Armor Optimizer

The most poise or defense you can wear without losing your roll.

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Your build

Endurance

Weapons and shields equipped

Rings

Roll to keep

FastMidFat

Fast up to 25% equip load, mid up to 50%, fat up to 100%.

Best for

First

Then

Settles ties.

Against

Pick a boss for the armor that takes its hits best.

More options

Armor upgrade level

Always wear

Head

Chest

Hands

Legs

Never suggest

Pieces you don't have.

Best combinationsFull setsBest per slot

Most poise at a mid roll

82poise

32.5 armor + 0 weapons = 32.5 of 65 equip load (50%)

Head: Nothing
Chest: Havel's Armor
Hands: Havel's Gauntlets
Legs: Hollow Soldier Waistcloth

Poise: 82

Physical: 159
Strike: 137.1
Slash: 182.3
Thrust: 157.4
Magic: 96
Fire: 94
Lightning: 84

Bleed: 82
Poison: 22
Curse: 35

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How it works

Every combination gets checked, so the top one really is the best under your roll's weight limit.

Wolf Ring poise adds to your armor's. Defense rings like Steel Protection add to your own defense, not your armor's, so they only count against a boss.

Least damage from a boss ranks by its average hit on you, each attack by its hardest hit, grabs aside. Your own defense comes from your SL, so it's an estimate, within 4% unless you've leveled Resistance.

Regular hits go through physical defense. Strike, slash and thrust hits go through their own.

Your poise holds when it's more than a hit's poise damage. Hits add up, so a second one before your poise comes back can still break it.