light armor doesn't have poise. The short answer to this question is that there is no" best" armor. 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Main article: Armor (Dark Souls) For categorization purposes on this wiki, Medium Armor Sets are armor sets in Dark Souls that have a total weight between 20 and 39.9. Dark Souls; Best medium armor? Havel's seems to have the best defenses overall, but I'm wondering about overall resistances and weight/defense ratio. Graevyard 4 years ago #1. The Llewellyn Set and Kings Set are both excellent defense for their weight brackets. This is the one fight I always get naked for. Medium Armor (Burden: 18.6 to 36.9) Iron Set. the best light armor pieces are the dingy robe (best magic & lightning def in the game) + blood stained skirt (from the dingy set), and the tattered cloth hood + tattered cloth manchette (from the pyro starting gear). Also the "best" medium armor set is probably like Knight set, or Solaire's set. For other uses, see Medium Armor Sets. Elite Knight Set . I really enjoy the Silver Knight set too, but I'm having trouble locating enough twinkling titanite. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. But who cares, good poise for weight. I have around 97 endurance with RoFAP but with Havel's added on, I should be able to fast roll with a set under 36 weight total. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. 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Despite being popular in Dark Souls, this armor does not match up the stats of other sets. And yeah, Llewellyn does look like Night's Watch armor. For medium armor you are looking at weight and protective value whenever you are not trying to hit a Poise breakpoint(which you should only ever do for PvP). In my opinion, nothing beats mobility when you're dodging his slams. Here are some of the best sets of Heavy, Medium, and Light armor in Dark Souls' universe. Believe it or not, the best way to fight the Old Iron King is naked. In turn, it is heavier than Light Armor but lighter than Heavy Armor. It seems every armor in the game can be upgraded, so there's no good base armors. Grab some stuff from the knights - the captain's helm and chest have some GREAT fire resist. Can't speak from experience though. In that case I couldn't help you sorry =[. I recently completed Dark Souls Remastered 100% by earning the "the dark soul" achievement. 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