This is a tier list of the best armor in STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Learn the best armor, suit, and mask you can equip, and the stats of the best armor in this guide!

Best Armor Tier List

Best Suit Armor Overall

Tier	Diamond Exoskeleton	Corundum Suit	Liberty Exoskeleton
	Ruby Exosuit	Brummbar Exoskeleton	X7 Suit
	Exoskeleton	SEVA-I Suit	SEVA-D Suit
Tier	PSZ-12V Bulat	Operator Exoskeleton	Cuirass Exoskeleton
	Berill-5M Armored Suit	SEVA Suit	SSP-100M SIRCAA
	Wanderer Suit	Zircon Suit	-
Tier	Ozk's Explorer Suit	PSZ-5V Guardian of Freedom Suit	PSZ-20W Convoy
	Tourist Suit	Mercenary Suit	SSP-100 Discovery
	PSZ-7 Military Body Armor	Marauder Suit	SSP-99 Ecologist
	Bandit Jacket	Armored Bandit Jacket	Leather Jacket
	Debut Suit	-	-

List of All Suits

Best Mask Armor Overall

Tier	Mask-1 Helmet	Sphere M20 Helmet	Aeroprotection Gas Mask
Tier	PA-7 Gas Mask	Ballistic Helmet	PA-10 Gas Mask
Tier	PG-4 Facehugger Gas Mask	Optician Gas Mask	Aurora Gas Mask

List of All Masks

Best Armor Explained

Best Armor Overall
Diamond Exoskeleton	・Best Physical and Radiation Protection ・Best in Carry Weight ・Best Exoskeleton ・Best Used with Sprint Upgrade
Corundum Suit	・Second Best in Physical Protection ・Good Psi Protection ・Great Overall Stats
Best Armor in Early Game
SEVA-I Suit	・Best in Early Game Overall Stats ・Great Psi Protection ・Great Overall Stats
SEVA-D Suit	・Easier to Get than SEVA-I Suit ・Good Psi Protection ・Good Overall Stats
PSZ-12V Bulat	・Best Early Game Physical Protection
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Note: The stats shown in this page are the numerical representations of the bar display used to show armor stats, in-game (above). Numbers will range from 0~5, with 0 being the lowest, and 5 being the highest.

Diamond Exoskeleton

Diamond Exoskeleton
Thermal			2
Electrical			2
Chemical			2
Radiation			4
PSI			2.1
Physical			4
Weight					Artifact Slots
9.5 kg					5
Bonus Effect					Maximum weight +17.6 kg

The Diamond Exoskeleton is the best armor overall, beating even the X7 Suit. All of its upgrades are also accessible wtihout blueprints. When fully upgraded, it will be 0.5 kg lighter than the Corundum Suit, and sports a 5 in both Radiation and Physical Protection, the highest known for any suit in the game.

It supports 5 artifact slots by default, 4 of which can be upgraded with Lead Containers for full artifact Radiation Protection. It also has a bonus effect of +17.6 kg maximum carry weight, and when paired with the Sewn-on Pockets upgrade, pushes your carry weight to 106.0 kg.

The Diamond Exoskeleton is obtained only in Prypiat and in the Spark Bunker in Yaniv, both becoming accessible during and after the late game mission The Boundary. Also, you will need to upgrade it to Sprint first since you cannot run in exoskeletons by default.

How to Get the Diamond Exoskeleton

Corundum Suit

Corundum Suit
Thermal			1
Electrical			0.9
Chemical			0.8
Radiation			2.5
PSI			1.1
Physical			3.5
Weight					Artifact Slots
10.0 kg					3

The Corundum Suit is the best armor for a non-exoskeleton option, having high values for both the Radiation and Physical Protection stats while still having some for Psi Protection and other elements. Like the Diamond Exoskeleton, none of its upgrades are locked behind a blueprint.

It can be upgraded to have 5 artifact slots and 2 protected with Lead Containers. When fully upgraded, it can reach a 4.9 in the Physical Protection stat, having the highest physical damage negation of any armor before a fully upgraded Diamond Exoskeleton.

How to Get the Corundum Suit

SEVA Suit-I (Early Game)

SEVA-I Suit
Thermal			1.3
Electrical			1.5
Chemical			1.5
Radiation			3
PSI			2.1
Physical			2.5
Weight					Artifact Slots
8.0 kg					4

The SEVA-I Suit Suit is one of the best early-game options when it comes to a light suit with great Physical Protection, amazing Radiation Protection, and Psi-Protection to boot. Nabbing this suit makes you mostly set for majority of your playthrough until you can find better armor that suits your playstyle.

You can obtain the SEVA-I Suit early by going to the Yantar Production Complex in Yantar. It will be inside a building with a lot of pipelines that you will have to platform in the Yantar Production Complex.

Alternatively, you have to venture all the way west to Duga. Within the region, it will be located within a locked cell in the Arms Depot building. Be warned that it's guarded by a Burer. You can either defeat the Burer or lure it outside to safely work on obtaining the suit.

How to Get the SEVA-I Suit

SEVA Suit-D (Early Game)

SEVA-D Suit
Thermal			1.1
Electrical			1.45
Chemical			1.4
Radiation			2.5
PSI			1.55
Physical			2.5
Weight					Artifact Slots
8 kg					3

If you are looking for something more accessible than the SEVA Suit-I, then look for the SEVA-D Suit at the Cage area in the Cement Factory region. Make sure to bring a lot of healing items since the location will be occupied by a unique anomaly that gives continuous health damage.

Unlike the SEVA-I Suit, however, it has lesser overall stats and has 1 less artifact slot. This is still a great suit you can still pick up if you need an immediate Psi protection alternative to the PSZ-12V Bulat.

How to Get the SEVA-D Suit

PSZ-12V Bulat (Early Game)

PSZ-12V Bulat
Thermal			1
Electrical			0.6
Chemical			0.7
Radiation			2.5
PSI			0
Physical			3.3
Weight					Artifact Slots
9.0 kg					4

For the best armor that you can get the earliest, the PSZ-12V Bulat sports the best Physical Protection among most armor, being even higher than the SEVA suits by default. It, however, offers no Psi Protection.

Fully upgraded, the suit supports 5 artifact slots and 1 protected with a Lead Container. It will also have 4.5 in Physical Protection, beating most other armor in this stat, and protecting you from a lot of damage against bullets, melee, and gravity anomalies.

The PSZ-12V Bulat is the easiest to obtain in this list and is the fastest way to get 4 artifact slots in the early game. You only need to get it at the Army Warehouses in the Chemical Plant region after finishing the early main mission Behind Seven Seals which lets you leave the Lesser Zone.

How to Get PSZ-12V Bulat

Best Armor Criteria

Armor List Criteria

The most common damage type that you will encounter in the Zone is Physical Damage since you will go through a lot of gunfights with hostile Stalkers and regularly encounter Mutants. The next most dangerous is Radiation since radioactive areas are very common within the Zone.

You will want to also look an armor's available Artifact Slots to utilize powerful effects such as more Health, Endurance, Weight, or Physical Protection. Lastly, consider Psi Protection when you need protection for psi-related attacks from mutants like the Controller.

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