Picking the right armor set for a build is one of the most important aspects of Elden Ring.
InElden Ring, your survival can often come down to what sort of armor you’re wearing.
There are several categories that armor sets can be broken up into.
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Obviously, there are sets compatible with melee and magic characters.
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For balanced melee builds, it’s difficult to find a stronger armor set.
Radahn’s set offers terrific protection and poise, along with not being overly heavy.
Crucible Axe Set
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Compared to Radahn’s set, the Crucible Axe set is heavier but offers better overall protection.
Veteran’s Set
This is arguably the top melee armor set in Elden Ring.
This set also increases the player’s Intelligence stat by three points, assuming they’re wearing the cap.
To acquire this armor set, defeat Rennala and then visit Finger Reader Enia at the Roundtable Hold.
The entire set costs 31,000 Runes.
However, this does come at the cost of not boosting sorcery damage or the Intelligence stat.
This armor set is acquired through Sorcier Rogier and advancingRanni’s questline.
This armor set provides some of the best overall protection, in both the physical and magical stat.
It also provides a decent boost to vitality and focus while only weighing 27 pounds altogether.
The armor set drops one piece at a time by defeating these enemies.
When worn all together, the armor set also slowly replenishes the player’s HP.
However, it is also heavier and doesn’t have the HP replenish effect.
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This armor set can actually be found quicker than the Twinned Armor but requires much more work.
Players need to defeat Cleanrot Knight enemies inCaelid.
Defeating these enemies will drop the armor pieces one by one.
To find Cleanrot Knights, players can look in Aeonia Swamp or inside the War-Dead Catacombs.
However, the War-Dead Catacombs only become available after beating Radahn.
Malenia’s Set
Malenia, Blade of Miquella is one of the toughest demigods in Elden Ring.
After playersdefeat Malenia, they can purchase her armor set from Finger Reader Enia at the Roundtable Hold.
Malenia’s armor is also one of the best-looking in all of Elden Ring.
Lionel’s Set
Perhaps the most famous of the heavy armor sets is Lionel’s.
This armor set provides some of the best physical protection in the game.
It also has nearly 80 poise, over 230 robustness, and decent magical defenses as well.
Inside this room, there will be a bed with Lionel’s armor set on it.
Bull-Goat Set
The final armor set on this list is the heaviest of them all.
To acquire this set, players need to defeat Great Horned Tragoth after saving Patches' life.
Once you save Patches, advance his questline until he’s at Volcano Manor.
During this time, players will have completed an assassination contract for Lady Tanith.
After talking to Patches at the manor, he will send you to kill Tragoth.
If players succeed, they will loot the Bull-Goat set.
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