So basically use a root chest on the big spikey roller mob... as well as anything else in the game pretty much. Carry a ton of fire resist. Expect lots of mobs. Got it , many thanks.
I tried to enter with Fenris and gave up due to very low defnce and daggers becoming very ineffective. Switched to mage with skill levels below 10 and it was much easier, especially after getting the root staff after first bastion. On my first playthrough I used max armor build with sword and bucker, it was very viable thanks to parrying.
the fact that the warlock hits like a truck is because you are wearing the feather cape, it is VERY weak to fire. take it off when fighting warlocks it helps
Barley wine completely negates any fire weakness, and all pre-ashlands capes have the same armor values, so you can just swap to something else if you are worried about the fire weakness.
This video was only for entering the Ashlands your first couple of times before you can upgrade to the flametal set. Stay tuned though because I will be testing the new armors very soon (Then I'll say whether Root is better than flametal or not).
Fair.. tbh I abandoned this comment to make a more complete comment with my other one. Shouldn't have hit post rather than clicking through to discard on this one
It would be interesting to see how root vest does against accidentally getting hit by one of those fire blobs. I know they give plenty of warning before exploding, but if you're running from mobs from every direction, you might end up getting fire goo on you. Guess the play is to just pop a fire resist potion right when landing, just in case.
Yeah fire resist mead when in doubt, however, if you are stingy, quite a few of the mobs dont even do fire damage. However, might have to let a lava blob hit me just to see the damage without a fire mead.
Fenris armor is pretty good for scouting and exploring the ashlands. You out run everything, especially if u make the new Ashvin Cape. I'll try out the Root Chest but since magic is helpful I just run Carapace Helm (switched to Flametal Helm) with 2 pieces of mage armor and it works out fine when I have fight or clear a fortress.
Whats the point of upgrading your last biomes armor if its useless in the next biome. The incentive for upgrading should mean its bis for the next biome
That is currently the problem. I don't think the root chest is overpowered, I just think that all of the following options have been underwhelming. It would make sense that full carapace should be your best option to enter the Ashlands, but that just isn't the case due to no other armor piece being nearly as useful as halving the damage of a common damage type.
ughh, root harnesk is such poorly designed item. It is completely breaking the progression it's so OP. A tier 3 light armor item should not be your best defensive choice in biome 7. that's rediculous. They should change it so that you only get pierce resist when you're wearing all three root pieces.
I just wish they would add more armor bonuses or better ones atleast. Variety in choice is fun. Remove the root chest, and we still lack diversity in choice. It is just whatever has the highest armor value. Easy nerf to root is to just remove some pierce damage from the ashlands, but I'd rather they just add cool bonuses to other armors.
how much more damage is reduced if you wear carapace legs instead of fenris? If you're popping barely wines, the resistance to fire isnt needed on fenris, main thing is you arent slowed down as much but considering voltures actually do a good amount of slash damage, and theyre in groups, that would probably be this mixed sets main issue.
The Fenris legs are only for the movement speed. You need the full set for the fire resist buff. The damage resistance of carapace legs is in my opinion not worth the tradeoff of the extra speed due to armor giving diminishing returns the higher it gets. I belive my "Is Fenris Armor Op" video shows the damage difference, and the speed difference.
When i saw they went with the blandest of the three ashmage armor concepts that really sealed the deal for coming back to my root chest. Tho I might swap out for mage gear for some hocus focus. Low-key I don't actually mind taking it through the biomes. I got my root from the swamp, my frostner from the mountains, my cloak from the mistlands, and my wine from the plains. To me it's more like taking my achievements in the previous biomes with me.
My only complaint is that you didn't try to parry, use any blessings, dodge or even block. Good job on showcasing the armor resistances but it does not take into account many of the things that will actually kill you in the ashlands... its not just the enemies. Otherwise it's a good video on the basis of noobs not knowing the combat but at this point you should be much better at combat unless you are just coming back...
I get it, I just focused on the armor resistances because your armor should always be your last defense, and I wanted to show what would protect you best. Good food and a Good shield will do most of the work.
Possible to make an updated "The Best Weapon For Each Biome! (Explained in 6 minutes)" video? I really like how informative your videos are and still direct to the point. Keep it up
Sure, I'm about to make a video for the current best armors in the game, then I'll start taking a look at making a best weapon for each biome. Call me Papa John cause I always deliver.
Unfortunately the Valkyrie wasn't included in the test, what about that? edit: the Asksvin is also not included, but they are common enemies in the Ashlands.
Valkyrie seemed to have Pierce damage. Root chest surprisingly was better than carapace. Just take your resistance meads. The askvin's damage is not reduced by the root chest, so you do take a little bit extra damage than the carapace. Hopefully that helps. I'll make sure to include more enemies in my next video.
Definitely mentioned that the Ashlands is littered with enemies. I just didnt test vs multiple enemies so that I could better showcase each armors resistances vs some common enemies.
@@t0ssacoin408 Right now stand and wait to parry while 3 Warriors, a Morgen, 5 Marksmen and a pack of Askvins are all getting in a circle to make your aquantaince
Something i noticed last night was that, The Feather Cape now has "Very Weak vs Fire" stat on it, so you have to use a fire potion if you want the cape Also i enter with a mixed set - Padded Head, Root Chest, Ether Legs (didnt want to farm for full Ether set) i'm the party Support Mage - primary to cast protection and when possible deal damage
Honestly as long as you have rested buff, that is an extra +100% eitr regen. The extra regen you get from the armor seems to have diminishing returns. Maybe they have made changes to it since I last tested it.
They REALLY need to tone down the enemy spawn. It's actually ridiculous. You'll have 3 or every mob type chasing you at times. Like wtf are we meant to do at that point??
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So basically use a root chest on the big spikey roller mob... as well as anything else in the game pretty much.
Carry a ton of fire resist.
Expect lots of mobs.
Got it , many thanks.
Perfectly summarised
I am not going to wear that ugly ass root armour for 4 biomes straight. Devs. I hope you’re watching this.
Literally spit out my drink reading this lmao. Who knows, hopefully the new armors are worth wearin. Havent tested them yet.
Actually this one is my fav, it looks great
@@theashenone9703 Root was an acquired taste for me. Took me a while to like how it looks.
Root armour is the best looking armour in the game, F Badass.
@@fungjungkung Not the worst looking, but def tired of it being so good.
I tried to enter with Fenris and gave up due to very low defnce and daggers becoming very ineffective. Switched to mage with skill levels below 10 and it was much easier, especially after getting the root staff after first bastion.
On my first playthrough I used max armor build with sword and bucker, it was very viable thanks to parrying.
@@burger-enjoyer Parrying is super strong on default settings
the fact that the warlock hits like a truck is because you are wearing the feather cape, it is VERY weak to fire. take it off when fighting warlocks it helps
Good point, the fire portion of their attack does a sizeable amount of damage to root and the feather cape.
Thank you for this
What I'm worrying about is protecting my wooden builds that incorporate hearths and campfires in the update HAHAHAHA
Pretty sure they should be fine as long as they arent in the Ashlands, unless you turn on the world modifier for it.
Why no mention of cape? Doesn't "weak vs fire" cause an issue with feather cape?
Barley wine completely negates any fire weakness, and all pre-ashlands capes have the same armor values, so you can just swap to something else if you are worried about the fire weakness.
@@t0ssacoin408 I'm worried about slow fall...just the slow fall lol
@@gund2281 Not as much verticality in the Ashlands, so it isn't as much of a requirement. If you like it, just make sure you have a Barely wine.
Hard disagree eith this asessment,
Flame metal chest increases fire resist
This video was only for entering the Ashlands your first couple of times before you can upgrade to the flametal set. Stay tuned though because I will be testing the new armors very soon (Then I'll say whether Root is better than flametal or not).
Fair.. tbh I abandoned this comment to make a more complete comment with my other one.
Shouldn't have hit post rather than clicking through to discard on this one
Buckler Naked Heimer:Foolish min-maxers, look at what they need to mimic a fraction of my power.
@@dirk1998 I am far from ever being good enough to do a naked run lol
For me its fenris or nothing, drip and speed are the only things that i want, and if they cant touch me hiw can they kill me
@@rdnorbix5363 the drip does go hard!
Great video! So crazy root is OP in a FIRE biome😂
Kinda nutty!
I'm so sad for esthetics of most effective armor...
I'm hood enjoyer but haven't found good set with eitr regen hood
@@marekw7562 Would be cool if they just added a transmog system
It would be interesting to see how root vest does against accidentally getting hit by one of those fire blobs. I know they give plenty of warning before exploding, but if you're running from mobs from every direction, you might end up getting fire goo on you. Guess the play is to just pop a fire resist potion right when landing, just in case.
Yeah fire resist mead when in doubt, however, if you are stingy, quite a few of the mobs dont even do fire damage. However, might have to let a lava blob hit me just to see the damage without a fire mead.
So basically the same setup as the Mountains, Plains and the Mistlands.
@@fortheloveofking Pretty much, but content is content. I atleast test other options to see what they look like number wise.
Fenris armor is pretty good for scouting and exploring the ashlands. You out run everything, especially if u make the new Ashvin Cape. I'll try out the Root Chest but since magic is helpful I just run Carapace Helm (switched to Flametal Helm) with 2 pieces of mage armor and it works out fine when I have fight or clear a fortress.
Playstyle definitely persuades ny choices in what armors I find best. Othet armors do have their uses.
Fenris for life, tho I’ll used this when tackling the Fortress
Got the need for speed. Plus it looks cool.
Whats the point of upgrading your last biomes armor if its useless in the next biome. The incentive for upgrading should mean its bis for the next biome
That is currently the problem. I don't think the root chest is overpowered, I just think that all of the following options have been underwhelming.
It would make sense that full carapace should be your best option to enter the Ashlands, but that just isn't the case due to no other armor piece being nearly as useful as halving the damage of a common damage type.
Nah, eitr weave for life.
A true magic boi
I'm with ya, armor doesn't matter if they can't touch you and the ice staff/etir set is so good
ughh, root harnesk is such poorly designed item. It is completely breaking the progression it's so OP. A tier 3 light armor item should not be your best defensive choice in biome 7. that's rediculous. They should change it so that you only get pierce resist when you're wearing all three root pieces.
I just wish they would add more armor bonuses or better ones atleast. Variety in choice is fun. Remove the root chest, and we still lack diversity in choice. It is just whatever has the highest armor value.
Easy nerf to root is to just remove some pierce damage from the ashlands, but I'd rather they just add cool bonuses to other armors.
love this armor combo too
Kinda silly to me that this is the optimal setup for entering a fire biome lol.
how much more damage is reduced if you wear carapace legs instead of fenris? If you're popping barely wines, the resistance to fire isnt needed on fenris, main thing is you arent slowed down as much but considering voltures actually do a good amount of slash damage, and theyre in groups, that would probably be this mixed sets main issue.
The Fenris legs are only for the movement speed. You need the full set for the fire resist buff.
The damage resistance of carapace legs is in my opinion not worth the tradeoff of the extra speed due to armor giving diminishing returns the higher it gets.
I belive my "Is Fenris Armor Op" video shows the damage difference, and the speed difference.
When i saw they went with the blandest of the three ashmage armor concepts that really sealed the deal for coming back to my root chest. Tho I might swap out for mage gear for some hocus focus.
Low-key I don't actually mind taking it through the biomes. I got my root from the swamp, my frostner from the mountains, my cloak from the mistlands, and my wine from the plains. To me it's more like taking my achievements in the previous biomes with me.
Yeah, it is nice to have some of our items be useful long term. I hope they lean more into designing items that are useful long term.
My only complaint is that you didn't try to parry, use any blessings, dodge or even block. Good job on showcasing the armor resistances but it does not take into account many of the things that will actually kill you in the ashlands... its not just the enemies. Otherwise it's a good video on the basis of noobs not knowing the combat but at this point you should be much better at combat unless you are just coming back...
I get it, I just focused on the armor resistances because your armor should always be your last defense, and I wanted to show what would protect you best. Good food and a Good shield will do most of the work.
Possible to make an updated "The Best Weapon For Each Biome! (Explained in 6 minutes)" video? I really like how informative your videos are and still direct to the point. Keep it up
Sure, I'm about to make a video for the current best armors in the game, then I'll start taking a look at making a best weapon for each biome. Call me Papa John cause I always deliver.
i kinda hate how every slash looking attack deals pierce dmg, good for sveaty ugliest armor piece users tho
a Min Maxers dream, but I agree. Really should have been a slash only mob. Maybe even with some Heat damage to make the flametal more useful.
I like the look of the armors induvidually but i would rather have worse armor if it means i dont have to use a combo from 4 sets
I'm with you on that. However some sets do make some pretty nice looking combos.
Unfortunately the Valkyrie wasn't included in the test, what about that?
edit: the Asksvin is also not included, but they are common enemies in the Ashlands.
Valkyrie seemed to have Pierce damage. Root chest surprisingly was better than carapace. Just take your resistance meads. The askvin's damage is not reduced by the root chest, so you do take a little bit extra damage than the carapace. Hopefully that helps. I'll make sure to include more enemies in my next video.
@@t0ssacoin408 Thanks for testing! :)
Nah fuck root armor 4th biome in a row, drip comes first.
@@igrvks lol, they just need to make better items
Man, I've tried to find a video like this and you made it :D Time to go to Ashlands!
Have a safe journey! Glad I could help!
You forgot about the part where you’re never just fighting 1 or 2 at a time.
Definitely mentioned that the Ashlands is littered with enemies. I just didnt test vs multiple enemies so that I could better showcase each armors resistances vs some common enemies.
Thank God for shields.
A good parry is easily the best defense.
@@t0ssacoin408 Right now stand and wait to parry while 3 Warriors, a Morgen, 5 Marksmen and a pack of Askvins are all getting in a circle to make your aquantaince
hmm nah, I'll just use an eitr-weave set and parry every attack :))
Valid option. I'm not much of a magic user, but if you are, there really is only one choice.
Good luck when you’re being attacked by 10 enemies at once 😂
@@blakuss95 they do be crazy in the Ashlands
This is your best video yet
Always Improvin!
Nice vid! Can't wait to play over the weekend !!
Get ready because that biome is 0-100 all the time lol
did you upgrade the armours to max?
Everything was maxxed except for carapace due to not being able to max it until you get another black forge upgrade in the Ashlands.
Something i noticed last night was that, The Feather Cape now has "Very Weak vs Fire" stat on it, so you have to use a fire potion if you want the cape
Also i enter with a mixed set - Padded Head, Root Chest, Ether Legs (didnt want to farm for full Ether set)
i'm the party Support Mage - primary to cast protection and when possible deal damage
Honestly as long as you have rested buff, that is an extra +100% eitr regen. The extra regen you get from the armor seems to have diminishing returns. Maybe they have made changes to it since I last tested it.
You need fire pots whether you use that cloak or not.
vid for best ashlands tier armor 🙏🏻
Coming soon! Call me papa john because I deliver.
They REALLY need to tone down the enemy spawn. It's actually ridiculous. You'll have 3 or every mob type chasing you at times. Like wtf are we meant to do at that point??
They should have a patch coming soon that does that. It is currently in the player test beta.