Just a PSA about the Black Knife armor: You don't need to have the full set equipped for the silent footsteps bonus, only the chest piece. Also the cape is the part of the armor that grants the bonus so if you alter it with the sewing kit to remove the cape you lose the bonus until you put it back on.
I've finished farming for this armour called Fire Prelate and I believe it's the highest defensive armour you can get at 86 Poise you find the enemy that drops it near the Big chunky thin path in the snow area. (I described that so terribly...)
Some timestamps for all of u ppl: 0:22 - Black Knife set 2:02 - Veteran's set 3:08 - Crucible knight set 5:10 - Azur's set / Lusat's set 8:28 - Raging Wolf set (and plenty of other sets that you get in process of completing this quest) 9:42 - Hoslow's set 10:28 - Night's Cavalry set (+ancient dragon smithing stone)
If you destroy the chariots before getting to the crucible knights youll get another armor set called the tree sentinels set Its also another great set. Before you run up the platform past the final chariot you can drop down where you see a body hanging off the edge. keep dropping down until you get on one of the two bottom platforms and walk across until you get to the other side. Go into the new area and hit the fire column it will go up and cause the chariots to collide once all 3 collide you get the armor set. they will not respawn.
@@datnibba6120 just did it, they do not need to be alive. you get the set and incant the moment they all break. i even got killed by the last one and still got it.
The amount of crazy hidden steps needed to get those two mage sets are mind-boggling, that and the way you have to find Mohg, or the Prince of Death encounter, just speaks to how absolutely massive this game is, while actively hiding so much of it form you.
For Black Knife's armor. You don't need to have all armor equip to have the unique skill activated. You only need to wear the armor and you can mix helm, boots, gloves with anything you like and still have the unique skill of being stealth.
@@danb7067 I use only the armor and have it's effect on. I thought it was a bug or something when I don't anything when ny character roll. I run dex arcane build. It may be related to dex.
@Dan B I gave it to a new unleveled character (bandit) and found just wearing the chest gave the silent footsteps effect, if there is a Dex requirement it's not going to be much.
@@danb7067 If you alter the chest piece to remove the cloak, it will no longer give the bonus effect. There are no stat requirements for it to be active.
You can destroy the chariots for the Tree Sentinel set by equipping and using Margit's Shackle when you turn the corner to the second set of chariots. It somehow activates the fire pillar and you'll receive both the armor set and the Holy Ground ash of war for shields.
also at 4:12 you can go into that left gap next to the chariot and throw a bomb through the opening on the opposite side and it will also activate the fire pillar.
You don't need to activate the Shackle - Hit the pillar to make it raise and then make you way back to the second alcove where there are 2 Chariots. They will actually all run into each other destroying all 3 in the process.
I have a habit of splitting my priority 70/30 on looks to stats even though I'm only at 60% equip load, this video has helped me get looks to highest priority
The Night's Calvary set is also hands down one of the most Berserk/Guts accurate armor if you're trying to complement that heavy greatsword you find in Caelid. Used to rock it with my STR build pre-patch before I whored myself out to a dex-int-fai build.
One of my favourite early- to mid-game armour sets is banished knight armour. Relatively easy to farm from banished knights, starting from stormveil castle, and later there's a knight patrolling around dragon communion church in Caelid
If you're looking for armor with good poise/weight ratio, I also recommend Blaidd's set which you get through Ranni's questline, as well as the Mausoleum Knight armor set which can be farmed off the knight in front of Black Knife Catacombs.
Wish I knew this at lvl 80 xD. Wound up farming until I was 110, getting and maxing mimic, then maxing bloodhound fang and finally barely got through. Had more trouble with niall than any other boss. Now I’m ready to get my revenge in NG+.
Once you get to the three chariot room, you can hide in that recess in the ramp on the right side going down, use margits or moghs shackle and it triggers the pedestal to destroy the chariots without all the extra trekking.
for the Black Knife set only the body armor gives the sound remove and when u remove the cape of it (the shadow) you loose the buff. The black Knife set is one of my fav.
@@Kirokill1 "Traces of power yet remain in its concealing veil, which muffles the sound of footsteps." Thats from the item description. So its definitely intended that you loose the buff when you remove the veil / cape.
I found the fingerprint stone shield which is the best greatshield for strength build player like me. At default, it has a 100% physical damage negation and 81% guard boost(stamina depletion) negation. But once fully upgraded, it has a 90% guard boost which means I barely lose stamina when I guard myself against bosses attacks. I was able to tank end game bosses with this greatshield and I beat the game today after 90 hours. It does have a strength requirement of 48 though, so it's best suited for strength builds/classes
@@SilverTwinkle I was not aware of that ash of war and I did not spend a lot of points on fp anyways. I had plenty of stamina to spare cause my endurance is 60
@@shiroufan5401 To be able to wear heavier armor for better poise cause sometimes I like to 2 hand a weapon. My strength is 68 but 66 would have sufficed cause when I 2 hand my axe, it gets a bonus of 1.5x. My greatshield itself weighed around 29 and I am using strength build wielding greatshield and heavy armor
@@SilverTwinkle or just use the shield talisman, finger print shield and shield talisman. You never loose stamina when blocking. Next play through I’ll run 2 of the finger print shields.
In the same place you get the Crucible Axe set you can also get the Tree Sentinel set by making the charots colide. There's also the other variant of the Crucible Knight set, the Crucible Tree set which you get in the Deeproots Depths in a chest behind a Crucible Knight Seluria boss
one thing I wanted to add you are using that black knife armor if you equip the Talisman that allows you to go invisible when you crouch you will love it. there is so much Synergy between those two items that is a crime not to pair them together. it's also worth noting like true Elden ring fashion they normally don't Place items randomly so if anyone is having trouble with that City where you get the actual armor set it will help you a lot if you equipped it especially mixing it with the talisman and a century torch so you can see the invisible black knife assassins. you just avoid those guys because you can see them and then when you get on the roof you can go invisible so The Archers have a harder time pinning you down especially considering they cannot hear you
Yeah, f' those archers ... they gave me a hella trouble; took me at least 10 tries to figure a strat to defeat them and I was wearing the black knife armor set the whole time. Felt great though when I finally managed to navigate/defeat them.
The only worthwhile armor for mages are the head pieces since those are the only pieces thatll do anything for you, otherwise youre still better off wearing actual medium/heavy armor to give you some poise and damage negation. Personally use Lusats head with either Raging Wolf, Carian Knight or Blaidds gear, because other than making you look like Mysterio, its fashionable.
If you continue Patches quest line into Volcano Manor he will offer you a kill letter. This will net you the Bull-Goat armor set one of the heaviest sets.
Do note that both headpieces only affect a single spell each, but increase the mana cost of ALL spells. Azur's Crown affects "Comet Azur", while Lusat's Crown affects "Stars of Ruin"
Someone said they buff the associated lesser spells(essentially derivatives in the lore) but I've not run mage yet and what the lesser comet azur is I have no clue.
@@nunull6427 Theres Glintstone Pebble < [Better glintstone pebble I forgot the name of] < Comet < Comet Azur Theres a few other similar spells in there like night comet but I believe those would be the derivative spells
@@ryanxmcmaster some guy did a bunch of testing and each azurs and lusats set appeared to only buff 3 spells each, but they had an additional 15% for cost for all spells, not just the ones they buffed 10%
Not sure if you missed it or just didn't bring it up but when you were getting the Crucible Axe Set if instead of running up to the boss door you fall down over the ledge onto some support beams and then walk through that area and solve the puzzle you can kill all the iron chariots which will reward you with the Tree Sentinel Set. Looks pretty nice and well compared to the Crucible Axe Set it's 8.1 weight heavier but has a higher dmg negation, especially against slash and fire dmg, and resistance.
I use Vulgar Militia,Blaidds legs,confessor gloves,and the lords remains helmet as my armor set up. And typically have been using the godskin peeler. I really enjoy the way it looks together
Jesus man I'm using cobbled together random trash with the stone wolf head because it's the best I got. .... Actually I don't even wear pants because it keeps my load medium with my weapons.
@@TheAgent0060 the ronin armor or leather armor? The leather is dropped by patches and the ronin armor can be dropped by an npc in the mountaintops of the giants later in the game
Honestly Khraze, I've been watching since NMS and you seriously got the best tips and tutorials on RUclips for the hardest games out there. I don't know how you do it but it's amazing. Thank you for all your hard work.
there is one armor set you missed, I would suggest you add the tree guardian armor set. it's found in the same tomb the crucible armor, all you need to do is wait in an enclave by that ramp system where the two chariots are going up and down next to eachother. if you wait in an enclave down on the final flat area before the arch, a couple of minutes a 3rd chariot will spawn, and all 3 will hit eachother destroying eachother. when that happens you get the full tree knight armor set. which while heavy (it's like 73lbs) is easily the best pure armor set i've found thus far in the game against pretty much everything. it also looks badass, if you take off the helmet. it looks like something a space marine might wear from warhammer 40k, if they made golden space marine armor
You don't need to use the full Black Knife armor to get the muffeld effect, all you need is to equip the chest piece!! I use it every know and then, and combine it with some better protecting gloves, boots and helmet.
The nameless eternal city underground if you horse ride to the far left of the map there a wind spiral jump in it go forward , theres a burnt down tree . You then fight the easy boss just spam him with basic magic running about on horse back . Inside the tree at the back is a chest inside that theres crucible tree armour ranks higher than the sentinel armour
I play pure sorc but love the Black Knife Set, I never really paid attention to my armor other than cosmetic so I loved it at first sight. Then I thought my game was broken when I stopped hearing sounds while I rolled and ran. This saved me so much time in Farum Azula because I could just run through the sleeping dragons on their tiny platforms lol.
Found a cheese method for the 2 guys knights. If you drag the fight on untill the carriage is far enough away it glitches the horseman out and he starts slowly walking towards the carriage allowing you to hit him a few times then he aggros for like 2 seconds then glitches again so repeat. Once horse is killed he slow walks backwards so just horfrost stomp him to death. Repeat for both horseman.
Bro, great quality video!!! I've been seeing some really bad guides for elden ring at the moment, I understand it's a pretty new game, and it's fucking huge. But seriously, no talking, people getting lost "showing" you the way, or just flat out dying and not editing that shit out. Keep up the great videos.
These armor sets are good, but if you really want the best for stats, get the Banished Knight armor set. You can farm it by killing the banished knight in the Cathedral of Dragon Communion in Caelid.
GREAT VIDEO no information left out you showed us how to get to everything. You even showed us where to find the required items to get to those locations. 👍
That’s only because it’s being presented in video guide form. If you were a mage player you were already talking to sellen since she is the mage teacher. The moment you learn comet azur which is out in the open on mt gelmir and even has a site of grace right next to it she tells you how to get the second one and you just follow the quest along. The literal only part of the quest that is a little tricky is knowing to check on the guy from the radahn festival. But you could go back to him at any point after the fight and trigger his dialogue to get him to move. So it seems that the intent was that players would speak with him before doing the quest so no hints to his involvement were put in. But everything else it guides you pretty well.
Dammitt. I screwed myself out of those 2 manor armors because I stumbled into rykard and ate his lunch while doing those quests. Would have like that wolf set.
@@adammohammed2185 same way you get the other volcano manor armors sets kill the invader the only difference is this one you get from patches when he makes it to the manor
@@Whoknows21356 good luck tarnished, I hope I don’t invade or get invaded in your realm. But be on the look out for a feral Jeff Kaplan. He’s been angry since he left the overwatch team…
For the Raging Wolf armor set you said you fight someone in the capital and it’s good for “relatively early in the game.” Is it actually relatively early in the game? I’m just finished up Mt. Gelmir (excluding Rykard so I can do the entire Volcano Manor Questline. I’ve already spent over 100 hours being very thorough with Limgrave, Liurnia, Altus Plateau, Caelid, and Mt. Gelmir. I thought the only major areas left were the capital, snowfield area, Nokron, and Haelig tree. What I’m asking is how far % wise do you think I am if I was very thorough in the areas I listed. Love this game….never spent this much time on a single player game and still been completely enthralled.
Actually, you can replace the Commander Niall Armour with the tree sentinel Armour if you like having poise. It gives you 82 based poise compared to 80. Not a huge change but just a suggestion.
When you fight Niall, only kill the soldier with the dual swords. He enrages if you kill both. The one with the shield is slow and can be easily avoided. Leave him alive and he wont fly around doing peg legged lightning kicks.
imo the clean rot armor set is one of the best looking ones in the game, but it can take a little while to get because you have to farm for random drops. Great early, and mid to early late game armor. I use it for my NG+ where stats just carry at that point.
Finally finished farming that set including all the weapons, it took forever but it was worth it, it looks fantastic, though I'm surprised it doesn't have a higher immunity stat
For me best armour statwise is tree sentinel armor Look wise is Maliketh armour Best early game armour is cleanrot armor And best looking headgear is elden Lord head ring nd wolf mask.......
what makes Tree Sentinel's set better than Banished Knight's set stat-wise? I like the look of the banished knight set over the tree sentinel set; it has little less poise and physical but less weight and advantages elsewhere and looks cooler imo.
Fun fact that I dont think many people know about the Chariots. If you get hit by the center mass it does not one shot you. Only the wheels will. The chariot itself does like 600damage and knocks you over.
3:15 there is a stronger version of this amor into the deep roots near fia questline. in the northwest of the map you have a boss to defeat who give you his weapon and behind him is a chest where is the stronger version of the crucible axe amor set. For everyone who want it :)
I’m pretty sure the only difference is that the variant you’re on about has a slightly higher protection vs Holy, Slash and Physical, and sacrifices some protection vs Fire and Pierce. Other than that, they’re pretty much identical. But other than that, I do agree that it is slightly stronger.
You mean crucible knight tree armor? Yeah it's better but it's one of the hardest armors to get bruh. It's not that ezz you think you have to beat 3 bosses in total and run like 10 kilometers and then you have to fight crucible tree knight or how was his name
@@slayer9624 First at all it doesnt care how long you have to walk or how much bosses you have to kill. I only say where the armor is and that the amor is a stronger version for all who want this amor too. Hard to get? I had no Problem to get the amor and kill the boss easy in first try. how hard the boss is depends on the player
So uh just a little message for anyone random noticing this message : The black knife armor alone muffle's it,no need to wear it all at the same time BUT if you alter the chest piece and remove the cloak it actually won't muffle the sound. Just a YSK.
The end of Sellens Questline is jsut so tragic and fucked up. I thought it was cool that you could get rif of Rennala (we defeated her anyway and maybe Sellen could take over as reincarnation Vendor) But nope, she becomes a giant magical something that suffers for all eternity
Really nice list.....the only one I will add is bull goat armor, since it got nice poise and nice defense stats.....looks wise it is only average though.
What about the Banded knight armor set? This set locks amazing and had great stets too. South West of caelid at this dragon Church you can farm it from the banned knights there. Im pretty mutch on the End and this armor still rocks.
If your trying to find the best looking amor in my opinion it’s Blaidds armor you get it after completing Rannis quest line and returning to Rannis rise it’s probably the longest quest line in the game but it’s worth it.
Ah man I really thought somebody would mention it but one of the coolest looking imo is lorettas set piece it has good magic and melee defence definitely worth looking into but u gotta go to hailege tree (or what ever it is called ) and beat her real form there and that's how u get that armor if u have it one tip go to snowy region and equip and see how much cooler it looks there
@@dildosaggins Game is easy enough honestly. Once you get +9 weapon and some min-maxing + mimic or some OP summon, you can auto pilot the game. The true end game is fashion.
Oh wow an extra 30% less damage taken? Armor is usless!!! I'm sorry but your take is pretty bad here. If your best set gives you 5% more reduction than your good looking set then sure wear that set that looks good. Otherwise the extra reduction is like having extra health.
After helping the sorceress fight, talk to her after the battle, then after gettting all the armor go back to Rennala room and collect the head gear and also talk to her again.. this time she is different 😅
Double bonus armor, if you farm the banished knight protecting the dragon cathedral until you get his whole set it's so good. Better than rahdans set in a lot of ways. Edit: Buying commander Niall's set in the roundtable hold will get you the best non-fatboy armor in the game. However Im only at the tornado spot so there may be better.
I need those first and last sets!! What do you think of the Banished Knight armor? I got Hoslow's and went to equip it and it was worse in every way except weight lol. I don't see any YT channels mentioning the banished knight set but it's pretty good imo
@@ghostraider4312 Banished Knight set that you can get at any point of the game (And I mean any. It's really easy to farm it there) from Cathedral of Dragon Communion (normal helmet, altered breastplate) has total of 57 poise, 40.6 equip load. Other version from Castle Sol (altered helmet, normal breastplate) has 59 poise, 41.2 load. Hoslow has 36/28.5 Raging Wolf 32/24.2 Scaled set has 58/38.0 btw. Little bit worse defence than a Banished tho. And Lionel has total of 79 poise, 50.5 EL. But it is what expected from onion knights.
@@darrkhunter96 Thank you for the breakdown! I'm happy to see that it's on par or better than a lot of the sets people are showing off. I haven't seen a single other player running around in it during my play so I feel special lol
I just got a PS5 last month and Elden Ring is the first game I got. I love the armors in game. I know certain armors "scale" better with specific weapons, but tbh I just throw on what looks cool. Haha. I have a mostly dex build, but use the more "magic" oriented armors because I like those most. I've been rocking Azur's armor with a katana/shield.
You can also use Margot’s shackle to mess with the chariots if use it after the first one under the arch with a light when the second one is in range I think
I'm the souls player that prefers style over function, op armor is dope but if I look like a fruit roll up with legs, I'd rather take the hobo-looking armor that actually looks kinda bad ass in its own way and the black knife is the best imo
My first playthrough, I never actually finished the game, but never found any armor better than the godrick's soldiers armor. Had the godrick's Knight's helmet though, and the banished knights shield, but the shield didn't match my play style for that playthrough. Just switched to pc and restarted though.
Armor progression in this game is very poor. You can NOT upgrade armor, you can NOT add mod slots and armor do NOT have any power type set bonus. Even the legengary sets provide ZERO player-power perks/stats other then X defense. I prefer to see stats/ set bonus effects to motivate me, like Nioh, God of war PC, Outriders and Witcher 3.
The only real advantage to armor is poise and that is only needed if you block more than dodge, it's all about the fashion buddy your stats dictate the most of it
for me as a melee the black knife armor is the one best armor for one simply reason. to be completly noisless is super usefull. running through enemies or into a back of someone instead of slow crouching is wonderfull. so much that i deleted the key in the optoions.
Banished knight set can be easily obtained outside dragon communion church in caelid. Farm the dudes outside the door until you jave the set. Jts pretty much a better version of cruciblr knights set thats easier to obtain
Crucible knight actually has a pretty low weight for that good of armor seeing as how the scaled knights armor you get from doing the valcano manor weighs 16.0 with its chestplate alone
How do you make it so the thick snow in the Consecrated Snowfield goes away? I keep seeing people play and it’s clear yet when I play I can’t see two feet in front of me
Timestamps coming later. Having some trouble with the internet -_-......
Just a PSA about the Black Knife armor: You don't need to have the full set equipped for the silent footsteps bonus, only the chest piece. Also the cape is the part of the armor that grants the bonus so if you alter it with the sewing kit to remove the cape you lose the bonus until you put it back on.
I've finished farming for this armour called Fire Prelate and I believe it's the highest defensive armour you can get at 86 Poise you find the enemy that drops it near the Big chunky thin path in the snow area. (I described that so terribly...)
Yeah just the chest piece for the Black Knife bonus
I literally just tested out armor, spells, and what not
That was one of them
Sorry, just realized I hadn't subbed yet, great videos man!
@@LatexDaddy the bull goat set gives you 100 poise
Some timestamps for all of u ppl:
0:22 - Black Knife set
2:02 - Veteran's set
3:08 - Crucible knight set
5:10 - Azur's set / Lusat's set
8:28 - Raging Wolf set (and plenty of other sets that you get in process of completing this quest)
9:42 - Hoslow's set
10:28 - Night's Cavalry set (+ancient dragon smithing stone)
Thanks
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Thank you so much.
Do you have to have the whole black knife set on because I don’t have the helmet on
If you destroy the chariots before getting to the crucible knights youll get another armor set called the tree sentinels set Its also another great set. Before you run up the platform past the final chariot you can drop down where you see a body hanging off the edge. keep dropping down until you get on one of the two bottom platforms and walk across until you get to the other side. Go into the new area and hit the fire column it will go up and cause the chariots to collide once all 3 collide you get the armor set. they will not respawn.
Do the crucible knights have to be alive to get the armor? Cause I already killed them but would really love to get the tree sentinel set
@@datnibba6120 just did it, they do not need to be alive. you get the set and incant the moment they all break. i even got killed by the last one and still got it.
@@datnibba6120 I got the armor first but honestly you should be fine. I really couldn't see why they'd need to be alive.
@@krusty_k thank you for the heads up💯
Thank you headed there when I get home from work.
The amount of crazy hidden steps needed to get those two mage sets are mind-boggling, that and the way you have to find Mohg, or the Prince of Death encounter, just speaks to how absolutely massive this game is, while actively hiding so much of it form you.
I accidentally found mohg and the death guy
yep that mageset questline is really huge
I wonder how long it take to 100% speed run this game it’d take a 24 hours at least
@@Frungle_ more
@@mysteretsym yeah
For Black Knife's armor. You don't need to have all armor equip to have the unique skill activated. You only need to wear the armor and you can mix helm, boots, gloves with anything you like and still have the unique skill of being stealth.
@@danb7067 I use only the armor and have it's effect on. I thought it was a bug or something when I don't anything when ny character roll. I run dex arcane build. It may be related to dex.
@Dan B I gave it to a new unleveled character (bandit) and found just wearing the chest gave the silent footsteps effect, if there is a Dex requirement it's not going to be much.
@@danb7067 If you alter the chest piece to remove the cloak, it will no longer give the bonus effect. There are no stat requirements for it to be active.
@@danb7067 wtf no you don't lmao
I like the armor set but the Black Knifes are women.
You can destroy the chariots for the Tree Sentinel set by equipping and using Margit's Shackle when you turn the corner to the second set of chariots. It somehow activates the fire pillar and you'll receive both the armor set and the Holy Ground ash of war for shields.
Amazing!! Thanks.
also at 4:12 you can go into that left gap next to the chariot and throw a bomb through the opening on the opposite side and it will also activate the fire pillar.
You don't need to activate the Shackle - Hit the pillar to make it raise and then make you way back to the second alcove where there are 2 Chariots. They will actually all run into each other destroying all 3 in the process.
@@99rick66 Yeah but if you use the shackle back at the first doorway you don't even need to go reach the pillar to raise it
I have a habit of splitting my priority 70/30 on looks to stats even though I'm only at 60% equip load, this video has helped me get looks to highest priority
Get talismans that’s boost your defense like ritual shield talisman and dragon crest great shield talisman. It’s really noticeable honestly
Gigachads have Heavy equip load only to look cool
@@sigmamalegrindset132 I believe that's called being obese with asthma
@@slipperykorn144 how does that make sense even
The Night's Calvary set is also hands down one of the most Berserk/Guts accurate armor if you're trying to complement that heavy greatsword you find in Caelid. Used to rock it with my STR build pre-patch before I whored myself out to a dex-int-fai build.
Dex int and faith is crazy 👽
Worth mentioning. You must assist sellen and not invade her in order to get the glintstone armor pieces
yeah my buddy invaded her, so i had to do the questline for him so i could give him the set he wanted xD
Homie definetly failed to fucking mention that Wow!
@@marcheangordon5993 he said it right in the video get the golden one to help her. Did that i got all 3 armor sets
Update: if you invade her you get the other set and if you kill her before her dialog runs out you get the glintstone one too
I f..ked it by beating the fire giant before okina so I can never get rivers of blood.
One of my favourite early- to mid-game armour sets is banished knight armour. Relatively easy to farm from banished knights, starting from stormveil castle, and later there's a knight patrolling around dragon communion church in Caelid
ARMOR SET TIMESTAMPS:
1. 0:22 Black Knife armor set.
2. 2:02 Commander Niall armor set.
3. 3:08 Crucible Axe armor set.
4/5. 5:10 Azure Glinstone and Lusats armor set.
6. 8:28 Raging Wolf armor set.
7. 9:42 Hoslow armor set.
8. 10:29 Knight Cavalry armor set.
I've killed the knight calverie like 6 times no armor. Wonder if it just rare drop
@@massif6215 each one drops something different
If you're looking for armor with good poise/weight ratio, I also recommend Blaidd's set which you get through Ranni's questline, as well as the Mausoleum Knight armor set which can be farmed off the knight in front of Black Knife Catacombs.
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tip for niall's knight summons, use the bewitching branch to turn them against him
Not only that, use it on the dual greatsword one.
Wish I knew this at lvl 80 xD. Wound up farming until I was 110, getting and maxing mimic, then maxing bloodhound fang and finally barely got through. Had more trouble with niall than any other boss. Now I’m ready to get my revenge in NG+.
Or just blast them woth comet azure flask
Just summon a summon to take aggro and punk Niall. He doesn't enter second phase until the summons are dead so they are actually better to keep around
Once you get to the three chariot room, you can hide in that recess in the ramp on the right side going down, use margits or moghs shackle and it triggers the pedestal to destroy the chariots without all the extra trekking.
I love the fact that the last 3 "strongest sets" are in the list because they look badass.
I guess Charisma is a strong secret stat
If you look strong you have to get gud and defend that title. Charisma makes us all better
for the Black Knife set only the body armor gives the sound remove and when u remove the cape of it (the shadow) you loose the buff.
The black Knife set is one of my fav.
The alteration losing the buff might be an overlook in the devs side.
@@Kirokill1
"Traces of power yet remain in its concealing veil, which muffles the sound of footsteps."
Thats from the item description.
So its definitely intended that you loose the buff when you remove the veil / cape.
Continuity! *Chef's kiss*
@@_--_--_ I stand corrected, neat.
I am mage wear that armor lol makes sneaking past annoying mobs much easier 😂
The Cuckoo Knight Armor set is a classic Old School no frills Armor set - takes a bit to farm all of it, but worth it. Decent stats and looks great.
I found the fingerprint stone shield which is the best greatshield for strength build player like me. At default, it has a 100% physical damage negation and 81% guard boost(stamina depletion) negation. But once fully upgraded, it has a 90% guard boost which means I barely lose stamina when I guard myself against bosses attacks. I was able to tank end game bosses with this greatshield and I beat the game today after 90 hours. It does have a strength requirement of 48 though, so it's best suited for strength builds/classes
Or (Spoilers)
you use barricade shield ash which basically nullifies stamina consumption
@@SilverTwinkle I was not aware of that ash of war and I did not spend a lot of points on fp anyways. I had plenty of stamina to spare cause my endurance is 60
@@kavishhurbungs3152 Why would you raise your endurance to 60?
@@shiroufan5401 To be able to wear heavier armor for better poise cause sometimes I like to 2 hand a weapon. My strength is 68 but 66 would have sufficed cause when I 2 hand my axe, it gets a bonus of 1.5x. My greatshield itself weighed around 29 and I am using strength build wielding greatshield and heavy armor
@@SilverTwinkle or just use the shield talisman, finger print shield and shield talisman. You never loose stamina when blocking. Next play through I’ll run 2 of the finger print shields.
In the same place you get the Crucible Axe set you can also get the Tree Sentinel set by making the charots colide. There's also the other variant of the Crucible Knight set, the Crucible Tree set which you get in the Deeproots Depths in a chest behind a Crucible Knight Seluria boss
one thing I wanted to add you are using that black knife armor if you equip the Talisman that allows you to go invisible when you crouch you will love it. there is so much Synergy between those two items that is a crime not to pair them together. it's also worth noting like true Elden ring fashion they normally don't Place items randomly so if anyone is having trouble with that City where you get the actual armor set it will help you a lot if you equipped it especially mixing it with the talisman and a century torch so you can see the invisible black knife assassins. you just avoid those guys because you can see them and then when you get on the roof you can go invisible so The Archers have a harder time pinning you down especially considering they cannot hear you
Yeah, f' those archers ... they gave me a hella trouble; took me at least 10 tries to figure a strat to defeat them and I was wearing the black knife armor set the whole time. Felt great though when I finally managed to navigate/defeat them.
The only worthwhile armor for mages are the head pieces since those are the only pieces thatll do anything for you, otherwise youre still better off wearing actual medium/heavy armor to give you some poise and damage negation. Personally use Lusats head with either Raging Wolf, Carian Knight or Blaidds gear, because other than making you look like Mysterio, its fashionable.
If you continue Patches quest line into Volcano Manor he will offer you a kill letter. This will net you the Bull-Goat armor set one of the heaviest sets.
I accidentally killed him because I found him after I was way over leveled 😂
@@mikehunt4265 😆 hey it happens I skipped right over raging wolf to get Bull Goat 🤣 accidentally of course
@@mikehunt4265 there’s a way to revive npcs
@@TheLogansutton11 patches doesn't count as an Npc till after he survives the boss fight
There’s always ng+ I did something similar haha
He didnt talk about crucible knight set also boosting faith incantations. Its a armor set for a strength faith build
I’m a mage but can not wait to reset my build and use the crucible armour for that exact build it looks so fun.
pretty sure the helmet only boost the specific "crucible incarnation" spell
It buffs all crucible knight incantations which I believe there are 3. Aspects of crucible:breath/horns/tail
@@jeanpaul2042 is it the same for the crucible tree?
@@rowanmelville1310 yes, idk what the increase in damage is but all pieces of crucible knight armor increase the crucible knight incantations
maliketh chest armor, gauntlets and leg armor paired with the sanguine noble helm looks quite good imo. both have similar black with gold accents
I use this exact set lol.
Do note that both headpieces only affect a single spell each, but increase the mana cost of ALL spells.
Azur's Crown affects "Comet Azur", while Lusat's Crown affects "Stars of Ruin"
Someone said they buff the associated lesser spells(essentially derivatives in the lore) but I've not run mage yet and what the lesser comet azur is I have no clue.
@@nunull6427 Theres Glintstone Pebble < [Better glintstone pebble I forgot the name of] < Comet < Comet Azur
Theres a few other similar spells in there like night comet but I believe those would be the derivative spells
@@ryanxmcmaster some guy did a bunch of testing and each azurs and lusats set appeared to only buff 3 spells each, but they had an additional 15% for cost for all spells, not just the ones they buffed 10%
Azur buffs Comet shard, Comet, Comet Azur. Lusats buffs Stars, Star shower, and Stars of ruin.
The bonus is minimal and really only depends on rng to make a difference
Not sure if you missed it or just didn't bring it up but when you were getting the Crucible Axe Set if instead of running up to the boss door you fall down over the ledge onto some support beams and then walk through that area and solve the puzzle you can kill all the iron chariots which will reward you with the Tree Sentinel Set. Looks pretty nice and well compared to the Crucible Axe Set it's 8.1 weight heavier but has a higher dmg negation, especially against slash and fire dmg, and resistance.
I use Vulgar Militia,Blaidds legs,confessor gloves,and the lords remains helmet as my armor set up. And typically have been using the godskin peeler. I really enjoy the way it looks together
Jesus man I'm using cobbled together random trash with the stone wolf head because it's the best I got.
.... Actually I don't even wear pants because it keeps my load medium with my weapons.
I've been asking people about the ar.or that has a cape on one shoulder and not the other but I never get an answer
@@TheAgent0060 the ronin armor or leather armor? The leather is dropped by patches and the ronin armor can be dropped by an npc in the mountaintops of the giants later in the game
@@guywithametalramhead399 A YTer named Tanchi or Tachi wears it in his videos. I have those 2 you mentioned.
Honestly Khraze, I've been watching since NMS and you seriously got the best tips and tutorials on RUclips for the hardest games out there. I don't know how you do it but it's amazing. Thank you for all your hard work.
Nights Cavalry armor is my favorite set in the game. It looks so badass, and it's actually a pretty good set so win-win.
8:58 If you already killed Rykard you can't access to that armor set anymore, he'll moving to the next area.
Ah mannn!!! 😭😭
@@Onerva_official not true you get it in farum azula when he invades you
@@draek4804 you mean bernahl?
@@Onerva_official yeah before Maliketh you can go down instead of up leading to both a legendary talisman and an invasion by Bernahl
@@draek4804 thx got it👍
there is one armor set you missed, I would suggest you add the tree guardian armor set. it's found in the same tomb the crucible armor, all you need to do is wait in an enclave by that ramp system where the two chariots are going up and down next to eachother. if you wait in an enclave down on the final flat area before the arch, a couple of minutes a 3rd chariot will spawn, and all 3 will hit eachother destroying eachother. when that happens you get the full tree knight armor set.
which while heavy (it's like 73lbs) is easily the best pure armor set i've found thus far in the game against pretty much everything. it also looks badass, if you take off the helmet. it looks like something a space marine might wear from warhammer 40k, if they made golden space marine armor
You don't need to use the full Black Knife armor to get the muffeld effect, all you need is to equip the chest piece!! I use it every know and then, and combine it with some better protecting gloves, boots and helmet.
Ebony mail skyrim reference from champ of boethiah
How it works? I got the armor piece
@@sebastianpato2374 put the chest piece on and run around you will hear none of your foottsteps
@@xdeadcorex6391 okay thank u
How do you disappear with it
The nameless eternal city underground if you horse ride to the far left of the map there a wind spiral jump in it go forward , theres a burnt down tree . You then fight the easy boss just spam him with basic magic running about on horse back . Inside the tree at the back is a chest inside that theres crucible tree armour ranks higher than the sentinel armour
The black knife armor ability to muffle your sound is attached to only the chest. No need for the whole set 😁
The cape specifically
How do you do the disappearing move?
@@Steve.Maverick I think you're talking about the art of war bloodhound step. You can check the wiki for details
nights cavalry armor set is by far the coolest looking imo its so badass and i do so wish we could get matching horse clothing/armor
I play pure sorc but love the Black Knife Set, I never really paid attention to my armor other than cosmetic so I loved it at first sight. Then I thought my game was broken when I stopped hearing sounds while I rolled and ran. This saved me so much time in Farum Azula because I could just run through the sleeping dragons on their tiny platforms lol.
Found a cheese method for the 2 guys knights. If you drag the fight on untill the carriage is far enough away it glitches the horseman out and he starts slowly walking towards the carriage allowing you to hit him a few times then he aggros for like 2 seconds then glitches again so repeat. Once horse is killed he slow walks backwards so just horfrost stomp him to death. Repeat for both horseman.
Night Cavalry Steed should be an available skin for Torrent. Lore vise it also makes sense as both are spectral/phantom steeds.
I'm so mad I killed Snakeman before I finished the invasions. Those armours are slick
Bro, great quality video!!! I've been seeing some really bad guides for elden ring at the moment, I understand it's a pretty new game, and it's fucking huge. But seriously, no talking, people getting lost "showing" you the way, or just flat out dying and not editing that shit out. Keep up the great videos.
These armor sets are good, but if you really want the best for stats, get the Banished Knight armor set. You can farm it by killing the banished knight in the Cathedral of Dragon Communion in Caelid.
thats the best set for me, not too heavy, looks cool and has good defence.
the veterans armor is better in every way tho
@Free #22 #9 the unaltered armor is fantastic looking though
GREAT VIDEO no information left out you showed us how to get to everything. You even showed us where to find the required items to get to those locations. 👍
For how little guidance the game gives you, getting the mage armor sets is crazy complicated
Welcome to souls. Thats pretty mild compared to some secrets or tasks in the series
@@anthonylangley6843 like unlocking the dlc in dark souls 1?
Elden ring isnt as bad as other souls games
That’s only because it’s being presented in video guide form. If you were a mage player you were already talking to sellen since she is the mage teacher. The moment you learn comet azur which is out in the open on mt gelmir and even has a site of grace right next to it she tells you how to get the second one and you just follow the quest along. The literal only part of the quest that is a little tricky is knowing to check on the guy from the radahn festival. But you could go back to him at any point after the fight and trigger his dialogue to get him to move. So it seems that the intent was that players would speak with him before doing the quest so no hints to his involvement were put in. But everything else it guides you pretty well.
@@57ha i can't find that guy at radahns castle, i killed the boss but he just vanished, do u know where i can find him or i have to do this in ng+?
im happy to say after 1.5 weeks of grinding and progress im finally able to watch this end game video :)
Dammitt. I screwed myself out of those 2 manor armors because I stumbled into rykard and ate his lunch while doing those quests. Would have like that wolf set.
You forgot the bull-goat armor set with the best defense and poise at 100.
How do you get that armor?
@@adammohammed2185 by defeating the bull-goat
@@adammohammed2185 same way you get the other volcano manor armors sets kill the invader the only difference is this one you get from patches when he makes it to the manor
so if patches is gone from the volcano manor then i cant get the armor? i killed rykard already
@@ianladenheim2448 yeah then it's too late to get that armor
I really like the raging wolf set, but I messed up and I skipped it by accident. I’ll have to remember it for when I do NG+1
Bro same. The worst part is I had no idea what I was doing but now I’m in the endgame 🤷
@@drunkencowboi7934 I just finished the game today and I started my NG+1
@@Whoknows21356 good luck tarnished, I hope I don’t invade or get invaded in your realm. But be on the look out for a feral Jeff Kaplan. He’s been angry since he left the overwatch team…
For the Raging Wolf armor set you said you fight someone in the capital and it’s good for “relatively early in the game.”
Is it actually relatively early in the game? I’m just finished up Mt. Gelmir (excluding Rykard so I can do the entire Volcano Manor Questline. I’ve already spent over 100 hours being very thorough with Limgrave, Liurnia, Altus Plateau, Caelid, and Mt. Gelmir. I thought the only major areas left were the capital, snowfield area, Nokron, and Haelig tree. What I’m asking is how far % wise do you think I am if I was very thorough in the areas I listed. Love this game….never spent this much time on a single player game and still been completely enthralled.
By the time i finished my first play through i was at like 450+ hours
with 0 pvp might I add
And i am just running around cosplaying as malenia because she gave me the hardest fight and has for sure the best Boss Design in elden ring.
Same. After I beat her, i switched my guy to a girl character so I can rock all her gear lol that blade is so fun to use
Actually, you can replace the Commander Niall Armour with the tree sentinel Armour if you like having poise. It gives you 82 based poise compared to 80. Not a huge change but just a suggestion.
I love Fingerprint Armor. Isn't the strongest but looks so damn cool.
What's the song at 8:30? I know you've credited Epidemic Sounds but I've been searching and can't find it :/
When you fight Niall, only kill the soldier with the dual swords. He enrages if you kill both. The one with the shield is slow and can be easily avoided. Leave him alive and he wont fly around doing peg legged lightning kicks.
Crucible Knight Set looks awesome and I love it despite the suffering i went through to get it
imo the clean rot armor set is one of the best looking ones in the game, but it can take a little while to get because you have to farm for random drops. Great early, and mid to early late game armor. I use it for my NG+ where stats just carry at that point.
Finally finished farming that set including all the weapons, it took forever but it was worth it, it looks fantastic, though I'm surprised it doesn't have a higher immunity stat
For me best armour statwise is tree sentinel armor
Look wise is Maliketh armour
Best early game armour is cleanrot armor
And best looking headgear is elden Lord head ring nd wolf mask.......
maliketh armour is good i wish we can color are armour
@@teamhebi13 I know..... Many armors need different colors.... Especially heavy armors...
what makes Tree Sentinel's set better than Banished Knight's set stat-wise? I like the look of the banished knight set over the tree sentinel set; it has little less poise and physical but less weight and advantages elsewhere and looks cooler imo.
WOW that picture and picture for the map is very cool, I see why you have so many subscriber's!
you lost me at crucible knight duo
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Fun fact that I dont think many people know about the Chariots. If you get hit by the center mass it does not one shot you. Only the wheels will. The chariot itself does like 600damage and knocks you over.
3:15 there is a stronger version of this amor into the deep roots near fia questline. in the northwest of the map you have a boss to defeat who give you his weapon and behind him is a chest where is the stronger version of the crucible axe amor set. For everyone who want it :)
Do you mean the dude infront of the tree?
I’m pretty sure the only difference is that the variant you’re on about has a slightly higher protection vs Holy, Slash and Physical, and sacrifices some protection vs Fire and Pierce.
Other than that, they’re pretty much identical.
But other than that, I do agree that it is slightly stronger.
You mean crucible knight tree armor? Yeah it's better but it's one of the hardest armors to get bruh.
It's not that ezz you think you have to beat 3 bosses in total and run like 10 kilometers and then you have to fight crucible tree knight or how was his name
@@slayer9624 First at all it doesnt care how long you have to walk or how much bosses you have to kill. I only say where the armor is and that the amor is a stronger version for all who want this amor too. Hard to get? I had no Problem to get the amor and kill the boss easy in first try. how hard the boss is depends on the player
@@ZedGamingTTV But someone do care mate
So uh just a little message for anyone random noticing this message : The black knife armor alone muffle's it,no need to wear it all at the same time BUT if you alter the chest piece and remove the cloak it actually won't muffle the sound. Just a YSK.
The end of Sellens Questline is jsut so tragic and fucked up. I thought it was cool that you could get rif of Rennala (we defeated her anyway and maybe Sellen could take over as reincarnation Vendor)
But nope, she becomes a giant magical something that suffers for all eternity
Really nice list.....the only one I will add is bull goat armor, since it got nice poise and nice defense stats.....looks wise it is only average though.
What about the Banded knight armor set? This set locks amazing and had great stets too. South West of caelid at this dragon Church you can farm it from the banned knights there. Im pretty mutch on the End and this armor still rocks.
If your trying to find the best looking amor in my opinion it’s Blaidds armor you get it after completing Rannis quest line and returning to Rannis rise it’s probably the longest quest line in the game but it’s worth it.
Crucible knight armor sets are my favorites.
Thank you for the video! Never knew about the black knight set!
Ah man I really thought somebody would mention it but one of the coolest looking imo is lorettas set piece it has good magic and melee defence definitely worth looking into but u gotta go to hailege tree (or what ever it is called ) and beat her real form there and that's how u get that armor if u have it one tip go to snowy region and equip and see how much cooler it looks there
Poise XD When dogs and goblins still interrupt me with their attacks.
Outside of Immunity stats, armor is useless. Just wear whatever looks good to you.
Nice take lmao
Nah not true, some armors give actual stat buffs or passive damage increases to certain spells/abilities.
@@dildosaggins Game is easy enough honestly. Once you get +9 weapon and some min-maxing + mimic or some OP summon, you can auto pilot the game. The true end game is fashion.
Oh wow an extra 30% less damage taken? Armor is usless!!! I'm sorry but your take is pretty bad here. If your best set gives you 5% more reduction than your good looking set then sure wear that set that looks good. Otherwise the extra reduction is like having extra health.
@@Aliens1337 I mean I agree, I was just saying that armor is more than just fashion.
After helping the sorceress fight, talk to her after the battle, then after gettting all the armor go back to Rennala room and collect the head gear and also talk to her again.. this time she is different 😅
Double bonus armor, if you farm the banished knight protecting the dragon cathedral until you get his whole set it's so good. Better than rahdans set in a lot of ways.
Edit: Buying commander Niall's set in the roundtable hold will get you the best non-fatboy armor in the game. However Im only at the tornado spot so there may be better.
Banished set probably best set in the game
the helmet looks amazing too.
@@dreambiscuits Tru I love it
@@muhammetdonmez332 it's weird bc it beats scaled by miles on the left side of stats but the right side scaled has it beat by a lot
I can’t find the announcer from radahns festival. He‘s not at the castle and neither at sellens cave. Where can I find him?
I need those first and last sets!! What do you think of the Banished Knight armor? I got Hoslow's and went to equip it and it was worse in every way except weight lol. I don't see any YT channels mentioning the banished knight set but it's pretty good imo
Banished Knight I believe has the best overall stats for defense. But idk about poise.
@@ghostraider4312 Nice! I haven't checked the poise to weight ratio but it is definitely a slept on set
@@ghostraider4312 Banished Knight set that you can get at any point of the game (And I mean any. It's really easy to farm it there) from Cathedral of Dragon Communion (normal helmet, altered breastplate) has total of 57 poise, 40.6 equip load. Other version from Castle Sol (altered helmet, normal breastplate) has 59 poise, 41.2 load.
Hoslow has 36/28.5
Raging Wolf 32/24.2
Scaled set has 58/38.0 btw. Little bit worse defence than a Banished tho.
And Lionel has total of 79 poise, 50.5 EL. But it is what expected from onion knights.
Radhan's armor is better than the banished knight armor
@@darrkhunter96 Thank you for the breakdown! I'm happy to see that it's on par or better than a lot of the sets people are showing off. I haven't seen a single other player running around in it during my play so I feel special lol
I just got a PS5 last month and Elden Ring is the first game I got. I love the armors in game. I know certain armors "scale" better with specific weapons, but tbh I just throw on what looks cool. Haha. I have a mostly dex build, but use the more "magic" oriented armors because I like those most. I've been rocking Azur's armor with a katana/shield.
I like the Crucible Tree set the best, the helm and armor are different, but the gauntlets and greaves are the same.
You can also use Margot’s shackle to mess with the chariots if use it after the first one under the arch with a light when the second one is in range I think
I'm the souls player that prefers style over function, op armor is dope but if I look like a fruit roll up with legs, I'd rather take the hobo-looking armor that actually looks kinda bad ass in its own way and the black knife is the best imo
Beaten the game with the Bull Goat set (Great Horned Targoth set) which is the heaviest one, as soon as I got it I never changed it
No need to, if you can carry it with your weapon of choice efficiently the only time you change will be either for fashion or poison/rot
"strongest armor" as if fashion souls isn't the only important thing in these games.
Prefer the term Elden Bling
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it’s nice that each content creator makes sure to show how to get the haligtree pieces without it being the main topic
Just use anything that looks cool and doesn't make you heavy roll.
How is that featured Crucible Knight set compared to the Crucible Knight Siluria Tree set?
Think the crucible tree armor is slightly better and the stats are marginally better too
My first playthrough, I never actually finished the game, but never found any armor better than the godrick's soldiers armor. Had the godrick's Knight's helmet though, and the banished knights shield, but the shield didn't match my play style for that playthrough. Just switched to pc and restarted though.
Armor progression in this game is very poor. You can NOT upgrade armor, you can NOT add mod slots and armor do NOT have any power type set bonus. Even the legengary sets provide ZERO player-power perks/stats other then X defense. I prefer to see stats/ set bonus effects to motivate me, like Nioh, God of war PC, Outriders and Witcher 3.
Elden ring is elden ring and the armor has always been for fashion not necessarily stats
The only real advantage to armor is poise and that is only needed if you block more than dodge, it's all about the fashion buddy your stats dictate the most of it
Fashion Souls has always been the meta.
Now, if only you could color them...
First time souls player im guessing 😔
The game wasn't ever focused on armor progression its always been like that in souls games
Amazing work with these videos thank you! Helped me out a ton!
Hi, can you tell me how are you using this "shadow step" with Black knife set armor?
for me as a melee the black knife armor is the one best armor for one simply reason. to be completly noisless is super usefull. running through enemies or into a back of someone instead of slow crouching is wonderfull. so much that i deleted the key in the optoions.
Got em all minus the Wolf set on my first run because I killed the quest giver right away for his gear.
No regrets!
You only need the chest piece of the Black Knife Assassin set on to have your footsteps muted. Dats what I do and it definitely works. Amazing armor!
You deserve way more than 400k subs bro, your Elden ring vids are the best 👏💯
9:38 Relatively early in the game - show level 115 and map like 10000 km away from the start...
Didn’t know about the secret medallions. Thanks for the tip!
Banished knight set can be easily obtained outside dragon communion church in caelid. Farm the dudes outside the door until you jave the set. Jts pretty much a better version of cruciblr knights set thats easier to obtain
Crucible knight actually has a pretty low weight for that good of armor seeing as how the scaled knights armor you get from doing the valcano manor weighs 16.0 with its chestplate alone
If your going for the last armor (black armor) make sure to look for them at night they eont spawn in day.
How do you make it so the thick snow in the Consecrated Snowfield goes away? I keep seeing people play and it’s clear yet when I play I can’t see two feet in front of me
awesome guide thanks v much esp the black assassins outfit
Awesome guide man thank you.