You will need good armor on your adventure to defeat the Arch-Illager, but there are a lot of armors for different situations and builds, and it can be hard to choose which one to equip. With this guide, we can help you make the choice, so read on to learn what the best Unique and Common/Rare armors are!

Best Armor

List of Best Armors

Armor (Click to Jump!)	Pros and Cons Summary (← See full Guide below!)
Highland Armor	Pros: ・Reduces Damage taken, Boosts Damage output, Speed Buff Cons: ・Unique; Hard to Find
Archer's Armor	Pros: ・Fast Movement, More Arrows, Ranged Attack Up Cons: ・Unique; Hard to Find
Souldancer Robe	Pros: ・Artifact Damage Up, Gain More Souls, Negate Damage Chance Cons: ・Unique; Hard to Find
Scale Mail	Pros: ・Reduces Damage taken, Boosts Damage output, Easy to Find Cons: ・Only two Effects
Soul Robe	Pros: ・Artifact Damage Up, Gain More Souls, Easy to Find Cons: ・No Damage Negaton, Only two Effects
Reinforced Mail	Pros: ・Reduces Damage taken, Negate Damage Chance, Easy to Find Cons: ・Long Roll Cooldown

Best Unique Armor

Highland Armor

This armor is one of the best Armors for solo play melee builds. It reduces incoming damage and increases your melee damage at the same time, which is perfect for getting into a group of mobs and mowing them down with your melee weapon.

As if that wasn't enough, it negates the slow down you usually get from Rolling and grants you a Speed buff instead! Need we say anything more? Use the Highland Armor to always come in swinging better, faster, stronger.

Highland Armor Stats, Effects and Location

Archer's Armor

This armor is great for a hit-and-run ranged build. It has everything you need, fast movement speed, more arrows, and more damage with your ranged attacks.

A must-have for anyone who wants to deal damage from afar and never let any mobs get close!

Archer's Armor Stats, Effects and Location

Souldancer Robe

This armor is great when using an Artifact Soul Build! Not only do you absorb more souls with it, but there is also a chance that you will negate a hit, dealing no damage to you!

The best bonus this armor gives is the significant Artifact damage bonus. This makes Artifacts like Harvester deal way more damage.

Souldancer Robe Stats, Effects and Location

Best Common/Rare Armor

Scale Mail

A good armor for a melee builds if you don't have any good Unique armor. It has decent all-around effects that any melee build would benefit from.

It's nothing fancy but it gets the job done!

Scale Mail Stats, Effects and Location

Soul Robe

It's abilities are almost exactly like the Souldancer Robe, so while it doesn't have the chance to Negate Damage, it's still effective for increasing your Soul gain and Artifact damage.

You can Heal with the extra Souls too, so we strongly recommend this if you don't have any good Soul Build Unique armors.

Soul Robe Stats, Effects and Location

Reinforced Mail

This armor has the best defense in the Common/Rare category. This is a great armor for any Tank Build, allowing you to soak up a lot more damage than other armors.

The downside of this armor is the longer cooldown for the Roll. With your defenses, however, you won't need to Roll most of the time anyway, so it's not too big of a deal!

Reinforced Mail Stats, Effects and Location

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