What damage type do people usually use in lockdown these days?
Would I be well advised to invest in elemental, shadow, or piercing armor if I want to join the lockdown scene?
What damage type do people usually use in lockdown these days?
Would I be well advised to invest in elemental, shadow, or piercing armor if I want to join the lockdown scene?
Hmmm.
I see.
But WOULD there be a damage type used often in PvP?
The question I'm trying to ask is, would my skelly suit be good in lockdown, or should I build some other armor?
Also, which would be better, skolver (piercing) or snarble (shadow)?
There's no real one popular defence type in LD. Allow me to explain.
1. The Black Kat Cowl is the most powerful headgear piece and is relatively cheap nowadays. Therefore, most sets are centered around it and other shadow items because defence doesn't work if you have split sets (e.g. Skolver+Vog means you get their normal defence but no more piercing or elemental than Proto set). Chaos is also very popular due to its similar damage bonuses. In the end, elemental and shadow are the most common defence types.
2. Final Flourish/BTB are just overall silly overpowered and are the most common sources of piercing damage in LD but not everyone uses them very much as Sealed Swords and Brandishes are arguably easier to get good with.
3. Acheron is the most popular Brandish due to excessive damage while the Sealed Swords have no clear dominant line. DA is generally better vs high level opponents who have good gear usually use shadow defending sets. However, since GF has curse it's better if we don't take defence into account.
4. Most guns are available in elemental and shadow damage. Some in piercing as well. As a result of this, most choose piercing or elemental guns to combat Black Kat players.
Personally, I tend to view Skolver players as better than Chaos players and thus build my sets more accordingly, choosing elemental over piercing in cases such as guns. This is becuase Skolver was far more dominant about two years ago before Chaos was buffed and thus, a lot of players who use Skolver are far more experienced. Additionally, most players who have played that long have the funds to choose a Black Kat set over Chaos.
As for your Dread Skelly, it absolutely sucks. The defence is in my opinion worse than Snarbolax' defence because Snarby provides more normal defence than shadow, which is generally better than shadow. All in all, Dread Skelly has a greater defence sum but that doesn't mean it's better.
As for what you get, that depends on what bonuses you want. A Black Kat based set is ideal but class sets are great, too. If you wanna go wiht a hybrid loadout, pick Chaos if you can't get Black Kat stuff.
tl;dr: there's no dominant damage type. Dread Skelly sucks. Get Black Kat, Chaos, or a class set.
You'd have to pump in some serious UVs to get any useful defense out of your armor. If you really want something that'll noticeably improve your defensive powers, put on Ancient Plate; you should survive an extra hit wearing that over most other armors.
Most players wear Skolver or Snarbolax for their damage bonuses.