson Waistcloth 29.0/31.9/29.0/29.0 29.0/17.0/21.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 0.0 3.5

Black Leather Boots 12.0/12.8/12.0/12.0 19.0/13.0/15.0 23.0 31.0 0.0 0.0 3.0

Shadow Leggings    13.0/14.3/13.0/13.0  7.0/ 9.0/10.0 23.0 28.0 0.0 0.0 1.4