Hi, I am making this thread asking some help on some armors. My current armor is the Dread Skelly Set and Ash Tail set.
I was wondering about something. I would like to make some armor as costumes, and would like to know if they would do good in combat as well.
I was planning on making Snarby Set for defense.
For costume armors:
Almirian Crusader armor (no helmet)
Deadly Virulisk suit
Vitasuit Deluxe.
Any help would be appreciated!
Armor/Gear inquiry
Snarbolax is great, but Dibsville is right that it should be a low priority if you already have Dread Skelly. I hope you also know that it can be crafted only in the Shadow Lairs.
In general, expert players recommend armor that gives offensive bonuses. The next most important consideration is shock, freeze, and fire protection. After that, damage protection is next most important. After that, other status protections are less important. By these standards:
* Vog Cub/Skolver/Snarbolax (Ash Tail upgrades) are great.
* Deadly Virulisk is great against slimes and merely okay against everything else.
* Dread Skelly is good.
* Almirian Crusader is okay (but craftable only in the Shadow Lairs).
* Vitasuit Deluxe doesn't go to 5 stars, and hence is not worth considering.
But Dread Skelly does not have the sword damage bonus... And beast/slimes aren't much of a threat.
But Dread Skelly does not have the sword damage bonus...
Right. But Dread Skelly has a bit more protection. But this protection is not as valuable as Snarbolax's sword damage bonus. That's what makes Snarbolax "great" and Dread Skelly merely "good", in my opinion.
And beast/slimes aren't much of a threat.
Right. Are you saying this in reference to Deadly Virulisk? That's why that armor is merely "okay".
The truth is that skill and experience are more important than gear, and you can win this game without a lot of fancy bonuses. So a wide variety of armors are "good" or at least "okay". But there is no reason to choose any armor that isn't "great".
Another truth about the game is that armor is boring. It slightly affects your offense or defense, but it doesn't really affect your play style to the same extent that weapons do. So make sure you try a wide variety of weapons. They're what's interesting. Once you've sampled the weapons widely, then go back and fix defects in your armor --- for example, getting Snarbolax even though you already have Dread Skelly.
Now wouldn't it be cool if armor could be specialized a bit more? Instead of just looking cool or giving small bonuses, what if the made armor change the playing style just as much as the weapons? That could be cool.
From a passive PvE player PoV:
I don't think you really need snarby set at this point since your skelly set already provide you with shadow/poison and freeze defence, I think getting the armor of the fallen + divine veil combo is what you need, I know neither of them really match well with you have currently, but you should definately consider this if you hate getting set on fire by the devilites. Snarby set is good in LD, so if you are looking forward for some PvP action, definately get a set of snarby set.
If you are detemined to go for SL, maybe consider getting the mercurial demo set for some elemental/shock defence or the ice queen crown for freeze/stun and piercing defence, the ice queen crown matches well with skolver coat or alimiran crusader armor. The mercurial demo set is kind of a beast of its own.
The vita suit is really not worth getting, the health bonus on that thing just isn't worth it, and now no one can play medic thanks to the SoL update, RIP health share revive.
The virulisk helm is great if you can upgrade your ash tail coat into a skolver coat, combine them together you will get some sick damage against slime (good for RJP or even Ice queen) with an acheron/GF.
The almirian crusader set is Azure guardian set's shadow hating cousin. Just as worthless, really not worth the maiden tear unless you want the look.
After reading much of this, I think I'll make the Vog Cub Coat as I do have a Khorovod with slime VH and the only elemental armor I have is a Heavy Demo Suit (I made this as a costume too)...
I still would like to make the Almiran Crusader and Deadly Virulisk as costume pieces.
Don't make Snarby set if you have Dread Skelly. Make Vog Cub, or better yet make Skolver then make Grey Feather.