Rather, use it as an alternate while you obtain and upgrade your main piece. I actually suggest that you do not upgrade it all. While it does not make the top 10 when fully upgraded, the Sanctum Knight Chest Armor provides very high defense and poise per weight as-is, without any upgrading.

I would like to confer an “honorable mention” to an outstanding item.

The highest scorers should provide the biggest “bang-for-the-buck” when outfitting your character. The goal was to have a score that reflected all resistances (physical and elemental), poise and durability, relative to weight. Physical damage, resistances and weight were scaled more heavily since they are more important than the other factors (this is another subjective call on my end). I set up a scoring system that takes into account the physical damage rating, resistances (elemental, curse and petrification), poise, weight, durability and the bonus factor to defense when the item is fully upgraded. Therefore, the majority of defenses will be provided by the chest armor. For the sake of this analysis, I will generalize that you are more likely to wear a non-chest item for a passive effect. These items more often have passive buffs that help round out the character with useful attributes. Head, arm and leg armor typically provides a much lower level of physical defense. I am limiting this discussion to chest pieces. I have set up some ground rules to make an objective comparison from item to item. While I can’t recommend how to outfit your character in the most fashion-forward manner, I can provide you with my analysis and thoughts on the best armor available in the game. Another camp is for the more relaxing times that call for “Fashion Souls”. One camp 1 calls for optimized defensive ratings, resistances, and passive buffs and effects. Which camp you fall into might depend on your character, intended build or even whether the action will be mostly PVE or PVP.

There are 2 reasons to wear armor in Dark Souls 2.

Elite knight armor dark souls 1