Tank Heavy Medium Light Pieces Doubt 4/1/1

nator316 · May 2019

For the Medium and Light Pieces which part of the armor is best to have for both pieces, currently got Belt as Light Piece and Boots as Medium but no real idea which is best stat wise.

Caleb_Kadesh · May 2019

waist, hands, feet or shoulders. Doesn't matter which.

ghastley · May 2019

There's no difference in the minor pieces. They all contribute the same percentage. Generally let your luck with the head/shoulder monster set dictate what goes elsewhere, as you have little control, especially the helm.

Nolic1 · May 2019

Waist and gloves are best for thatit will give you the most resistances you can have but I prefer using a medium helm with a light belt and its only off but a small amount not enough to worry about.

Lightspeedflashb14_ESO · May 2019

Caleb_Kadesh wrote: »

waist, hands, feet or shoulders. Doesn't matter which.

Helmets and shoulders provide the same armor rating.

nator316 · May 2019

And for other classes, Roles, Im trying to figure out whats the norm on 4/1/1 and 5/2 sets the lesser pieces which do players normally select to wear on.

Like Stam NB 5/2 players grab Head and Shoulders as Heavy Pieces to wear.

Royaji · May 2019

So, resistances on pieces in ascending order:

belt < gloves < boots/legs/helmet/shoulders < chest

Thus, ideally, you would want your lightest piece to be belt/gloves and heaviest to be chest. In practice all of this goes out the window the second you start using non-crafted sets since they only come in one weight. The only way to make 5/1/1 or 5/2 with non-crafted sets is through your monster helm/shoulder and this is what most people do.

And to be honest, the difference in resistances is fairly marginal and not really worth it anyway. So don't sweat it.

zvavi · May 2019

I vouch for the comment before mine (@Royaji) since all other answers are either inaccurate or lacking in explanation.

Grianasteri · May 2019

nator316 wrote: »

For the Medium and Light Pieces which part of the armor is best to have for both pieces, currently got Belt as Light Piece and Boots as Medium but no real idea which is best stat wise.

For ease, I tend to make it shoulder and head, because that is where I am running my monster set of course, and its relatively easy to get the pieces in alternative armour types.

That tends to be how I run most of my characters, using the monster set to gain the passives etc from the other armour types, although I do mix it up depending on character and role.