The main reason why people choose to use Mage Plates as a base is because of its. As you can see, at most there will be less than 300def difference in the best enigma Wyrmhide and the worst enigma Mage Plate.

Mage Plate Enigma will roll 975-1036 def. And also doesn’t matter before that level if you’re moving anyway. Wyrmhide def ranges from 364-470 but requires 84str. Defense doesn’t matter at all past like level 86.

Just use a dusk shroud, or even a breast plate. Yeah but unless you’re just swimming in bers and jahs to make multiple enigmas, it’s best to use the lowest strength requirement scenario. And so since you invest str anyways, you can also go for higher enigma base like dusk shroud or archon plate to make use of higher defense. And you have full points to put into live.īut lets take Javazon on the other hand, she mostly uses monarch shield which needs 156 strength, means enigma dont give enough strengh and you need to invest strengh. Mage Plate is best choice here because you dont need to put any point into strengh to wear mage plate and enigma gives enough to wear all the rest of gear. Hammerdin uses low str req sacred targe shield. Also calculate that enigma gives additional strengh. This is high level optimization and not 100% needed but if you want it perfect, read this:įirst, more defense is nice but the rule is: live > armor’s defense.Īs long as you dont need to spend additional strengh to wear better armor, use the better armor.

Wait, it actually depends mostly on the fact if you using a monarch shield or not (which lots of builds do).

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