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- Here are the top 6 best armor sets and how to get them in GOW Ragnarok! God of War Ragnarok offers a wide variety of armor sets to suit your playstyle and goes much more in depth than past games so here are the best armor sets in God of War Ragnarok that you can use to make the best build.
00:00 These armor sets will create the best builds
00:25 Powerful Ranged Armor
02:24 Guiding Light (Tyr's Armor)
03:36 Infinite Healing Armor
04:55 Steinbjorn Armor (Troll Locations)
07:00 How To Get Dragon Scaled Armor and Dragon Claws
08:26 How To Get Berserker Armor (Best Armor)
Following the guide should show you how to get the berserker armor, dragon scaled armor, steinbjorn armor, raven tear and more!
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What's your favorite set of armor in Ragnarok?
I didn't get it yet but i think it is the berserker armor
The Surtr’s Scorched Set
Darkdale armor set, I’ve played it for the whole duration of the story and all the side quests as well till I got the platinum for the game
Berserker armor in my opinion
The starter amor that you get in the beginning of the game has the best stats at maxed level been using it through my whole play through
The Lunda Poison armor is definitely missing in this list! It's a absolute monster with which you are able to melt every enemy and bosses. With poison you lower the level of the enemies so they deal less damage to you and you deal more to them. On top of that you will deal 40% more damage to them with the gauntlets and belt!
These guys don't know, lol
I’ve been using this since that part of the story that opened this area. First thing I did was go get it! The way I have it set up shreds everything! It’s a really fun play style for those aggressive brawler type players for sure!
Used Lunda armor set with the Vanaheim enchantments for the majority of the game. Some of the tougher Berserkers required switching to the Steinbjorn set lol
True it's crazy as fck I even sold some stupid lvl8 armors to max Lunda's armor
@@Reallynow101 that armor is my favorite the defence is insane
That Vanaheim second area took me by surprise. I thought it was going to be just a quick mission, but was welcomed with one of the coolest map designs in this whole series. Elfheim is also beautifully designed but I wish it was more opened and wider, instead of long corridors. Lots of potential for what's to come. Japanese mythology is going to be the best.
Nah Egyptian would be the best.
Japanese is not that well known compared to Egyptian myth, besides kratos has been to Egypt before in the comics
@XXIII tell me a game besides Assassins creed that depicts Egyp mythology. I'll wait.
@@xxiii262 maybe you're not too familiar with it. Celtic mothology is the most likely to happen since it is the most similar to norse and the closest.
@@xxiii262 I found the “in the comics” guy
Honorable mention: The Survival gear, the one you get from the beginning of the game once you upgrade it up to level 7 it boosts all your stats. So it’s pretty balanced. Only downside to it is it has no perks. However, I’m not to big on perks anyway. Shoulder Guard of Survival: Boosts all stats maxed out. Wraps of Survival: Boosts all stats maxed out. Belt of Survival: Boosts all stats maxed out.
Another mention. The basic equipment for shield, blades, and axe all do the same. Makes for a very well balanced end game build if you favor raw stats over perks.
Thanks for mentioning this. I, too, felt that this was a great build.
I used the survival gear to fight Gna
Best set by far
@@infamous_3883 is she hard?
My favorite thing is the fact that you can alter gear appearance. It’s one of the best features. My favorite looking peace is the fate breaker. It’s simple and just a reskin of the default but it just works so well. And the color scheme of red and gold is just so Kratos. Not that I have an issue with Kratos in a shirt, but they cover his incredible design which is another reason why I prefer the straps. Being able to have the stats you want with the gear you want is one of the best decisions they made
Sol’s chest piece is SOOO underrated it literally uses your rage bar as a SECOND health bar especially good for players like me who get hit A LOT
Agreed! I've used the Sol's armor throughout my play through. I tried using other armor but I kept dying because I was so used to having 2 health bars haha
And if you combine it with the jotunheim amulet bonus your rage bar will be huge
At first i thought i glitched the game because my health bar was gone and i wasnt dying lol
this single armor piece has clutched so many things it’s honestly a shame it doesn’t have more stat boosts
Yeah, especially good with Yotunheim amulet set.
Had fun with the steinbjorn, berserker, and lunda armor builds even used the steinbjorn chest with the maxed raven tears gauntlets and waist for a broken health regen build (most op) because you damn near regen the whole life bar but my new favorite build is the realm shift build with the radiant armor and the realm shift relic and amulet that double your damage during realm shifts also using the realm shift pommel, hind, and grips to maximize the realm shifts. Everything is always in slow motion hahaha
"even used the steinbjorn chest with the maxed raven tears gauntlets and waist for a broken health regen build (most op)"
Yeah the Raven Tears bracers and girdle are excellent for health regen as generally there are always health and rage drops being dropped during battle and out of battle. It's what I have currently equipped and keeps pulling me through. For chest the Steinbjorn is one of my favs having the highest Defence stat by far in the game. I wore that religously in a previous playthrough but having had to start a new game and lost everything (long story) I'm aiming to get that back.
and I want to say you have the best GoW videos. no bs. perfect presentation
Surtr's scorched set is a personal favorite, especially with the spear, bonus damage, stagger resistance and damage resistance is great for a more aggressive playstyle. I'm still messing with the enchantments but the armor was definitely worth doing the muspelheim trials for.
I just found it and to me I’m confused on how it’s not on the top 3 on this list let alone not on this list at all lol just looking at the stats it increases what imo r the most important things strength, defense and vitality it has more strength and defense than the berserker one but also way more vitality than the dragon scaled one so to me it’s kinda seeming like maybe the best armor set
@@skyrrmish6207 I'm surprised too, but a lot of the other sets are a little more niche, still I agree, definitely one of my favorite sets and one of the strongest
@@tk-421mdw3 well now that I just unlocked the waist band I do see some bs the Surtur’s waist has 1 less defense than the berserker one but when it comes to chest plates the defense is what the surturs chest plate has way more of than the berserker one which makes absolutely no sense like did smth go wrong in the development or what
Berserker armor build pls. I definitely agree it is best. I am interested in the axe handle, blade pommel and spear hind you use...might as well go for shield and amulets too haha
I personally like the Giptumadr's chestplate and the berserker pieces for the gauntlets and waistguard, as all pieces give pretty great stat increases and each piece gives blessings of cooldown and can essentially give you infinite runic attacks and relic uses. These perks are very nicely complimented by the Runic Hailstone Knob (pretty good chance to give gifts of runic when hitting frosted enemies), the blade grips of the nine realms (high luck stat + realm shift when activating furious immolation) and the hind of weightless recovery for the spear (blessings of cooldown when hitting enemies while Maelstrom gage is full).
This is my exact setup!
I wad searching for someone that used the same set. There's a abity for Freya that reduces her cooldowns too... I really don't know why they don't talk more about this setup
Surtr's scorched armor is the best imo. Vitality, strength and defense are all higher than with any other set if I'm not mistaken and hell is it satisfying to finally unlock it after the Muspelheim gauntlets
Love that you're doin GoW Ragnarok content now man 👍
The berserker armor is my favorite. With the right setup you can beat any boss (besides Gna or King Berserker) in just a few seconds. I used it to farm the boss rush trial for all the hacksilver to max level every item
But just 2 hits can kill you instantly with that armor
@@CantGuardTee Not if you stack your amulet and weapon attachments
i prefer armor that doesn’t require taking damage to be good, i feel like the goal should be to avoid damage as much as possible in this game, especially if you’re playing on a harder mode
I think it's a perk more for saving your ass when you make a mistake but otherwise play very well.
I lose a lot more health than i receive when i wear steinbjorn armor, so i didn't find it very helpful. Hunter and surtr armor are my favourite so far, lunda's nice but gets boring quickly since fist combat is downgraded in this game.
The undodgeble attacks: hi
True but this is useful when say, fighting the Berserker souls and Gna for more inexperienced players, because they're bound to take damage eventually, and I'm not that great at this game
i agree, fought the berserkers and king with the dauntless shield. makes it much more fun since if you make a mistake u get smashed
Very informative, thank you!
Definitely would love some build videos. Love the Dragonscale armor, but not sure how to truly bring out its true potential
The berserker set is definitely the best. I agree with some people mentioning how good Lundas set is and I enjoyed it as well however the set up required to apply poison can be tedious and inefficient in many fights. I think it's best use is in boss fights especially with the poison relic. If you pair that with the amulet socket that makes your Wrath attack trigger and explosion off of all status affects near you it's a pretty fun combo but again the set up is annoying at times
Ive been using the the fallen star breastplate to reduce the damage taken during runic and relic attack + surturs bracers and surturs waist guard to reduce damage while attacking normally, so yrah pretty much a defensive armor
Thank you so much for this video it helps so much. I always thought that the guiding light armour set was the best but then I tried the Berserker Set and it was worth all that effort and it is now my main armour set
Ravens Tears is my personal fav so far. Made a heal / regen build around it, has been pretty solid!
Been using the raven set so far can you give me more info on it
I used the Hunter's gear to beat Svipdagr The Cold And Sisters Of Illska. For my technique I killed the twins first, I know there are other ways of doing it. Then later I used the Berserker armor to beat King Hrolf Kraki, I still mainly used range but the Berserker armor allowed me to benefit from the Blades of Chaos. I went back and forth between those weapons during that fight. I wouldn't have known about the Hunter's gear unless I saw it here first, so thanks!
I completed the last 2 bosses (king and queen) with the steinbjorn. It’s so good to learn those fights because of the defense. But once you get good at those fights throw on the berserker set and just destroy them.
I like that Armour but it’s more defense I’d rather have attack
@@jesse_TeamTatted_ryals yeah now that I’ve learned it attack oriented sets are the way to go
@@tehCostHD so what’s the best attack one to use?
@@jesse_TeamTatted_ryals well the berserker is a good choice because you can go ham after using a relic with the bonus damage. Works very good with the realm shift relic, or a low cooldown relic if you are confident in not getting hit. Dragon scale is good too if you like parrying. The radiance is good too if you are good at last second dodges to create realm shifts. There’s others too that can be great but berserkers is what I used once I got it, before that I had the dragon scale
@@jesse_TeamTatted_ryals you can deal big stun with defense so it isnt purely for tanking hits
Survival and Raven tears are the best ones in my opinion. Not only do they look good and simple, but the strength and defence is surprisingly great. That aside with enhancements, you can easily increase the strength to full.
Im using the ravens set rn can you give me more information? Just got the game couple weeks ago
Great video 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾 straight toward no bs 🙌🏾
I started with the Nidavellir armor till mid-game then I tried the Raven armor briefly till I was able to collect the Steinbjörn armor and now I stick to it. To me this one is the perfect combination of the 2 previous armors. In fact there aren't any bad armors in this game it just depends of your way of playing the game. So far I had no problem, I've been able to finish almost everything (I'm currently doing the trials of Muspelheim and it's ok however I'll see when I'll have to deal with the King and the Valkyrie, might need to switch of armor set if I struggle too much 😬).
Sol Courage set was my go to. two health bars (rage meter) and the Relic that recharges rage. Get all the apples and mead horns, unstoppable
Yo same
EXACTLY BRO, I KNEW I WASN'T ALONE
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Don’t be sleeping on the survival armor folks. Once you upgrade it to level 7 or 6 it starts to boost every single stat.
It the best armor
Given how meaningless most armor's effects are, survival armor could very well be top 3 and definitely a blessing to have any piece of it combined with any other set to achieve higher stats and more balanced builds.
Facts used that through my play though when I found out and switched the chest piece with the amor that gives bonus damage when they attack
@@jbswaggy4391 me too bro! I used it the entire game and never regretted it once. Tho the game can really fuck you up on no mercy if you aren’t careful
Ironically the best armor set in the game when maxed out, same with og axe knob and blade handles
I used steinbjorn chest and raven tear bracers and waist really nice healing buff.
I have the radiance set up to level 7 and I'm absolutely loving realm shift. And I like how it looks. Curious to try other sets. Is it worth mixing and matching pieces from different sets? Lmk what you guys are running
I really like the OG chest armor for the stats. Also using wooden knob maxed out, steel handles maxed out, and the survival waist armor maxed out. Big stats. Melting everyone.
Thanks man hope i get one of them especially tyr armour too
I’ve been using the poison armor. I love it
Yeah I haven't used it too much late game yet but there are some pretty nasty builds to be made with that armor.
I am close to finishing the crater. I used Lunda for awhile during the game, then switched to steinbjorn since I read it was so great but really didn’t enjoy my attacks being so weak. Recently tried guiding light and love it since I gravitate towards offense. Looking forward to berserker armor if I can ever finally beat the the trio in alfheim
Man they suck 😪 managed to get the sisters half way in one of my trys today but its a really hard encounter
Try poison helps
@bongking123 I got all 3 of them to maybe 10% left, and then they just destroyed me super quick. I was around level 4 when I tried it, so hopefully now that I've beat the main story, I can finish them with no issue.
The survival armour set i think is pretty powerful when fully upgraded with the relm shift
I made a build with the Nidavellir set and I haven’t looked back. Constant stuns that dont decay are slept on heavy. With adds it makes for easy kills but with bosses you can take chunks of health away for each full stun. Then you add weapon attachments that activate on stuns and you can keep your stats high constantly.
My favorite armor set so far is the default one, it gives you an insane boost in ALL stats once you upgrade it past level 7
Starting armor, Raven armor, steinbjorn armor, nivadallir armor I love those armors especially when you combine them
Thanks my man
I used the raven armor and that healing mist has saved me multiple times. I went for a luck based build with this armor and my defense is maxed out with my luck almost maxed. Will play again whenever new game + eventually comes out and may try a new type of build with whatever new armor they release
Thats what my build is right now any recommendations or anything? Suggest it ?
Best looking for me goes to the Fate Breaker set. I completed as much of the game as possible before starting the final chapter, maxed out several sets of armor, and ended up sticking with the Fate Breaker through the final chapter.
No idea if it can be considered good but the spiritua armor could be good with its high cooldown and it working well with runics.
Chestpiece grants you 15% increase to melee and ranged dmg and stacks three times depending on wether you hit a enemy witha runic atk.
The arms and waist has the effect of them having a low luck chance of restoring your cooldown for the currentlu equipped weapons runic atks, 10% if you have one piece on and 20% if you have both the arms and waist pieces on
Basically every armor in this game can be upgraded to max and have a good build be made with it. I like this way better than how armor was handled in the first game
I am currently rocking the Sol's armor. Is this an OK armor or should I focus on Lunda & Nidavellir ? Im still early in the game
The Pyre set once you get to Muspelheim is so underrated. Such a good offense armor
Is the smouldering brimstone set in this game?
@@sle2979 no, but there is the endless Pyre and Surtr armour sets, surtr is pretty good for strength and vitality
Thanks ;)
I just maxed out the starting armor set of survival. Definitely a good overall buff to all stats
I had no idea you could transmog thank you.
The radiant armor is also super useful because it gives you realm shift if you dodge attacks
Wish you could’ve kept Kratos Black Fur cloak from the start of the game it looked badass
I use “Vidars Armor Of Might” you get it at the very start of the game and I use strength over anything else so. I fully upgraded it and transmogged it to be the fully upgraded “Raven Tears” set
The survival set is underrated. Boosts all stats at max level .
Really?
Yeah. Once you hit level 7 suddenly the stats go through the roof. At level 9 the survival waist guard beats out level 9 berserker in everything except defense (by +9).
@@charonib Maybe it’s because that’s canonically how they went through the game.
My personal favorite set was Surtr's armor set for completing the Muspelheim trials.
The Dragon Scaled armour is by far my favourite set and imo very badass. Like you get to be reminded of how you got it
I like the slow down time when last second evade armour set, suits my playstyle so well.
I’m with you, I used the bracers and belt. Use the dragon armor top for the blocking and Parry
It’s all I use and I until the game gives me a reason to switch I won’t. I use the belt and bracers for the slowing down time mixed with the Alfheim amulet set to increase my damage on my next attack.
I am so surprised no one has mentioned the Vidar's set fully upgraded you can melt any type of enemies this is my build each peice fully upgraded Vidars Pauldron of Might Chest 116 strength 68 defence Vidars Brace of Might 115 Strenght and i use the Steinbjorn Waist Guard 118 Defence. Total stats including everything else is 537 strenght which is maxed out and 449 defance which is almost maxed and you can get the armor sets mid game maybe a little bit earlier and have it maxed out around the same time too just make sure you finsh all the challenges in Muspelheim for all the materials
I like just using the starting armor and handles for the stats then equipping a ton of powerful enchantments
The undying pyres set for me. The immolation buildup, paired with the right enchantments, and handles, grip of the nine realms for instance, make this set cut through bosses like a knife through butter. Sad it’s not on here.
I used darkdale all game looked awesome and scaled really well I was level 9 in the wrist mid game and 8 everywhere else
I can’t believe I never knew you could change the armor’s look!!
Thanks for that video friend. I didn’t know nothing about waking up those Troll’s. I have gone all….. the way through the game except for a few Berserker’s and Gna Gos she is worse than that Valkyrie Queen in the last game but can u tell me what is the best way to Increase ur strength I have my defence at it must be near 800 now but my strength isn’t at 400 I am finding this game much tougher Cheers 👍😀
Fun fact. Survival gear
( the first armor u get ) when upgraded has the best stats overall over any armor. No perks sure, but the best stats.
Basically the only armor i used when i noticed. In my opinion its the best looking as well since its not too flashy.
Yup I've been using that armor more than anything lol
100%
I have a new game plus build that is on the verge of OP, the steijnbiorn chest armor and then berserker armour on the arms and waist, attached items on the weapons that buff damage. Damage is high due to the berserker amro and weapons, its has 460 defence out of 500 and health regen due to the steimbiorn chest piece. I really recommend
Dragon armor is my fav because its the only late game one I completed :) Didn't even realize that I had the raven one and all I needed to do was go open the chests. I thought I needed all the ravens.
I want to see either berserker or dragon armor are the best cause the stats are pretty good, as well as the abilities, but I may mean towards the dragon armor more because it does have even stats
I like the Berserker, Lunda’s Armor and the Nidavallir set
I don't like the way the Dragon Scaled armor looks. But I do generally prefer the heavy armor look. There are some beautiful looking armor sets in this game! The Raven Tears is my favorite for looks. And it made the game a lot easier. But the Steinbjorn is gorgeous too and might be the most practical overall. It makes the crucible even more of a cakewalk. I found the hardest enemies in this game to be the Berserkers, and it is hard to focus on picking up stones while trying to dodge their attacks. So maybe the Steinbjorn armor would have been the better choice.
What i used is everything that generates permafrost towards the axe so it deals way more damage and took the pommel to heal me for % of the damage during permafrost
i just use surtrs armor, helped me beat the berserker king in 3-4 tries after testing out his moves ✌️
Best armor set Is the might ones you get from the start, the entirely strength focussed build is the best one
Is it necessary to use every piece of a set or could I mix and match?
I was using Lundas armor and I didn't look at its perk, I was being destroyed by one of the berserker so as a joke I did fists only.
I got him first try using fists. The poison effect can be OP
Vidars might set, Manis wisdom set, lundas armors set, and last but not least the Survival Armor set
Maybe it's not too practical but I think the set that stops time for a bit has a lot of swag.
I wouldn't say stop time lets say it slows time i mean enemies still move in a time stop.
Kratos’ original armor is by far one of my favorites, i was wearing the dragon scales armor at one point and when i was looking through the stats of the other armor i have, his original armor has high attack, defense, runic, and luck at max upgrade
hope santa monica put the fur cape
@@GameBoy-qg5os omg I hope they do, the cape was soo good looking!
With the steinborn you can buff the shit out of your damage with nifleheim amulets. When health is above 75% melee damage increased based on defense.
The survival set while it has no perks or gimmicks if you upgrade all peices it maxes out all stats I believe.
Best armour that no one uses use 3 jotunheim stones and collect all mead and apples and your literally as well rounded as it gets with a ridiculous Rage bar basically cheating
Not full bars but pretty close, it's a got a good spread of perks, good for an all around axe swords spear style. Too bad there no ng+ to try them out on. Ive run out of enemies
I just noticed something about the Steinbörn set. I has the most defense in the game, and can even heal you. What does the name sound like? Stubborn. It’s funny that the “stubborn” armor, makes you really hard to kill.
i like the one you get from the woman dwarf. poison one. i ususally freeze a dude up then punch him till poison builds up and use my spear that has a bonus for frozen enimies plus the one with poison damage buff so i usually F up a boss with one combo like that.
If you can't get any of these eventually theres a level 5 armor called Linda's lost armor set you can find two at noaduns garden in van vanheim and one at godess falls
I forget what it’s called but I use the armor set that increases Kratos attack power when he has more rage and also makes his rage function as back up health in emergencies
And I used the matching sets braces and belt because they were no nonsense about such and such a chance based on luck, just straight up unconditional stats & finisher damage boost
What yall think better the raven armor u get from the kill odins ravens or the lunda armor? They both dope but i just got them both n ion know which to use lol 🤔
The berserker armor is pretty great. The only shitty thing is I worked like hell to get it but it’s like what do you do with it ? The game is B there’s no big bosses left . They gotta get a new game plus in a future update .
the surtr armor set is pretty good too
I’m currently farming mats for the Dragon Scale set, I usually explore and finish all maps/areas before moving forward with the story.
Gonna need to 90% the story to finish the armour
Absolutely nobody talking about the Spirit set and it astonishes me. Straight up a 45% damage buff to ranged and melee after using 3 runic attacks that lasts 20 seconds and can be refreshed at max stacks with one runic attack. It also has a 10% chance on any hit with your equipped weapon to refresh 20% of that weapons runic abilities so you are almost never without this buff. Match this with the enhancement that causes a storm of bifrost when you use 1 runic attack from each of the weapons in quick succession and boon of valor and you have an absolute monster of a build. With this build I was able to almost always get Gna to half health on give me balanced everytime I opened on her.
Currently rocking a Steinbjorn Armor where everything is max except the gauntlets. Using luck enchantments. Which make me regenerate health while fighting. Broken af
Drop build
@@paulpaul3798 th-cam.com/video/naTAruRlyf8/w-d-xo.html using this build but i don't use the same waist Armor as him. Also weapon pommels don't matter imo
Before I got good a dodging I just got Lunda's armor and repaired it (except the belt(?)) And I almost fully upgraded them. Tho I'm good a dodging now, especially during those fights with besurker guys. It's worth it tho, I love having a lot of strength defense and runic. (I use the belt thing I have for vitality and I have an enchantment that constantly heals me (although slowly))
Use the beginning armor and weapon stuff. Boost all thinks and works best for me
I think one of the best armours in the game in Vidars Pouldron of Might. Strength and defence us high and you get it early on. Easy to get strength over 400
Can you mix the Berserker Curiass with both other pieces of the dragon scales armor?
I realy like Surtr armor the one u probably get from lava area cuz it makes kratos more stable and offensive
I’m using surtrs armor set I enjoy it and it looks badass
The first armor meaning the starting one is op as f if you just go to the blacksmith and look at the stats when max you will wanna use it forever and it looks cool
Can you carry your armour from one game save to another?
When we get an armor do we get the latest level which we have ?
I like the Fate Breaker Armor the best and also the Flawless Curass of Ares and Zeus. The purple armor and blue armor sets are cool too! Can't remember what the names of those are though.
I’d be curious to see a runic build. Sindri’s dwarven armor set in the 2018 god of war was soooo legit. I guess the closest thing to Ragnarok would be the fallen stars. But sindri’s armor stats benefited both runic and cooldown. So i feel like the fallen star set just doesnt quite do it as good
There's the Luck armor for cooldown reductions and arm/waist for runic dmg, to combine with amulet stuff.
It's the closest imo. Sorry i didn't use the actual names haha
What about the wraps of survival when level 7 they are able to increase all stats
You forgot about the crystal armour, it lets you take less damage while doing runic attacks, while also charging runic attacks while taking damage
How about the armour from muslpheim it almost has the same number of strength and defense like the dragon scale but it also has some new extra Stats