What is the best armor set in ds1?

The 12 Best Armor Sets In Dark Souls
  • Artorias' Set. This armor set belonged to the great and tragically heroic Knight Artorias. ...
  • Chester's Set. ...
  • Catarnia Set. ...
  • Antiquated Set. ...
  • Dark Set. ...
  • Havel's Set. ...
  • Black Knight Set. ...
  • Smough's Set.
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What is the best armor in Dark Souls 1?

Once upon a time, preceding a certain patch, the top spot would've gone to Havel's set, in keeping with a once-popular build. However, the Giant's Set is now the most desirable (and likely overused) set in Dark Souls, offering superior defensive capability at the cost of some poise.
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What is the best armor ds1 light?

the best light armor pieces are the dingy robe (best magic & lightning def in the game) + blood stained skirt (from the dingy set), and the tattered cloth hood + tattered cloth manchette (from the pyro starting gear). and yeah, they are worth upgrading. the lord's blade set is medium weight gear.
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What armor has the highest defense in ds1?

Depends on what you call "better." Havel's has the highest poise and poise/weight ratio, Giant's has the highest defense in the game and offers the 3rd highest poise (91), and Knight's is the lightest armor that offers high defense and doesn't penalize your stamina regen, but offers relatively low poise.
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What is the best curse resist armor in ds1?

Individual armor pieces that have the highest Curse Resist when fully upgraded are the Xanthous Crown, Paladin Armor and Gauntlets, and the Antiquated Skirt, totaling 226 Curse Resist.
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What is the strongest sword in ds1?

If you want raw damage output then the actual strongest sword in the game is the Greatsword of Artorias but in order to unlock its full potential you have to level your character up quite a bit as it scales with 4 stats, whereas most weapons scale with 2 at most.
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What's the best shield in ds1?

The Heater Shield is easily one of the best shields in Dark Souls, and not just because it negates 100% of all incoming damage. It's got more to do with the light weight of this shield. In fact, the Heater Shield is the lightest shield in the game, with 100% damage reduction.
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What is the most powerful weapon in DS1 remastered?

The Dragon King Greataxe is arguably the most powerful, at least in terms of single-hit damage potential. It can be obtained from the Gaping Dragon.
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What is the fastest sword in DS1?

Balder Side Sword is a really effective fast weapon. It has decent reach, packs a punch, and can really stunlock your opponents in PvP. With it looking almost like a rapier, people don't expect it to drain so much stamina per hit, and if you have high dex/str it makes for an excellent +15 wep.
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What is the best weapon for sunlight blade ds1?

Multiple weapons are good. Popular choices include BSS, katanas, spears, and curved swords. Falchion is currently the top due to power and speed. BSS is another popular choice for straight swords due to power from only DEX and reach.
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What is the best bleed armor ds1?

The best amongst them are Smough's Set and the upgraded Black Iron Set. Individual armor pieces that have the highest Bleed Resist when fully upgraded are the Gargoyle Helm, Sage Robe, Smough's Gauntlets, and either Blood-Stained Skirt or Maiden Skirt, totalling 163.7 Bleed Resist.
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What is the most iconic armor in ds3?

One of the most memorable armor sets in the game is the Harald Legion Armor. The set only includes the armor, gauntlets, and leggings but offers a huge amount of protection against physical attacks.
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What is the strongest class in Dark Souls 1?

1. Warrior: excellent starting equipment, great stats for melee builds as he can equip almost anything early on. 2. Bandit: Best starting class for vitality/strength builds, strongest starter weapon.
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What is the best boss soul weapon in DS1?

Top 3 boss souls equiptment:
  1. Greatshield of Artorias (highest Stability in the game -> DS1 Easy mode)
  2. Chaos Blade (Katana duh)
  3. Dragon Bone Fist (solid strenth weapon)
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Should I wear armor in Dark Souls 1?

It is important vs enemies and bosses that have almost unavoidable damage. Good armor increases your resistance to physical, magical, fire and lightning damage. A lot of enemies can 1 shot you if you're naked even at SL60. But good gear reduces damage you take very significantly.
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What is the hardest boss in ds1?

Hardest Bosses In Dark Souls, Ranked
  • 8 Gwyn, Lord Of Cinder.
  • 7 Sanctuary Guardian.
  • 6 Four Kings.
  • 5 The Bed Of Chaos.
  • 4 Dragon Slayer Ornstein & Executioner Smough.
  • 3 Manus, Father Of The Abyss.
  • 2 Artorias The Abysswalker.
  • 1 Black Dragon Kalameet.
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What is the strongest dagger in ds1?

Yes, the Bandit's Knife is generally the best dagger. It competes with Dark Silver Tracer in crit damage (and is stronger when Crystal), has bleed that doesn't have horribly slow buildup (unlike Priscilla's), and has the highest AR of all daggers (tied with the Dagger) with 40dex.
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Are Straight Swords good in ds1?

Straight Swords are one of the weapon types in Dark Souls. As the standard type of sword - straight swords are great all-around weapons that have good reach and power.
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What strength weapon does the most damage in ds1?

When one talks about the Strength weapon that does the most damage, the Demon's Greataxe is a clear winner. A single shot with this weapon can take away chunks of health if not one-shot an opponent altogether.
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What is the best all around weapon in Dark Souls?

1 Murakumo

Since the first Dark Souls, the Murakumo has been considered one of the best weapons you could get. It's fast, strong, and has a good reach. In addition, it can be one-handed or two-handed, with a moveset that's varied enough to deal with any kind of enemy.
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What is the most iconic weapon in Dark Souls?

First appearing in FromSoftware's King's Field series, the Moonlight Greatsword is instantly recognizable thanks to its glowing blue blade. In the Dark Souls series, the Moonlight Greatsword is often pretty gigantic as well, with a moveset that uses heavy-handed, powerful attacks.
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Does upgrading a shield do anything ds1?

All small shields will improve damage and stability when upgraded on the normal path, or damage and an elemental resistance if upgraded up another path. All medium shields are the same, with the exception of the Pierce shield, and potentially the Spiked Shield.
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Is it worth reinforcing armor in Dark Souls?

Overall it's strongly recommended to reinforce the gear you favor the most in this game. Also for a more sturdier build fully upgraded Paladin's set is awesome.
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What is the best bow in Dark Souls remastered?

Best options are the shortbow (underwhelmng damage) and a composite bow on a STR/DEX char. Like wth your pure DEX char, a black bow +15 for sniping purposes would be your best option.
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