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Physical Defense defines the protection your character has against physical damage. It does not protect the character from damage recieved by Magic, Fire, Lightning, and Dark attacks. Physical defense is further subdivided into 4 different types: [ StandardStrikeSlashThrust ]. Many weapons infused with [ Heavy GemSharp GemRefined GemRaw Gem ] generally deal physical damage and thus Physical defense protects the character from such infused weapons.

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Physical Defense is increased strongly by leveling Vitality, which also increases the character's Equip Load. This also allows the character to wear heavy armor which grants additional protection by granting high damage absorption values (which is a separate statistic). Physical defense can also be increased moderately by leveling Strength, although this is less efficient than Vitality (75%). All other attributes also grant Physical defense when leveling up, although at a strongly reduced efficiency when compared to Vitality (33%).

Main article: Armor (Dark Souls III)
For other uses, see Heavy Armor Sets.

Armor is a type of equipment in Dark Souls III.

Simcity 4 steam mods. For categorization purposes on this wiki, Heavy Armor Sets are armor sets in Dark Souls III that have a total weight of 29 or more.

CharacteristicsEdit

Heavy armor sets provide the strongest defenses and the most Poise. However, they are also extremely costly in weight, meaning that the wearer must invest heavily in Vitality if they intend to don heavy armor.

Because of the high absorption values and the great amount of Poise provided, heavy armor is ideal protection for players who intend to equip ultra weapons and perform Hyper Armor trades with opponents. Ultra weapons tend to weigh a lot and cost tremendous amounts of stamina to swing, so equipment such as Havel's Ring and Chloranthy Ring tend to go hand-in-hand with such builds.

Because virtually all heavy sets are plate metal-based, most sets in this category tend to be weak to Strike damage and Lightning attacks, though exceptions do exist. Their plate metal nature, however, also tends to make them highly resistant to Slash damage and Bleed buildup.

Heavy Armor SetsEdit

Black Iron SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Black Iron helm
6.5 4.5 6.9 6.6 4.8 5.9 4.4 4.8 26 19 21 13 6.5 7.6 450 100

Black Iron Armor
18.1 12.2 18.1 18.1 12.2 15.8 11.5 12.2 65 51 57 35 15.8 20.9 460 100

Black Iron Gauntlets
4.6 2.9 4.6 4.4 2.8 3.8 2.8 3.1 24 16 20 14 5.1 4.4 450 100

Black Iron Leggings
10.8 7.0 10.8 10.3 7.5 9.3 6.9 7.5 42 32 35 24 9.5 13.4 450 100

Black Knight SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Black Knight Helm
5.3 4.0 4.8 4.6 3.4 4.6 3.2 3.8 27 19 19 19 5.4 4.6 400 500

Black Knight Armor
15.8 12.2 14.4 13.8 11.0 14.1 10.5 12.0 58 42 39 39 13.4 15.8 410 500

Black Knight Gauntlets
3.8 3.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 3.5 2.5 2.9 18 12 11 11 3.9 3.7 400 500

Black Knight Leggings
9.0 7.0 8.3 7.9 6.6 8.5 6.2 7.2 38 27 26 26 8.2 9.5 400 500

Catarina SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Catarina Helm
6.8 5.0 6.8 6.3 4.5 4.9 5.7 5.1 34 27 27 17 7.3 8.6 460 500

Catarina Armor
18.3 13.9 18.5 17.5 11.9 12.9 15.0 13.3 74 57 57 33 17.1 23.8 460 500

Catarina Gauntlets
4.8 3.7 4.9 4.8 3.1 3.3 3.9 3.4 29 22 22 14 5.7 5.3 470 500

Catarina Leggings
10.6 8.3 10.9 10.6 6.3 6.7 8.0 6.9 47 35 35 21 10.6 14.8 470 500

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Cathedral Knight SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Cathedral Knight Helm
6.0 6.1 5.2 6.4 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.1 28 26 26 20 7.2 7.8 470 200

Cathedral Knight Armor
17.8 18.0 15.6 18.8 14.8 13.6 14.4 12.7 66 62 62 47 17.0 23.6 470 200

Cathedral Knight Gauntlets
4.3 4.4 3.8 4.9 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.1 22 21 21 15 5.3 5.3 450 200

Cathedral Knight Leggings
8.9 9.1 7.7 10.3 7.6 7.0 7.4 6.2 40 38 38 26 9.7 13.0 450 200

Dragonslayer SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Dragonslayer Helm
5.0 4.0 5.5 5.5 3.7 4.1 4.1 2.9 28 18 18 16 5.6 5.5 410 500

Dragonslayer Armor
15.6 12.7 17.0 17.0 12.9 13.8 13.8 10.7 64 40 43 36 13.8 19.1 420 500

Dragonslayer Gauntlets
3.7 3.0 4.1 4.1 3.3 3.7 3.7 2.6 21 13 14 12 4.1 4.2 400 500

Dragonslayer Leggings
8.1 6.5 8.9 8.9 6.3 6.9 6.9 4.9 38 23 24 21 8.1 10.3 410 500

Drakeblood SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Drakeblood Helm
5.2 5.1 6.2 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.2 34 19 21 15 6.1 5.7 410 100

Drakeblood Armor
14.2 14.1 16.9 13.6 13.2 12.6 11.6 11.6 78 43 46 33 13.9 16.4 410 100

Drakeblood Gauntlets
3.5 3.4 4.3 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.7 25 13 14 9 4.6 3.8 420 100

Drakeblood Leggings
7.9 7.8 9.5 7.5 7.2 6.9 6.3 6.3 45 23 25 17 8.3 9.8 410 100

Executioner SetEdit

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Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Executioner Helm
6.7 4.4 6.7 6.1 4.9 5.0 4.0 4.7 31 28 29 21 6.8 7.5 460 200

Executioner Armor
18.3 12.4 17.5 18.3 13.5 14.5 11.4 13.3 65 58 61 42 16.0 21.4 460 200

Executioner Gauntlets
4.6 3.1 4.6 4.2 3.3 3.6 2.8 3.3 24 22 23 17 5.3 4.9 460 200

Executioner Leggings
10.6 7.1 10.1 10.6 7.9 8.1 6.5 7.6 39 35 37 25 9.9 13.2 460 200

Exile SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Exile Mask
6.5 6.3 7.0 5.9 4.4 5.0 3.6 4.5 39 29 24 19 7.1 8.7 470 100

Exile Armor
18.2 17.6 16.6 15.9 12.4 14.3 12.6 13.1 97 74 62 50 17.3 23.1 470 100

Exile Gauntlets
4.8 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.3 3.7 3.3 3.4 33 25 22 17 5.5 5.0 460 100

Exile Leggings
10.8 10.4 9.8 9.3 7.4 8.5 7.5 7.8 57 43 35 28 10.4 14.8 470 100

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Faraam SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Faraam Helm
5.6 5.5 5.6 5.1 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.3 27 22 28 14 6.3 7.0 430 300

Faraam Armor
13.9 13.8 13.8 12.8 10.7 12.2 11.2 11.2 59 40 60 27 12.7 17.3 400 300

Faraam Gauntlets
3.6 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.1 21 16 22 11 4.7 4.5 410 300

Faraam Boots
7.2 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.6 6.4 5.6 5.6 34 24 37 15 6.7 8.2 370 300

Gundyr's SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Gundyr's Helm
5.94.87.05.64.44.64.44.4352525257.28.34701,000

Gundyr's Armor
16.914.119.716.213.213.713.013.28662626217.224.64701,000

Gundyr's Gauntlets
4.43.65.14.13.43.53.43.4292121215.86.04701,000

Gundyr's Leggings
9.07.510.78.67.17.47.07.1483636369.814.44601,000

Harald Legion SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Harald Legion Armor
18.3 16.7 18.6 18.3 12.6 12.7 12.2 13.6 68 62 61 60 17.2 20.7 470 600

Harald Legion Gauntlets
1.9 2.2 2.1 2.1 1.7 1.7 2.1 2.4 10 19 15 19 1.9 0.5 260 600

Harald Legion Leggings
11.0 10.0 11.1 11.0 7.6 7.7 7.3 8.1 40 37 36 35 10.8 12.9 470 600

Havel's SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Havel's Helm
6.7 6.1 6.7 6.3 5.0 5.8 4.6 5.0 31 30 30 26 10.8 10.2 500 500

Havel's Armor
18.5 17.0 18.4 17.5 14.1 16.2 12.8 14.1 72 69 69 61 21.6 27.4 500 500

Havel's Gauntlets
4.7 4.3 4.6 4.4 3.5 4.0 3.2 3.5 24 23 23 20 9.1 7.2 500 500

Havel's Leggings
10.7 9.8 10.6 10.1 8.1 9.3 7.3 8.1 45 43 43 38 15.4 17.6 500 500

Iron Dragonslayer SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Iron Dragonslayer Helm
6.1 4.5 6.4 6.6 3.9 4.5 5.3 5.1 33 22 24 11 6.3 7.0 450 1,000

Iron Dragonslayer Armor
15.7 11.6 16.5 17.2 9.9 11.6 13.8 13.2 81 54 60 29 14.8 20.1 450 1,000

Iron Dragonslayer Gauntlets
3.7 2.6 3.9 4.1 2.2 2.6 3.2 3.0 26 17 19 8 5.1 4.8 450 1,000

Iron Dragonslayer Leggings
9.5 7.1 9.9 10.4 6.1 7.1 8.4 8.0 48 32 35 16 9.5 12.5 450 1,000

Lapp's SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Lapp's Helm
6.8 5.8 6.8 6.8 4.6 4.7 4.2 4.6 31 25 22 15 6.5 7.3 450 500

Lapp's Armor
18.2 15.5 18.2 18.2 12.3 12.7 11.2 12.3 77 61 54 38 15.6 20.7 450 500

Lapp's Gauntlets
4.6 3.9 4.6 4.6 3.1 3.2 2.8 3.1 24 19 17 11 5.1 4.9 450 500

Lapp's Leggings
10.8 9.1 10.8 10.7 7.2 7.5 6.6 7.2 46 36 32 22 9.7 12.9 450 500

Lorian's SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Lorian's Helm
5.4 3.5 5.4 3.8 4.8 3.6 3.6 4.8 24 12 17 15 5.5 4.6 380 1,000

Lorian's Armor
16.6 10.1 16.6 15.9 13.3 11.2 11.2 13.6 67 41 61 50 14.7 18.4 420 1,000

Lorian's Gauntlets
3.2 2.3 3.0 2.9 2.9 1.5 1.5 2.9 16 7 11 10 3.0 1.8 360 1,000

Lorian's Leggings
8.2 5.9 8.2 7.5 7.4 5.2 5.2 7.5 38 21 27 25 6.9 6.3 370 1,000

Lothric Knight SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Lothric Knight Helm
5.2 4.0 6.3 5.0 4.2 4.7 3.1 3.8 31 18 22 14 5.8 6.3 410 300

Lothric Knight Armor
16.0 12.4 18.4 15.3 12.6 13.8 10.2 11.9 75 43 58 34 15.0 20.8 430 300

Lothric Knight Gauntlets
3.8 2.9 4.6 3.6 3.1 3.3 2.3 2.8 25 15 19 12 4.8 4.5 420 300

Lothric Knight Leggings
8.8 6.8 10.6 8.4 7.1 7.7 5.4 6.5 44 24 32 20 8.9 12.1 420 300

Millwood Knight SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Millwood Knight Helm
6.7 5.0 6.3 5.5 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.5 29 26 30 16 6.7 6.9 450 600

Millwood Knight Armor
18.3 13.9 17.5 15.3 13.0 12.9 13.0 12.6 67 61 69 37 15.6 20.2 450 600

Millwood Knight Gauntlets
4.6 3.4 4.4 3.8 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 22 20 23 12 5.3 4.7 450 600

Millwood Knight Leggings
10.6 8.0 10.1 8.8 7.4 7.2 7.4 7.2 41 38 43 23 9.7 12.6 450 600

Morne's SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Morne's Helm
6.8 5.8 6.8 6.8 5.5 5.4 5.2 4.0 31 17 27 17 7.7 8.0 470 500

Morne's Armor
17.4 14.3 17.4 16.6 13.9 13.6 13.3 9.3 67 39 60 37 15.5 20.6 450 500

Morne's Gauntlets
3.8 3.2 3.8 3.7 3.1 3.1 3.0 1.7 21 12 18 11 4.8 4.1 420 500

Morne's Leggings
9.8 8.1 9.8 9.3 8.1 7.9 7.8 5.2 40 23 36 22 9.3 12.8 430 500

Ruin SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Ruin Helm
4.64.35.54.64.23.84.03.4252413125.46.1400600

Ruin Armor
13.713.116.313.712.811.612.210.56260353212.917.4400600

Ruin Gauntlets
3.63.44.23.63.43.03.22.719191094.24.1400600

Ruin Leggings
7.47.18.97.46.96.26.55.5373520188.010.7400600

Set of FavorEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Helm of Favor
4.5 4.1 4.5 4.7 3.7 3.9 2.8 3.9 30 23 25 18 5.7 6.0 400 500

Embraced Armor of Favor
13.2 12.1 13.2 13.7 11.1 11.6 8.5 11.6 63 46 51 35 12.8 18.3 400 500

Gauntlets of Favor
3.5 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.1 2.2 3.1 19 13 14 10 4.0 4.0 380 500

Leggings of Favor
7.7 7.1 7.7 7.7 6.5 6.8 4.8 6.8 41 29 32 24 7.5 10.3 380 500

Silver Knight SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Silver Knight Helm
5.1 4.7 6.0 5.8 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.3 24 19 17 13 5.9 6.8 410 500

Silver Knight Armor
14.3 13.1 17.0 16.3 13.1 12.9 11.9 11.9 65 55 50 39 14.4 19.9 420 500

Silver Knight Gauntlets
3.6 3.1 4.3 4.1 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.7 22 18 17 14 4.6 3.8 400 500

Silver Knight Leggings
7.9 7.3 9.4 9.0 7.6 7.3 6.7 6.7 36 28 25 20 8.8 11.0 400 500

Smough's SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Smough's Helm
6.8 7.0 6.7 5.8 4.7 4.6 4.9 4.9 27 27 27 24 11.8 9.9 500 500

Smough's Armor
18.8 19.2 18.3 16.0 13.3 13.0 13.8 13.1 69 69 69 62 23.0 27.1 500 500

Smough's Gauntlets
4.8 4.9 4.6 4.0 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.5 20 20 20 18 9.4 6.9 500 500

Smough's Leggings
10.9 11.1 10.6 9.2 7.6 7.4 7.9 7.6 43 43 43 39 15.8 17.3 500 500

Sunset SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Sunset Helm
5.3 4.5 5.3 4.9 3.2 3.7 2.6 3.7 26 25 14 15 4.8 3.4 380 100

Sunset Armor
14.3 11.7 15.6 14.3 9.8 11.7 9.1 11.2 63 58 39 42 13.3 16.5 400 100

Sunset Gauntlets
4.1 3.5 4.1 3.9 2.6 3.1 2.4 3.0 24 22 16 17 4.4 4.0 400 100

Sunset Leggings
7.2 5.9 7.8 7.2 4.6 5.5 3.3 5.1 40 35 26 26 7.0 5.8 370 100

Winged Knight SetEdit

Armor Piece Physical absorption Elemental absorption Resistances General values

Winged Knight Helm
6.7 5.4 6.7 6.3 4.3 5.0 4.7 5.7 31 29 29 18 7.0 6.9 470 350

Winged Knight Armor
17.5 14.4 17.5 16.8 14.3 14.0 15.0 16.7 73 60 68 45 18.2 24.9 480 350

Winged Knight Gauntlets
4.8 3.7 4.8 4.4 3.5 4.0 3.8 4.5 22 21 21 13 6.0 5.5 470 350

Winged Knight Leggings
10.1 8.3 10.1 9.6 7.2 7.1 7.6 8.4 42 32 39 24 10.5 14.1 470 350


Heavy Armor Sets
Black Iron Set • Black Knight Set • Catarina Set • Cathedral Knight Set • Dragonslayer Set
Drakeblood Set • Executioner Set • Exile Set • Faraam Set • Gundyr's Set • Harald Legion Set
Havel's Set • Iron Dragonslayer Set • Lapp's Set • Lorian's Set • Lothric Knight Set
Millwood Knight Set • Morne's Set • Ruin Set • Set of Favor • Silver Knight Set • Smough's Set
Sunset Set • Winged Knight Set