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Armourers and armour in Guild Wars




 What's the best Armour Level for my class?

Obviously the better your armour the less damage you take but, according to GameWikis on damage, formulas aside, it centers around multiples of 40. Hence on a like for like your Elementalist is cannon fodder while the warrior shrugs off simliar attacks. And yes, pushing your armor level up 10 or 20 points does make a huge difference.

Additional bonuses aside, the best AL you can have are:
60 for caster classes
70 for Rangers, Assassins and Dervish
80 for Warriors



What's the best armour variant for me?

The coy answer is, there isn't a best one, just a best one for the circumstances. Thus, for my Elementalist, I have armour vs fire, vs cold, etc and I use what's necessary for the zone. By default though I use the Krytan Battlemage +10 (vs physical) armour. That, with defense head and wrapping upgrade to a staff gives you a Warriors AL of 80 before even considering protective and defensive spells. Having at least four sets of weapons for the circumstances works too!
Anyway, as a rough guide, options are:

Extra Energy
Extra Health
Extra armour protection vs Elements [ elements / earth / fire / air / water ]
Extra armour protection vs Physical [ piercing / slashing / blunt ]



What are the different armour styles?

There's are several styles available and just because the FoW armour happens to cost about a million gold (with material costs) it doesn't necessarily mean it's the best for 'you'. Personally I remain of the opinion that for that sort of money I'd want some seriously good upgrades thrown in for the price, over and above standard options. All about look and style, I guess, just buy what you are comfortable wearing… Zip-up cardigans for me!

As an aside, it is insanely easy to get good armour in Factions compared to Prophecies. All standard armours are 1,500g, plus materials.

  • Tyria [Prophecies]:

  • Standard Tyrian 'Droks' from Morgren, or Seifred, Droknars Forge, Shiverpeaks

  • 15k 'Ascended' armour from Karl in Marhan's Grotto, Shiverpeaks (limited selection)

  • 15k 'Ascended' armour from Hagen, Granite Citadel, Shiverpeaks (limited selection)

  • 15k 'Obsidian' armour from The Eternal Forgemaser, Fissures of Woe
    (This is the one that needs obsidian shards and ectos)


  • Cantha [Factions]:

  • Ascalon armour from Suki, Keingeng Center

  • Canthan armour from Kakumei, Keingeng Center

  • Krytan armour from Oroku, Bukdek Byway (explorable), Keineng
    (This is the 'collectors' armour from pre-searing Ascalon and is actually my favourite style/skin.)

  • Kurzick armour from Morbach, House zu Heltzer

  • Luxon armour from Tateos, Cavalon

  • Shing Jea armour from Ryoko, Keingeng Center

  • Tyrian armour from Voldo the Exotic, Wajjun Bazaar (explorable), Keineng

  • 15k 'Ascended' Canthan armour from Koumei, Divine Path (after defeating Shiro)

  • 15k 'Ascended' Exotic armour from Wei Qi, Divine Path (after defeating Shiro)

  • 15k 'Ascended' Imperial armour from Maiya, Divine Path (after defeating Shiro)

  • 15k 'Ascended' Kurzick armour from Giygas, Vasburg Armory

  • 15k 'Ascended' Luxon armour from Mikolas, Leviathan Pits

I'll link to decent images later and/or maybe make up my own,





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