Medium 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, medium armor sets are armor sets in Dark Souls III that have a total weight between 18 and 28.9.

Characteristics

Medium armor sets provide strong physical protection, sometimes at the cost of elemental protection. Because most of them are made up of plate armor, they are not only heavier but also generally provide enough Poise to effectively wield weapons of the greatsword class. Their plate armor nature will also generally make them quite resistant to Bleed build-up.

However, medium armor sets are not without their drawbacks. Because of their higher weight, at least some investment in Vitality is required in order to wear these armor sets and also wield similarly-sized weapons at the same time. As well, because of their metallic nature, many medium armor sets have a weakness to Strike attacks and Lightning damage.

Medium Armor Sets

Alva Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Alva Helm	4.4	3.6	4.4	4.0	3.4	4.0	3.4	3.8	28	18	19	12
Alva Armor	12.4	10.2	12.4	11.4	9.5	11.4	9.5	10.9	59	35	37	21
Alva Gauntlets	3.1	2.5	3.1	2.8	2.3	2.8	2.3	2.7	22	14	15	10
Alva Leggings	7.1	5.8	7.1	6.5	5.4	6.5	5.4	6.2	36	21	22	12
Total	24.612	20.492	24.612	22.699	19.200	22.699	19.200	21.771	145	88	93	55

Black Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Billed Mask	4.0	2.8	4.6	3.6	2.6	4.1	2.0	3.7	24	16	14	18
Black Dress	7.7	7.7	10.0	6.8	9.7	12.5	10.9	12.1	40	60	47	71
Black Gauntlets	3.2	2.4	3.6	2.9	2.1	3.2	2.2	3.4	19	13	11	15
Black Leggings	5.2	5.2	6.4	4.7	6.7	8.1	7.3	7.8	26	38	32	46
Total	18.688	16.991	22.528	16.861	19.664	25.352	20.837	24.608	109	127	104	150

Brass Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Brass Helm	4.7	3.7	4.7	4.1	4.7	3.4	2.3	3.4	27	15	17	13
Brass Armor	13.3	10.7	13.3	11.8	13.6	10.0	6.9	10.0	60	33	36	27
Brass Gauntlets	3.5	2.8	3.5	3.1	3.6	2.7	1.9	2.7	19	10	11	8
Brass Leggings	7.8	6.3	7.8	6.9	8.1	6.0	4.2	6.0	39	22	24	18
Total	26.486	21.678	26.486	23.694	27.054	20.483	14.517	20.483	145	80	88	66

Chain Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Chain Helm	3.8	2.2	4.6	3.4	2.6	2.0	1.1	2.9	28	15	15	11
Chain Armor	11.1	6.8	13.2	10.0	8.3	6.6	4.2	9.0	63	33	33	22
Leather Gauntlets	2.2	2.0	2.9	2.0	3.2	2.6	3.2	3.3	18	18	16	16
Chain Leggings	6.7	4.2	7.9	6.0	5.5	4.5	3.1	5.9	36	17	17	10
Total	21.964	14.425	25.946	19.911	18.297	14.860	11.129	19.596	145	83	81	59

Dark Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Dark Mask	4.3	3.1	3.9	3.7	3.1	2.5	1.3	3.1	18	14	15	7
Dark Armor	12.6	9.2	11.6	11.1	9.2	7.7	4.4	9.2	38	30	33	14
Dark Gauntlets	3.5	2.6	3.2	3.1	2.6	2.2	1.4	2.6	12	9	10	4
Dark Leggings	8.0	6.1	7.1	6.8	6.5	5.3	2.9	6.1	26	20	23	10
Total	25.743	19.530	23.605	22.684	19.873	16.652	9.662	19.530	94	73	81	35

Dragonscale Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Golden Crown	3.6	3.0	3.0	2.2	4.2	4.8	3.8	4.2	21	29	28	27
Dragonscale Armor	14.9	12.7	14.3	12.2	10.6	13.7	7.5	10.6	62	43	46	28
Golden Bracelets	1.7	1.9	1.5	0.9	1.7	2.3	1.7	1.7	10	18	16	13
Dragonscale Waistcloth	7.1	5.9	6.8	5.9	4.1	6.8	1.8	4.1	31	21	22	10
Total	25.084	21.829	23.686	19.925	19.263	25.190	14.102	19.263	124	111	112	78

Eastern Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Eastern Helm	4.1	2.5	5.6	3.7	1.6	3.4	1.2	1.6	32	12	15	9
Eastern Armor	12.6	9.3	16.9	11.5	7.6	11.5	5.3	6.7	87	37	43	25
Eastern Gauntlets	2.8	2.2	3.8	2.5	1.8	3.1	1.5	1.8	25	9	11	7
Eastern Leggings	5.1	4.7	7.5	4.6	5.4	7.2	6.6	5.4	47	40	41	39
Total	22.685	17.578	30.194	20.728	15.536	23.124	13.922	14.714	191	98	110	80

Elite Knight Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Elite Knight Helm	4.9	3.9	4.9	4.5	3.9	4.2	3.3	3.7	24	15	15	9
Elite Knight Armor	12.1	9.2	12.1	11.1	9.2	10.6	6.8	8.5	46	32	33	18
Elite Knight Gauntlets	3.4	2.8	3.5	3.4	2.6	3.0	2.0	2.4	18	13	14	9
Elite Knight Leggings	8.3	6.8	8.3	7.4	6.8	7.4	5.7	6.5	38	25	26	16
Total	25.952	20.952	26.028	24.056	20.789	23.072	16.712	19.590	126	85	88	52

Evangelist Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Evangelist Hat	3.5	4.3	3.2	2.9	4.1	4.6	4.6	2.9	15	27	24	25
Evangelist Robe	13.7	13.1	13.2	11.6	11.1	12.5	10.6	7.7	49	42	38	35
Evangelist Gloves	1.8	2.5	1.6	1.4	2.4	2.8	2.8	1.4	13	22	19	21
Evangelist Trousers	5.5	6.9	5.1	4.6	6.6	7.3	7.3	4.6	22	39	35	37
Total	22.717	24.511	21.539	19.259	22.283	24.785	23.152	15.696	99	130	116	118

Fallen Knight Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Fallen Knight Helm	4.6	4.5	3.6	4.0	3.1	4.2	3.5	2.6	21	14	19	12
Fallen Knight Armor	12.7	12.2	10.0	11.1	8.3	12.5	10.4	9.0	43	28	39	22
Fallen Knight Gauntlets	3.3	3.2	2.6	2.9	2.4	3.7	3.0	2.2	11	5	10	4
Fallen Knight Trousers	7.3	7.0	5.6	6.4	5.0	7.8	6.3	5.5	22	10	20	9
Total	25.343	24.516	20.228	22.435	17.612	25.573	21.414	18.084	97	57	88	47

Fire Witch Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Fire Witch Helm	4.7	2.3	3.7	3.7	4.1	4.5	2.8	3.9	18	13	15	11
Fire Witch Armor	13.2	8.5	10.6	10.6	12.1	12.3	8.5	11.1	47	34	36	27
Fire Witch Gauntlets	2.8	1.4	2.4	2.2	2.4	2.6	1.4	2.2	15	10	12	9
Fire Witch Leggings	7.4	3.5	5.7	5.7	6.5	7.1	4.3	6.1	24	16	20	13
Total	25.546	14.941	20.763	20.601	23.075	24.216	16.078	21.543	104	73	83	60

Firelink Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Firelink Helm	4.8	2.5	4.8	4.4	2.6	4.4	1.8	1.4	20	12	16	8
Firelink Armor	11.9	8.0	12.9	10.2	6.9	10.7	5.5	5.5	47	30	43	19
Firelink Gauntlets	2.3	2.1	2.7	1.9	3.0	3.3	3.1	2.5	16	22	24	21
Firelink Leggings	5.4	5.0	6.2	4.5	6.0	7.3	7.0	5.6	28	40	44	37
Total	22.483	16.575	24.322	19.572	17.319	23.473	16.372	14.240	111	104	127	85

Hard Leather Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Standard Helm	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.0	3.3	2.4	3.0	22	29	27	24
Hard Leather Armor	10.3	10.8	10.3	10.3	8.7	9.4	7.0	8.7	47	64	59	52
Hard Leather Gauntlets	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.1	1.5	1.7	1.0	1.5	16	22	21	17
Hard Leather Boots	5.1	5.5	5.1	5.1	4.1	4.6	2.8	4.1	26	38	35	29
Total	19.746	20.611	19.746	19.746	16.344	17.841	12.656	16.344	111	153	142	122

Herald Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Herald Helm	4.2	2.5	4.4	4.0	3.5	3.2	1.6	3.2	24	14	17	10
Herald Armor	12.4	8.0	12.9	11.9	9.2	8.4	3.8	8.4	52	30	36	19
Herald Gloves	3.1	2.1	3.1	2.9	1.7	2.1	0.7	1.5	16	12	12	8
Herald Leggings	7.1	6.5	6.8	6.5	4.6	4.6	1.8	4.1	26	20	20	11
Total	24.454	17.892	24.800	23.215	17.830	17.186	7.694	16.242	118	76	85	48

Iron Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Iron Helm	4.9	5.5	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.8	17	17	17	15
Armor of the Sun	11.2	8.3	11.2	11.2	10.5	10.5	9.8	10.5	34	28	31	26
Iron Bracelets	2.4	1.6	2.4	2.4	2.2	2.2	2.0	2.2	11	9	10	9
Iron Leggings	5.9	4.2	5.9	5.9	5.5	5.5	5.1	5.5	21	17	19	16
Total	22.441	18.311	22.278	22.278	21.254	21.254	20.055	21.254	83	71	77	66

Knight Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Knight Helm	5.3	4.2	5.3	4.8	3.0	4.0	2.7	3.2	22	17	18	12
Knight Armor	13.8	11.7	13.8	13.2	8.4	11.0	6.7	8.4	45	36	38	24
Knight Gauntlets	3.7	3.2	3.7	3.6	2.5	2.9	2.1	2.5	14	12	11	7
Knight Leggings	8.3	7.0	8.3	7.9	5.4	6.2	4.4	5.4	26	23	22	13
Total	27.914	23.847	27.914	26.634	18.047	22.181	15.036	18.216	107	88	89	56

Mirrah Chain Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Creighton's Steel Mask	4.5	3.9	6.0	4.1	3.9	4.2	2.5	4.1	26	19	19	12
Mirrah Chain Mail	12.7	10.5	14.9	10.5	11.7	11.2	7.4	9.1	51	33	37	26
Mirrah Chain Gloves	3.2	2.4	3.8	2.6	2.8	2.8	1.7	2.2	18	13	14	11
Mirrah Chain Leggings	6.5	4.7	7.7	5.1	5.5	5.5	2.9	4.2	32	23	25	18
Total	24.542	20.000	28.971	20.665	22.056	21.859	13.824	18.325	127	88	95	67

Nameless Knight Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Nameless Knight Helm	3.8	3.1	4.2	3.6	2.1	3.4	2.4	2.1	26	15	14	10
Nameless Knight Armor	11.7	10.0	12.7	11.1	7.6	11.0	8.4	7.6	61	38	35	21
Nameless Knight Gauntlets	3.0	2.6	3.3	2.9	2.1	3.1	2.3	2.1	19	10	9	6
Nameless Knight Leggings	7.0	6.0	7.6	6.7	4.9	6.9	5.4	4.9	36	22	20	11
Total	23.371	20.154	25.273	22.361	15.779	22.440	17.371	15.779	142	85	78	48

Northern Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Northern Helm	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.4	2.9	4.2	1.8	2.6	24	15	26	10
Northern Armor	12.6	12.6	12.1	11.6	7.7	11.1	4.4	6.8	60	38	64	27
Northern Gloves	2.2	2.9	2.2	2.2	0.8	2.5	2.0	0.8	15	19	24	19
Northern Trousers	6.1	7.6	6.1	6.1	2.9	6.8	5.7	2.9	24	32	42	32
Total	23.590	25.270	22.991	22.391	13.672	22.609	13.242	12.561	123	104	156	88

Outrider Knight Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Outrider Knight Helm	4.4	2.8	4.2	4.4	2.3	3.1	2.3	1.1	17	12	32	5
Outrider Knight Armor	14.4	10.6	13.8	13.8	9.7	11.4	9.7	7.5	50	43	91	22
Outrider Knight Gauntlets	3.4	2.4	3.3	3.4	2.4	3.0	2.4	1.6	12	10	25	4
Outrider Knight Leggings	7.9	6.0	7.6	7.9	5.9	6.7	5.5	3.7	32	24	55	14
Total	27.194	20.277	26.214	26.683	18.974	22.302	18.630	13.312	111	89	203	45

Ringed Knight Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Ringed Knight Hood	1.1	0.8	1.7	0.9	4.2	4.4	4.5	4.0	12	18	14	33
Ringed Knight Armor	14.9	11.6	16.3	14.3	11.1	13.2	12.2	9.8	60	36	40	34
Ringed Knight Gauntlets	3.9	3.0	4.2	3.7	2.9	3.5	3.2	2.6	21	13	15	13
Ringed Knight Leggings	8.1	6.2	8.9	7.8	5.9	7.2	6.5	5.1	37	22	24	21
Total	25.670	20.212	28.194	24.593	22.183	25.689	24.110	19.961	130	89	93	101

Sellsword Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Sellsword Helm	3.1	3.3	3.6	3.9	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	27	17	16	12
Sellsword Armor	12.2	12.7	12.2	12.2	11.1	9.1	7.3	10.5	59	39	35	26
Sellsword Gauntlets	1.4	1.4	0.8	1.6	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	15	10	11	8
Sellsword Trousers	4.7	5.1	4.2	4.7	2.3	3.7	2.3	2.3	28	17	19	9
Total	20.056	21.008	19.564	20.876	15.997	15.508	12.582	15.430	129	83	81	55

Set of Thorns

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Helm of Thorns	3.7	2.6	4.9	3.9	2.3	2.3	2.3	1.8	30	13	15	11
Armor of Thorns	11.0	8.1	14.2	11.5	7.3	7.3	7.3	5.9	66	27	33	22
Gauntlets of Thorns	2.8	2.1	3.6	2.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.6	21	8	10	7
Leggings of Thorns	6.0	4.3	7.9	6.3	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.0	42	18	22	15
Total	21.691	16.137	27.556	22.621	14.529	14.529	14.529	11.800	159	66	80	55

Slave Knight Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Slave Knight Hood	4.8	3.8	4.8	3.6	2.0	2.8	2.0	2.5	26	14	15	9
Slave Knight Armor	13.5	10.9	13.5	10.2	5.7	8.0	5.7	7.1	61	34	35	20
Slave Knight Gauntlets	3.3	2.7	3.3	2.5	1.4	1.9	1.4	1.7	20	11	12	7
Slave Knight Leggings	7.7	6.2	7.7	5.8	3.2	4.5	3.2	4.0	38	21	22	12
Total	26.501	21.771	26.501	20.492	11.796	16.223	11.796	14.524	145	80	84	48

Sunless Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Sunless Veil	1.7	1.2	1.2	1.3	5.2	4.7	4.8	5.3	7	14	10	30
Sunless Armor	11.7	9.1	12.2	11.7	11.2	9.8	6.0	11.7	43	25	33	37
Sunless Gauntlets	2.6	2.2	2.8	2.6	2.6	2.2	1.4	2.6	13	7	9	7
Sunless Leggings	6.2	4.7	6.5	6.2	5.9	5.1	2.9	6.2	27	18	21	18
Total	20.699	16.295	21.163	20.377	22.844	20.218	14.324	23.604	90	64	73	92

Undead Legion Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Undead Legion Helm	3.8	4.0	2.6	3.5	4.7	4.8	4.9	4.2	19	24	29	21
Undead Legion Armor	10.4	10.4	5.9	9.0	12.6	13.0	13.2	10.4	39	51	65	42
Undead Legion Gauntlet	2.3	2.3	1.2	2.0	2.9	3.0	3.0	2.3	16	20	24	17
Undead Legion Leggings	5.6	5.6	3.1	4.8	6.9	7.1	7.2	5.6	27	35	43	29
Total	20.503	20.668	12.254	18.072	24.704	25.365	25.695	20.834	101	130	161	109

Vilhelm's Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Vilhelm's Helm	4.6	3.6	4.6	5.2	3.4	4.4	2.0	4.0	19	15	16	13
Vilhelm's Armor	12.9	10.2	12.9	14.6	9.5	12.4	5.7	11.4	44	35	37	31
Vilhelm's Gauntlets	3.2	2.5	3.2	3.6	2.3	3.1	1.4	2.8	15	12	12	10
Vilhelm's Leggings	7.4	5.8	7.4	8.4	5.4	7.1	3.2	6.5	27	22	23	19
Total	25.518	20.492	25.518	28.511	19.200	24.612	11.796	22.699	105	84	88	73

Wolf Knight Set

Armor Piece	Physical Absorption				Elemental Absorption				Resistances				Weight	Poise
Wolf Knight Helm	4.4	3.8	4.4	4.4	3.0	4.2	2.2	3.8	23	16	17	17
Wolf Knight Armor	11.8	10.1	11.8	11.8	7.8	11.2	5.5	10.0	46	32	33	33
Wolf Knight Gauntlets	3.2	2.8	3.3	3.3	2.0	3.1	1.4	2.7	18	13	14	14
Wolf Knight Leggings	6.6	5.5	6.6	6.6	4.2	6.4	2.8	5.6	25	15	19	19
Total	23.766	20.561	23.845	23.845	16.036	22.843	11.424	20.475	112	76	83	83