For medium armor you are looking at weight and protective value whenever you are not trying to hit a Poise breakpoint(which you should only ever do for PvP). Just get the dark pyro flame in the gutter, or the normal one in the chest right after the flexile sentry, in the boat. Alonne Knigth/Captain is not medium armor. Dark Set. I'm at the endgame, and starting to try to find the best armor to upgrade. For other uses, see Medium Armor Sets. Executioners armor has good elemental defenses and you look bad ass as well =], *edit, well I guess I had a brain fart you said same weight. Also the "best" medium armor set is probably like Knight set, or Solaire's set. Elite Knight Set . Just buy it from the giant blacksmith. The Paladin set is one of the heavier "medium" armor sets in the game, but it offers a lot to make up for its somewhat unwieldy amount of heft. Might be able to give you some more advice on how you'll want to handle him. 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Funny thing is I've actually beat the Old Iron King now. Brass Set. If you're willing to pack a few extra pounds on, consider changing some pieces out with the Vengarl and Drangleic sets. The short answer to this question is that there is no" best" armor. The Llewellyn Set and Kings Set are both excellent defense for their weight brackets. Chest Armors add their defense values to a total that is then used to calculate how much damage is taken. 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What are the top tier medium armor sets? Channeler Set. Catarina Set. Last edited by Washing Machine; May 26, 2017 @ 2:18pm #4. Crystalline Set. Medium Armor (Burden: 18.6 to 36.9) Iron Set. Guess I could farm those goopy guys around the statue in the painted world. Turns out having my shield equipped was slowing me down. Ornstein's Set. For categorization purposes on this wiki, Medium Armor Sets are armor sets in Dark Souls III that have a total weight between 18 and 28.9. and yeah, they are worth upgrading. Trying to get it all to at least 9. Dark Souls as a series features a ton of interesting weapons and armor sets to collect. light armor doesn't have poise. User Info: XioDrago. 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