Heavy Armor Sets (Dark Souls III)

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Main article: Armor (Dark Souls III)

Armor is a type of equipment in Dark Souls III.

For categorization purposes on this wiki, heavy armor sets are armor sets in Dark Souls III that have a total weight of 29 or more.

Characteristics

Heavy armor sets provide the strongest defenses and the most Poise. However, they are also extremely costly in weight, meaning that the wearer must invest heavily in Vitality if they intend to use heavy armor.

Because of the high absorption values and the great amount of Poise provided, heavy armor is ideal protection for players who intend to equip ultra weapons and perform Hyper Armor trades with opponents. Ultra weapons tend to weigh a lot and cost tremendous amounts of stamina to swing, so equipment such as Havel's Ring and Chloranthy Ring tend to go hand-in-hand with such builds.

Because virtually all heavy sets are plate metal-based, most sets in this category tend to be weak to Strike damage and Lightning attacks, though exceptions do exist. Their plate metal nature, however, also tends to make them highly resistant to Slash damage and Bleed buildup.

Heavy Armor Sets

Black Iron Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Black Iron Helm	6.5	4.5	6.9	6.6	4.8	5.9	4.4	4.8	26	19	21	13
Black Iron Armor	18.1	12.2	18.1	18.1	12.2	15.8	11.5	12.2	65	51	57	35
Black Iron Gauntlets	4.6	2.9	4.6	4.4	2.8	3.8	2.8	3.1	24	16	20	14
Black Iron Leggings	10.8	7.0	10.8	10.3	7.5	9.3	6.9	7.5	42	32	35	24
Total	34.836	24.282	35.115	34.403	24.848	30.867	23.437	25.080	157	118	133	86

Black Knight Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Black Knight Helm	5.3	4.0	4.8	4.6	3.4	4.6	3.2	3.8	27	19	19	19
Black Knight Armor	15.8	12.2	14.4	13.8	11.0	14.1	10.5	12.0	58	42	39	39
Black Knight Gauntlets	3.8	3.1	4.0	3.3	2.7	3.5	2.5	2.9	18	12	11	11
Black Knight Leggings	9.0	7.0	8.3	7.9	6.6	8.5	6.2	7.2	38	27	26	26
Total	30.196	24.042	28.262	26.761	21.868	27.641	20.767	23.717	141	100	95	95

Catarina Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Catarina Helm	6.8	5.0	6.8	6.3	4.5	4.9	5.7	5.1	34	27	27	17
Catarina Armor	18.3	13.9	18.5	17.5	11.9	12.9	15.0	13.3	74	57	57	33
Catarina Gauntlets	4.8	3.7	4.9	4.8	3.1	3.3	3.9	3.4	29	22	22	14
Catarina Leggings	10.6	8.3	10.9	10.6	6.3	6.7	8.0	6.9	47	35	35	21
Total	35.194	27.769	35.638	34.209	23.609	25.268	29.133	26.003	184	141	141	85

Cathedral Knight Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Cathedral Knight Helm	6.0	6.1	5.2	6.4	4.9	4.4	4.7	4.1	28	26	26	20
Cathedral Knight Armor	17.8	18.0	15.6	18.8	14.8	13.6	14.4	12.7	66	62	62	47
Cathedral Knight Gauntlets	4.3	4.4	3.8	4.9	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.1	22	21	21	15
Cathedral Knight Leggings	8.9	9.1	7.7	10.3	7.6	7.0	7.4	6.2	40	38	38	26
Total	32.636	33.088	28.956	35.166	27.903	25.872	27.179	23.904	156	147	147	108

Dragonslayer Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Dragonslayer Helm	5.0	4.0	5.5	5.5	3.7	4.1	4.1	2.9	28	18	18	16
Dragonslayer Armor	15.6	12.7	17.0	17.0	12.9	13.8	13.8	10.7	64	40	43	36
Dragonslayer Gauntlets	3.7	3.0	4.1	4.1	3.3	3.7	3.7	2.6	21	13	14	12
Dragonslayer Leggings	8.1	6.5	8.9	8.9	6.3	6.9	6.9	4.9	38	23	24	21
Total	29.041	23.990	31.475	31.475	24.001	25.886	25.886	19.683	151	94	99	85

Drakeblood Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Drakeblood Helm	5.2	5.1	6.2	5.0	4.8	4.6	4.2	4.2	34	19	21	15
Drakeblood Armor	14.2	14.1	16.9	13.6	13.2	12.6	11.6	11.6	78	43	46	33
Drakeblood Gauntlets	3.5	3.4	4.3	3.3	3.1	2.9	2.7	2.7	25	13	14	9
Drakeblood Leggings	7.9	7.8	9.5	7.5	7.2	6.9	6.3	6.3	45	23	25	17
Total	27.709	27.395	32.491	26.581	25.693	24.625	22.791	22.791	182	98	106	74

Executioner Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Executioner Helm	6.7	4.4	6.7	6.1	4.9	5.0	4.0	4.7	31	28	29	21
Executioner Armor	18.3	12.4	17.5	18.3	13.5	14.5	11.4	13.3	65	58	61	42
Executioner Gauntlets	4.6	3.1	4.6	4.2	3.3	3.6	2.8	3.3	24	22	23	17
Executioner Leggings	10.6	7.1	10.1	10.6	7.9	8.1	6.5	7.6	39	35	37	25
Total	34.989	24.612	33.985	34.296	26.737	28.041	22.699	26.174	159	143	150	105

Exile Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Exile Mask	6.5	6.3	7.0	5.9	4.4	5.0	3.6	4.5	39	29	24	19
Exile Armor	18.2	17.6	16.6	15.9	12.4	14.3	12.6	12.8	97	74	62	50
Exile Gauntlets	4.8	4.4	4.1	4.0	3.3	3.7	3.3	3.4	33	25	22	17
Exile Leggings	10.8	10.4	9.8	9.3	7.4	8.5	7.5	7.8	57	43	35	28
Total	35.052	33.865	32.907	31.093	25.011	28.262	24.637	25.830	226	171	143	114

Faraam Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Faraam Helm	5.6	5.5	5.6	5.1	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.3	27	22	28	14
Faraam Armor	13.9	13.8	13.9	12.8	10.7	12.2	11.2	11.2	59	40	60	27
Faraam Gauntlets	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.3	3.0	3.3	3.1	3.1	21	16	22	11
Faraam Boots	7.2	7.5	7.2	6.6	5.6	6.4	5.6	5.6	34	24	37	15
Total	27.289	27.438	27.289	25.259	21.664	24.028	22.264	22.264	141	102	147	67

Gundyr's Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Gundyr's Helm	5.9	4.8	7.0	5.6	4.4	4.6	4.4	4.4	35	25	25	25
Gundyr's Armor	16.9	14.1	19.7	16.2	13.2	13.7	13.0	13.2	86	62	62	62
Gundyr's Gauntlets	4.4	3.6	5.1	4.1	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.4	29	21	21	21
Gundyr's Leggings	9.0	7.5	10.7	8.6	7.1	7.4	7.0	7.1	48	36	36	36
Total	31.972	27.080	36.713	30.660	25.532	26.431	25.280	25.532	198	144	144	144

Harald Legion Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Harald Legion Armor	18.3	16.7	18.6	18.3	12.6	12.7	12.2	13.6	68	62	61	60
Harald Legion Gauntlets	1.9	2.2	2.1	2.1	1.7	1.7	2.1	2.4	10	19	15	19
Harald Legion Leggings	11.0	10.0	11.1	11.0	7.6	7.7	7.3	8.1	40	37	36	35
Total	28.669	26.679	29.155	28.814	20.615	20.792	20.319	22.504	118	118	112	114

Havel's Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Havel's Helm	6.7	6.1	6.7	6.3	5.0	5.8	4.6	5.0	31	30	30	26
Havel's Armor	18.5	17.0	18.4	17.5	14.1	16.2	12.8	14.1	72	69	69	61
Havel's Gauntlets	4.7	4.3	4.6	4.4	3.5	4.0	3.2	3.5	24	23	23	20
Havel's Leggings	10.7	9.8	10.6	10.1	8.1	9.3	7.3	8.1	45	43	43	38
Total	35.288	32.724	35.068	33.563	27.630	31.266	25.352	27.630	172	165	165	145

Iron Dragonslayer Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Iron Dragonslayer Helm	6.1	4.5	6.4	6.6	3.9	4.5	5.3	5.1	33	22	24	11
Iron Dragonslayer Armor	15.7	11.6	16.5	17.2	9.9	11.6	13.8	13.2	81	54	60	29
Iron Dragonslayer Gauntlets	3.7	2.6	3.9	4.1	2.2	2.6	3.2	3.0	26	17	19	8
Iron Dragonslayer Leggings	9.5	7.1	9.9	10.4	6.1	7.1	8.4	8.0	48	32	35	16
Total	31.013	23.611	32.328	33.549	20.484	23.611	27.618	26.490	188	125	138	64

Lapp's Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Lapp's Helm	6.8	5.8	6.8	6.8	4.6	4.7	4.2	4.6	31	25	22	15
Lapp's Armor	18.2	15.5	18.2	18.2	12.3	12.7	11.2	12.3	77	61	54	38
Lapp's Gauntlets	4.6	3.9	4.6	4.6	3.1	3.2	2.8	3.1	24	19	17	11
Lapp's Leggings	10.8	9.1	10.8	10.7	7.2	7.5	6.6	7.2	46	36	32	22
Total	35.124	30.466	35.124	35.052	24.765	25.505	22.769	24.765	178	141	125	86

Lorian's Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Lorian's Helm	5.4	3.5	5.4	3.8	4.8	3.6	3.6	4.8	24	12	17	15
Lorian's Armor	16.6	10.1	16.6	15.9	13.3	11.2	11.2	13.6	67	41	61	50
Lorian's Gauntlets	3.2	2.3	3.0	2.9	2.9	1.5	1.5	2.9	16	7	11	10
Lorian's Leggings	8.2	5.9	8.2	7.5	7.4	5.2	5.2	7.5	38	21	27	25
Total	29.891	20.243	29.746	27.334	25.786	20.065	20.065	26.123	145	81	116	100

Lothric Knight Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Lothric Knight Helm	5.2	4.0	6.3	5.0	4.2	4.7	3.1	3.8	31	18	22	14
Lothric Knight Armor	16.0	12.4	18.4	15.3	12.6	13.8	10.2	11.9	75	43	58	34
Lothric Knight Gauntlets	3.8	2.9	4.6	3.6	3.1	3.3	2.3	2.8	25	15	19	12
Lothric Knight Leggings	8.8	6.8	10.6	8.4	7.1	7.7	5.4	6.5	44	24	32	20
Total	30.135	23.895	34.790	28.947	24.627	26.679	19.576	22.976	175	100	131	80

Millwood Knight Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Millwood Knight Helm	6.7	5.0	6.3	5.5	4.6	4.5	4.6	4.5	29	26	30	16
Millwood Knight Armor	18.3	13.9	17.5	15.3	13.0	12.6	13.0	12.6	67	61	69	37
Millwood Knight Gauntlets	4.6	3.4	4.4	3.8	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.1	22	20	23	12
Millwood Knight Leggings	10.6	8.0	10.1	8.8	7.4	7.2	7.4	7.2	41	38	43	23
Total	34.989	27.307	33.563	29.776	25.603	24.944	25.603	24.944	159	145	165	88

Morne's Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Morne's Helm	6.8	5.8	6.8	6.8	5.5	5.4	5.2	4.0	31	17	27	17
Morne's Armor	17.4	14.3	17.4	16.6	13.9	13.6	13.3	9.3	67	39	60	37
Morne's Gauntlets	3.8	3.2	3.8	3.7	3.1	3.1	3.0	1.7	21	12	18	11
Morne's Leggings	9.8	8.1	9.8	9.3	8.1	7.9	7.8	5.2	40	23	36	22
Total	33.200	28.184	33.200	32.108	27.544	27.056	26.493	18.859	159	91	141	87

Ruin Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Ruin Helm	4.6	4.3	5.5	4.6	4.2	3.8	4.0	3.4	25	24	13	12
Ruin Armor	13.7	13.1	16.3	13.7	12.8	11.6	12.2	10.5	62	60	35	32
Ruin Gauntlets	3.6	3.4	4.2	3.6	3.4	3.0	3.2	2.7	19	19	10	9
Ruin Leggings	7.4	7.1	8.9	7.4	6.9	6.2	6.5	5.5	37	35	20	18
Total	26.507	25.368	30.969	26.507	24.871	22.625	23.713	20.504	143	138	78	71

Set of Favor

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Helm of Favor	4.5	4.1	4.5	4.7	3.7	3.9	2.8	3.9	30	23	25	18
Embraced Armor of Favor	13.2	12.1	13.2	13.7	11.1	11.6	8.5	11.6	63	46	51	35
Gauntlets of Favor	3.5	3.2	3.5	3.5	3.0	3.1	2.2	3.1	19	13	14	10
Leggings of Favor	7.7	7.1	7.7	7.7	6.5	6.8	4.8	6.8	41	29	32	24
Total	26.167	24.195	26.167	26.746	22.355	23.279	17.194	23.279	153	111	122	87

Silver Knight Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Silver Knight Helm	5.1	4.7	6.0	5.8	4.9	4.7	4.3	4.3	24	19	17	13
Silver Knight Armor	14.3	13.1	17.0	16.3	13.1	12.9	11.9	11.9	65	55	50	39
Silver Knight Gauntlets	3.6	3.1	4.3	4.1	3.1	2.9	2.7	2.7	22	18	17	14
Silver Knight Leggings	7.9	7.3	9.4	9.0	7.6	7.3	6.7	6.7	36	28	25	20
Total	27.792	25.610	32.353	31.192	26.006	25.285	23.461	23.461	147	120	109	86

Smough's Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Smough's Helm	6.8	7.0	6.7	5.8	4.7	4.6	4.9	4.9	27	27	27	24
Smough's Armor	18.8	19.2	18.3	16.0	13.3	13.0	13.8	13.1	69	69	69	62
Smough's Gauntlets	4.8	4.9	4.6	4.0	3.3	3.2	3.4	3.5	20	20	20	18
Smough's Leggings	10.9	11.1	10.6	9.2	7.6	7.4	7.9	7.6	43	43	43	39
Total	35.807	36.470	34.989	31.026	26.174	25.603	27.067	26.312	159	159	159	143

Sunset Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Sunset Helm	5.3	4.5	5.3	4.9	3.2	3.7	2.6	3.7	26	25	14	15
Sunset Armor	14.3	11.7	15.6	14.3	9.8	11.7	9.1	11.2	63	58	39	42
Sunset Gauntlets	4.1	3.5	4.1	3.9	2.6	3.1	2.4	3.0	24	22	16	17
Sunset Leggings	7.2	5.9	7.8	7.2	4.6	5.5	3.3	5.1	40	35	26	26
Total	27.773	23.426	29.329	27.317	18.869	22.135	16.440	21.281	153	140	95	100

Winged Knight Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Winged Knight Helm	6.7	5.4	6.7	6.3	4.3	5.0	4.7	5.7	31	29	29	18
Winged Knight Armor	17.5	14.4	17.5	16.8	14.3	14.0	15.0	16.7	73	60	68	45
Winged Knight Gauntlets	4.8	3.7	4.8	4.4	3.5	4.0	3.8	4.5	22	21	21	13
Winged Knight Leggings	10.1	8.3	10.1	9.6	7.2	7.1	7.6	8.4	42	32	39	24
Total	34.123	28.491	34.123	32.626	26.554	27.137	27.996	31.284	168	142	157	100