Best Armor For The Mistlands In Valheim

[@jeffs555]

I'd like to add that the Serpent Scale Shield has a resistance to piercing damage without the vulnerability to fire.

[@raphaelgoncalves79]

And also lesser penalty to movespeed when compared to other greatshields

[@dekcode2824]

You have to equip it.

[@SkarmoryThePG]

Only when blocking, no?

[@StrifeA217]

Only when it's in hand. If your a 2 handed weapon guy then your at a loss there.

[@serakiel8430]

I dont like it because it cant parry

[@paddobs]

Thanks for the research. Small presentation suggestion: for seekers you put the padded on the left, but for ticks and soldiers you put the padded on the right. Consistency would have been better.

[@psilimit]

I want to hear gjall's comments.

[@TheAustinyarnott]

I appreciate reading this so much :)

[@ChadBro1985]

Lol first thing I thought of

[@Ugarimpty]

Just run and hide. 😂

[@BeezerGutlr]

The harnesk is the only one that provides pierce resistance, so to get the most out of it, you should pair it with the highest quality armor you have access to (i.e. iron armor, padded armor), otherwise you're just a walking bonfire waiting to start.

[@Marrighan]

I say this most people dont even think about previous armor as they progres so this is realy good info👍

[@chtyldubreux5950]

I have been using this combo armor for the Mistlands for a while now. As long as you keep the dirty cheap fire resistance potion on you (which you always should in the mistlands) and take a potion immediately when you hear a Gjall, this is hands down the best armor for entering the mistlands.

[@trengilly01]

Fire resistance mead overrides the weakness from the Root armor . . . you get the full effects of the Fire resistance mead.

[@FantasticMrGhost]

The Bonemass buff ... It will save your butt in the Mist no matter what armor you use. Just be sure to keep it active at all times and hot-bar those health potions just in case it does.

[@georgedecker5925]

Just got to Mistlands... I think I peed a little when I was attacked by ticks RIGHT at the start. GETITOFF GETITOFF GETITOFF!!

[@todd5purlock497]

They got me while I was low stamina All my buddies in the party got to hear me frantically yelling "roll! Roll! ROLLLLLL!"

[@AlandoriGAMING]

I entered the Mistlands with Q1 Wolf armor like badass vikings. NO REGRETS!

[@chtyldubreux5950]

At least take Fenris Armor, it gives you some extra manoeuvrability which helps you to run away from fight because you have super weak armor!

[@ericlewis3444]

Gjall - "you can hear them when they are nearby" Understatement of the year, lol.

[@BkSonic]

and them can snipe you too , he forgot to say that xd

[@Sockenstreifschuss]

😂 like a reaper sovereign class

[@hugoconnery2926]

Of all of your videos, those based on science, i.e data and numbers, are the best. Brilliant.

[@HeezyHaskew]

Fenris Armour set is just too good to ever replace

[@bossmarethyu]

I love it, but the plains made me cry

[@jasonvorhes765]

I've been watching your videos since valheim dropped and the improvement in quality shows. 11/10

[@doublevisionmedialiaisons2235]

I used the combo for the plains. Went Fenris part time in Mistlands. Went back to combo for mine’s. I already got used to carry 2 armour suits depending where in the mistlands I am. Root helmet is also good to switch to when dealing with poison encounters.

[@veladarney]

Root armor's been my favorite armor for exploring the Plains, so far, because the reduced pierce damage means you don't actually almost die every time a Deathsquito sneaks up to you from behind. Gotta test going combo armor for the Plains - root chest piece plus iron or wolf armor.

[@Patrick_The_Pure]

Deathsquito's have been nerfed so much from the early days you can run around naked in the plains these days.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Deathsquitos are a joke even with level 1 silver armor. They have been nerfed into oblivion since their attack interval is like 10 seconds now. Root armor is a bad idea in the plains unless you're constantly popping fire wine. Shamans and torch fulings will absolutely destroy you and they're more of a threat than deathsquitos are anyway.

[@Vasilio1000]

@@GeraltofRivia22 Agree about skeeters. But I can confirm that root harnesk works absolutely fine in Plains, I always combine it with padded helmet (basic defence) and Fenris leggings (a little speed boost). Root harnesk makes spear fulings a joke too. Torch fulings and shamans are not so numerous to be a serious problem, just do not let them hit you or use a fire mead when fighting shamans.

[@BkSonic]

@@Vasilio1000 ehm , but the swordman fuling are the most common and root chest dont help with them

[@Vasilio1000]

@@BkSonic Yes, they certainly are more common, but they are also far less dangerous than spear fulings. You can easily dodge their attacks or parry with a good enough shield for easy kill. Starred ones may prove bad, but the common fulings are not difficult. I am bad at combat, but even I think they are easy to deal with once you have an iron shield or better.

[@AlexanderEM4840]

Big lost opportunity to skip testing fire damage. I found a video testing combo armor and potions in plains though. Conclusion: Fire damage with combo or root is INCREDIBLY high, so you may get oneshot by gjalls if you forget to remove root armor. Gjalls are dangerous after the nerf, even without a fire-weakness.

[@saltycynic5770]

It really does all hinge on what gjall damage looks like with a root chest piece. I do always appreciate the detailed analysis Firespark. I feel like gjall damage is pretty important in this equation though too.

[@tungstwn1241]

Fire resistance wine is also a really good option. I always carry some in the Mistlands.

[@RabidJohn]

Can't argue with those numbers when it comes to 1st going into the Mistlands, but the viable options increase once you've got established. I've recently been running with conventional weapons (sword, buckler, bow and sledge), but with full Fenris set, lvl 2 staff of protection and 1 hp food replaced with eitr food. At my current skill lvl the bubble is 280 hp, which totally negates the need for the carapace armour set, plus you get the movement speed and fire resistance thrown in from the Fenris set. I still parry and dodge attacks as usual, but that bubble has saved me from several 3rd party attacks from the mist that even carapace armour would have struggled with. Gjall in particular seem attracted to the noise of mining, logging and fighting.

[@nowherefool5869]

> i used fenris armor to beat the mistlands the best defense is always about : don't get hit.

[@Peagaporto]

How many pieces of fenris and which ones?

[@nowherefool5869]

@@Peagaporto full set gives you +9% move speed. so it still depends on your playing skills.

[@dekcode2824]

I bearely survive the plains with the fenris

[@MikaHolic_Channel_OFFICIAL]

@@dekcode2824 there are quite some fast mobs in Plains (DEATHSQUITO) so survivability (means tougher armor) is more preferable in Plains than speed tho

[@Isndar]

Padded Armour set +4 = 100 Armour Carapace Armour set +2 = 104 Armour Not until you can do +4 on Carapace Armour update, Padded Armour is the ideal set to venture into Queen with a Black Metal Tower Shield+3

[@BkSonic]

104 still better than 100 ... , and dont cost much to craft and upgrade it

[@kinghash29]

I went with padded then carapace armor, because if the wrong thing hits you wearing the root armor on you just explode.

[@mbradley274]

Yagluth power protects against fire, lightning, and ice. Great for fighting gjall and dvergr mages. Pop it if you get jumped. Bonemass works great in the ott mine situations. Bring a buddy.

[@gamertherapyconsoleyoursel5804]

Amazing vid, love seeing the numbers, thanks so much!

[@DOSHIELD]

It’d be cool if Valheim would allow you to “master upgrade” the different armors to be best for the new biomes. They wouldn’t be as good as the “biome armor” but, for example, I’d like a Troll Hide armor that allows for max stealth, but is upleveled for better use in Plains or Mistlands.

[@Hugh_Jas]

Especially given the investment required for sets like the root and fenris armours, which take a significant amount of time and effort to get the materials to level up.

[@TheXboxSux]

Best to take the root harness and padded helmet and greaves. I've done this for a long time now. The root set is very modular and can be mixed in with other sets. The mask helps when dealing with poision on the queen and bonemass. The leggings are pretty much the only worthless piece unless you want the set bonus for some reason.

[@matthewteague3568]

This is the way

[@BkSonic]

why use the mask when a anti poison mead gives 75% poison resist , mask just give 50% and dont stack

[@Chevalier_knight]

You are incorrect they do stack as seen by easily testing vs a blob poison effect or bonemass.

[@BkSonic]

@@Chevalier_knight dont stack , already tested : with carapace helmet , fenris parts and mead resist : takes 0.6 of poison damage per tic with root mask , mead resist and fenris parts : takes 1 of poison damage per tic where stacks there ??

[@whocares6692]

this game really needs life skills armor sets that reduce weight of diff materials and/ or gather faster and more resources. like a miner set, lumberjack set, even a farmer set IMO would be nice

[@zacharystickann1552]

For a minute I was confused at what you were taking about when you were saying gjall. We have been calling them Jizzy Sacks for so long.

[@paulydude8753]

I have been using padded helm, root chest, padded legs since I got to mistlands. I swap chest out with fenris when fighting gjall. I was also using serpent shield as well.

[@BkSonic]

fenris chest dont gives you fire resist , the bonus set gives that ...

[@lordundeadrat]

Some Quality testing here. It never would have occurred to me to use swamp level gear in the mistlands.

[@juanpinzon8239]

I actually entered and survived Mistlands with a mix of Padded helmet and fenris chest and boots, this way I have +6 movement speed and +68 armor. Great combo for movility but not so YOLO as full fenris armor. If you want to make the most resistance equipment combo, you might use Root chest (Pierce resistance buff) and padded helmet and boots, that way you will have the most resistance vs Seekers. Remember that seeker soldiers do not apply pierce but blunt damage, therefore the root armor will not have any effect. (Great video reviewing these extra considerations as well!)

[@ogresimping3246]

Its not the root armor set that gives the pierce resist, it’s the harnesk. So, either go full padded and root harnesk, or go padded helmet, root harnesk, and fenris leggins for the most balance. No speed penalty in the end that way.

[@TheDragonshunter]

With armors with special abilities they should really add a way to upgrade them in the end end game

[@alexzanderblough6264]

There early access so well have to see when we get to end game. Who knows how many more biomes they will add.

[@ollehogberg4368]

Some important details about root armour that wasn't mentioned in this video: 1) You have higher mobility than with padded armour, so you can dodge most enemies and run away easier if the situation gets to hot. 2) If using the whole set, you have highly increased bow skill, so you need fewer arrows to kill each enemy. Very useful when entering Mistlands early on, when the key is to avoid melee as much as possible. I recently went to Mistlands with root armour on a map where we had only killed Elder so far (but found silver with the stagbreaker). I died much less than on another map, where I used padded armour. No problem entering infested caves and so on, as long as you're careful.

[@lockekappa500]

Mistlands key is to avoid melee? I find its the most difficult region to avoid melee. Everything gap closes quickly or flies, and there's limited sight.

[@ollehogberg4368]

@@lockekappa500 Yes, at least early on, if you want to survive. Anything that touch you will kill you. Run away and shoot them from distance. Running in circles works on seekers. Climbing a steep cliff works on seeker soldiers. And try to find mist free spaces, or drag the enemy out onto the plains where you can see them.

[@austinmartin612]

@@ollehogberg4368 Or kite them to Dvergr camp.... they do some work on those lower level mobs

[@BkSonic]

@@austinmartin612 i tryed that , the bugs literally eated the poor midgets

[@V1RU5420]

to get meaningful results one must take the in account the av. number of each attack type.

[@jpcrido]

Thx for the nice video as always Fenris Armor Gang mixed with RootHarnesk in my opinion. Even did the Queen Fight with it (+Poison Resist Mead) and to walk the Mistlands when Gjall shows up BarleyWine or switch to FullFenris. Food: LoxPie Salad and Meatplatter is all you need in this build. Works everywhere for me, all Biomes no Problem. Running this since Plains. Perhaps later i will switch to a magic build. I hate being slow so no padded armor for me

[@MikaHolic_Channel_OFFICIAL]

personally i prefer the Fenris Armor set when going to Mistlands, as it gives you the speed/agility boost that can be very helpful when treading that dangerous biome. But in my case i use that only when just exploring around or quickly crossing through Mistlands territory. For grinding materials or killing mobs for loot/establishing outposts there i use a combo of padded+fenris gear. but that's just me lol

[@Peagaporto]

How many pieces of fenris and which ones?

[@TheMurrut]

Yep. Speed is key.

[@Keldonnation]

I mostly just use fenris legs and carapace chest/helm. But sometimes I will use full fenris. I found with my unarmed skill I did the most damage with my flesh rippers to the queen which was kinda shocking (although my unarmed is WAY higher than anything else lol). I will sometimes rock full fenris if I’m on my A game or in a group. I have to stay on my toes though when I do though and have to use frost staff/frostner and carapace shield with the new atgier

[@MikaHolic_Channel_OFFICIAL]

@@Peagaporto the combo version? usually i use the fenris legs+padded chest when i decide to raid the infested mines or stay longer in Mistlands to build outposts or grind materials/kill mobs for loot. for simple exploring or just passing through between my NUMEROUS outposts i go full fenris set for the speed boost

[@MikaHolic_Channel_OFFICIAL]

@@Keldonnation fully upgraded flesh rippers + maxed-out Unarmed actually is surprisingly good especially against slower enemies

[@theo008]

I still have to kill Elder but here watching how to get ready to go to the Mistalnds lul

[@goofyguy1232]

i used my root armor from starting swamp to mid plains and some mistlands, the weakness to fire led me to switch to padded before yagluth and gjals are scary as they one hit me with root

[@KekusMagnus]

Real Gs use the Fenris set and roll around. The mobility buff makes it really easy to dodge hits and deliver critical blows. You will also get utterly slaughtered by Gjalls with Root armor so for that alone I'd avoid it

[@BkSonic]

why do that when on can just parry to give real critical blows , an alerted enemy cant recieve a critical hit just dodging

[@ProffessorYellow]

Point of the video is at 2:25. I use a lox cape fenris hood padded cuirass and fenris pants. Its the most armor i xould figure while almost breaking even with movement. Also hood looks dope. Cant wait for eitr robes tho

[@med2904]

Padded helmet doesn't slow down your movement and gives the same armor as cuirass. So you'd get a lot of faster if you swapped cuirass for fenris chest and fenris hood for padded helmet. Doesn't look as cool though.

[@ProffessorYellow]

@Paul Newman OoooooOoo smart! now I'm using eitr weave with the fenris hood. I may have a addiction problem...... with fenris hoods lol. I got a bunch of them on armor stands in a hallway up to my throne lol

[@TheGribbleNator]

You should've finished the video. The actual point is 5:50. If you're using the padded cuirass you're not getting the resistance bonus. The best set to wear is: Padded head, root chest, padded legs, linen cape. That is, of course, if you're bad at the game and don't know how to play it, therefore expecting to take a lot of damage. But there's an argument to be made for full fenris because you get the blessing. The only problem is that you can quite easily get 1 hit killed if you miss a single dodge or you're still running mid-tier foods.

[@ProffessorYellow]

@@TheGribbleNator Nah, I prefer the flat armor at that stage with the movement buff per piece. Don't care about the bonus.

[@roughtakes7271]

I initially had the choice "Dodge or parry" - and being as parry has the stagger x2 damage multiplier I wanted a quicker way of finishing enemies off (as dodging doesnt temporarily buff your DPS). Have learnt all enemies movesets so far. Currently just started in Mistlands and have Padded Helm/(Padded Cuirass/Root Harnesk)/Padded Greaves and swap out the Chest pieces depending on what foe Im fighting - Harnesk for Squitoes/Seekers and Curaiss for Gjall/Fuling Shaman/Cultists/Seeker Soldiers and then when sprinting around the Plains and lower I de-equip all weapons +Padded Greaves so I only get a 2% speed reduction from the Harnesk...always carry Fire resistance too....;-) I really would like to try Fenris for the speed boost but playing with gf and not enough Frost Caves visited yet to max the armour for both of us, so gonna wait till maybe the hair drops from Fenrings (in my dreams lol)

Thank you so much again! Lots of barley wine to produce then...

[@porous9]

There is no full armour set that ticks all the boxes for me. The problem is that, even when I enter the Mistlands, I only spend part of my time there. I also still spend time in the Plains, Mountain and Swamp as well. Changing my armour combo for the biome, sometimes a couple of times a day, makes no sense. I want one set that will serve me through all biomes. The Root Harnesk is just a no-brainer. Even with Mistlands, the monster that hits me the most, due to its ability to just buzz in from nowhere, is the Deathsquito. Reducing its damage to single digits with the Harnesk is an easy decision. That it renders Spear Fulings essentially harmless, and helps against Seekers too, is just gravy. I haven't found Gjalls to be a problem. Running away and kiting them avoids their fire damage. In any case, I tend to just avoid them as I don't make Bile Bombs much so they don't have good loot. I mostly aggro them and then run to Dvergr towers so that the Gjall wipes out the tower, meaning I can take the Dvergr items without having to aggro/fight them. I'm actually more concerned with Fuling Shamans, which can destroy you when wearing Root Harnesk. If I'm clearing out a Fuling village, I'll tend to use the Yagluth power. For helmet, I use the Padded for extra armour rating. Feather Cape is another no-brainer which also gives me the Freeze protection needed for Mountains. For legs, I use the mage set. I'm not a full-on magic user, I only use it occasionally to lob fireballs from range dealing big AoE damage. It's handy when clearing out Fuling villages or Infested Mines. Just a bit of mana regen is required and the mage pants fit the bill. Add in a Carapace Shield for big block ability and I have a loadout I can wear all day in any biome and feel comfortable.

[@jpcrido]

In my opinion FullFenris with Bonemass or Fenris+Root Harnesk and Barleywine(Gjall)

[@tikn8005]

I mean i just have a maxed out padded armor on me all time but tbh i run around in all the biomes except the mistlands with only a helmet and cape(no movement penalty) and then i equip it if i raid a village even tho i don't really do it any more. With good weapons/food you can easily tank a few hits from fulings and deathsquitos.

[@BkSonic]

caparace helmet its better than padded helmet

[@tikn8005]

@@BkSonic ik but ti's only for like 2 armor points

[@bradbennett3967]

I would like to see the fenris set numbers compared vs padded/root

[@aranha1504]

fenris set has 48 armor without any physical res vs 42 on the root set with pierce res. which means the numbers will be just a bit worse (like 20-30% worse) than the first table he showed (the full root one)

[@mitmon_8538]

I've been running the root shirt, fastest pants (Troll then Fenris), and strongest helmet (bronze, iron, drake, padded, carapace) for a long time. I should carry fire resist or a different chest piece with me when I go into frost caves and Mistlands, but I forget and then sometimes I die. : ) It would be interesting to see the how much of a difference it does to take a fire resist potion when getting hit with fire while wearing the Root shirt. But I take the risk either way since it makes archers, deathsquitos, and spear fulings a joke to deal with. Also, thanks so much for doing the research and showing these stats. I had no idea the ticks did pierce damage. Glad to know there's yet another thing the Root shirt does well against.

[@joelkorhonen3170]

Last I checked when you have resistance against fire (wet effect or fire barley wine) it overrides the weakness to fire effect from chest piece.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

I don't like the root chest for the plains. Shamans and the torch fulings will absolutely wreck you unless you're constantly popping fire wine.

[@mitmon_8538]

@@GeraltofRivia22 For sure, they are a problem, much like the Fenris Cultists in the Caves. But I much prefer to be fast and deathsquito proof in the plains and just watch out for Shamans/torch guys. Plus, if it's raining in the plains like it always seems to be, fire is less of an issue. You can also be surprised and nearly 1 shot by a 1 or 2 star spear thrower if you haven't seen that they're starred yet. You generally know when a Shaman or torch fuling is coming. Just my experience.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

@@mitmon_8538 just use the padded helmet, padded chest /Fenris chest and the padded pants / Fenris pants for the Plains. That's what I do. You're quick, at only -2% movement speed, and pretty tanky as well. Deathsquitos do like max 20 damage with all pieces at level 4. I would recommend the root chest if you want to go into the plains early for whatever reason. I did that with root + iron armour.

[@Jensen_Gaming]

Nobody here using fenris in the plains? When you fly and nothing can hit you, armour doesn't matter.

[@derekmazeppa1160]

@Firespark81, would you be interested in doing a video containing the Fenris armor comparing it to the root and padded for Mistlands and any combo there of? I'm pretty sure there are a few of us that would like to see that since we like the Fenris armor over most others. When you mentioned just using the chest piece of the root armor in a combo set with the padded, it gave me the idea that maybe there might be some merit to using the Fenris in the same fashion for fire resistance.

[@BkSonic]

fenris dont help in terms of pure defense in mistlands , you want movement ? ok but that dont help killing the bugs , if one go and meele with fenris set these bugs will have a bad time , for more security padded or carapace with root chest + parry , you dont need more

[@SlardaTorakka]

Finally, new Valheim video!! WOO!!

[@Phoosebakk]

Dude, the boss fight is literally so easy. Get a shield, just block and just time your attacks. When she runs away use the bow, ezpz. Easier then Yagg.

[@Docthewrench]

@Phoosebakk I get swarmed fighting the queen

[@krosismytosis]

Fenris armor, all the way.

[@salaman894]

I did troll armor -> fenris armor and thats it, no other armors

[@pedrurr]

I found out about the root armor after I got the carapace one, but in my new run I already made the combo armor in preparation to go to the mistlands, another combo armor is the mage armor with the carapace helmet, the mage helmet kinda sucks you change to the carapace helmet. you beacome a reforced glass cannon

[@DisasterTheoryX]

Fenris armor is resist to fire.... Gjall ;)

[@alvinholgersson]

can you combo fenris and root then?

[@Dogfishful]

@@alvinholgersson No, the fire resistance is a set bonus from the Fenris armor, you have to have the full Fenris set so you can't combine it with the root harnesk.

[@ReadR00ster1]

it would depend on which attacks are done more often and which attacks are most difficult for me to avoid.

[@EkkoMr]

so true . to just compare the dmg numbers dealed is no content at all...

[@JulienThomasNZ]

Yep. Agree. How often do the mobs do each attack. If the lunge is the one doing the most damage and it uses it the most often then that is an issue. If the mob only uses the lunge occasionally then we should use that in our thinking.

[@NickWebb-lc6ry]

Of course it is not...THE best armor in Valheim is the Fenris wolf set, with the unnarmed claws, and Bonemass as your ability. It is the most brutal way to slaughter the game. It is fast, hard hitting, works for any play style, and can take down the toughest enemies in the game with little stress.

[@chadnorris8257]

I would like it better if the Fenris weapons counted as knives, instead of unarmed, but maybe some people do like the unarmed fighting style.

[@wak4863]

Congrats on 160K subs! Super proud of you bro!

[@FutureOfHalo]

I want another video on this except with carapace armor

[@spousenhouses4460]

As far as I am aware. You can only make level 2 carapace armor, and that's the same stats as level 4 padded...

[@terma117]

This is so helpful, I do like the Fenrir armor with Carapace chest piece, you can take damage and move very fast

[@justrock7822]

What? The helmet has no movement penalty.

[@dekcode2824]

@@justrock7822 No movement panelty on hemlets.

[@VacantSpirit]

I used root chestpiece in plains but I never thinked seekers do pierce

[@AshPagelsdorf42]

ARMOR: Carapace Helmet, Feather Cape, Root Harnesk (Pierce) Carapace Greaves WEAPON: Frostner & Porcupine Used in Infested Mines, Draugr Fang & Spine Snap with Frost & Needle Arrow, Black Metal Tower Shield

[@jackorami2557]

wont the Gjalls absolutely roll you if you have the harnesk on?

[@AshPagelsdorf42]

@@jackorami2557 Kill Them first with a Crit, Freeze and Poison with a Spinesnap

[@BkSonic]

@@AshPagelsdorf42 a crit with spinesnap will not kill the gjall at all and its ultimate situational hit a crit first shot with the focking mist with a gjall not noticed :T, i have bow at 82 and take some shoots to kill them , I think its stupid using the root chest against them , just use carapace or padded againts them , and chage it again when them are not near. now devs gives back the nerf on them and make more fire damage and less blunt damage doing the double fire shot again and about your gear , tower black metal ? your bad at parry in this part of the game ? really ? if you really want to use a tower shield , use the serpent one , gives extra pierce reduction... , but carapace buckler can parry 315 damage .... why use porcupine in infested mines ?....bro these bugs are resistant against both type of damage of that weapon , froster its good , but mistwalker its better because have more total damage with the frost damage , and have faster swing than frostner

[@ToniFalck]

@@BkSonic The swing time is the same on mistwalker

[@Abrahamsilverbit]

@@jackorami2557barley wine exists

[@mbradley274]

Love it when you get all science-y.

[@KonaFanatiker]

Did you happen to test if carapace armor is actually giving better results ? maybe especially so against the queen would be good to know. Or if a combo of carapace T2 + rootarmor chestpiece is still the best option so far. Basically, is Carapace armor even worth it right now, as you cannot upgrade it to T4 yet

[@gabrielbueno9806]

Fenris Leggings for +3% speed, only the root chestpiece provides the pierce resistence so go with that and then choose the tankiest helmet available which gives a considerable amount of armor with no speed debuff. At the end you will end up with +1% overall speed, pierce resistence and around 70 armor

[@BkSonic]

1% its not worth ....

[@dougwall675]

Awesome if you want to be one shot by everything as soon as u miss a block

[@gabrielbueno9806]

@@BkSonic It's still better then negative speed tho imo

[@gabrielbueno9806]

​@@dougwall675 what do you mean ? I'm pretty well established in the mistlands and I never block, I much rather dodge or run since the armor set I use is so light

[@med2904]

@@BkSonic it's not 1%. If you swap out fenris legs for padded legs, that's 8% slower movement speed. The +1% is total speed compared with no armor. Because padded helmet is 0% difference, root chest -2%, and fenris legs +3%.

[@maximesavard-beaudoin560]

just started mistlands, will def use combo armor and padded on switch in inventory! thanks!

[@Zx180100]

I will use the Fenris armor with the padded helmet, I got a pretty good armor level and 6% movement speed bonus

[@Yogowafel]

You could also test it against Dvergers, pretty much everyone skip then in damage tests

[@subliminallabs]

I want the Carapace demo now.

[@kitrozon4422]

Thanks for the info!

[@jrsimeon02]

I like the combo idea but that's only because I don't have fenris armor yet

[@AlexanderTheGoodEnough]

I never knew about armor, I only knew about weapons and stamina food. Got really good at never being hit.

[@zapcracklepop]

Why not just use serpent shield with padded armor? It's resistant to pierce. You can't parry but it could save your bacon against large groups of seekers, especially in dungeons.

[@kastielangel130]

Good idea... I think it depend if you want to use magic or else. I will try it in the mistlands

[@tisjester]

What kind of Scientist says Sciencey? Where's the double blind study? Where is the peer review and validation of data?!?!? Pffft. Fake Science I tell you!!! Nice Video Firespark - thank you for testing these combo's

[@TexasRho83]

Speaking to the increased fire dmg using the root chest, wouldn't the Barley wine help with that?

[@jamespeterson1258]

The barley wine resistance completely overwrites all weakness to fire, so yeah definitely. You would just be Resistant with the wine active, even if you have the feather cape's "very weak to fire"

[@Pumpelche]

My prev equipment is Fenris armor pieces, combined with the mage cap and eikthyr-or-how-it's-spelled-buff. Nothing beats speed, jumps and dodges and you can glide much faster.

[@redvenge709]

A patch several months ago allows your armor rating to reduce not only physical damage, but all damage types. Having higher armor values will bet better than mix and matching. Also, if you want that pierce resistance, used Padded Armor and a Serpent scale shield. Best of both worlds.

[@lockekappa500]

Id rather have a better shield and a worse chest piece

[@redvenge709]

@@lockekappa500 Better how? Better overall armor is mechanically superior, unless your plan is "not to get hit". Serpent shield is fine for Mistlands content.

[@aranha1504]

@@redvenge709 you need parry for double dmg, otherwise you will be taking 5 minutes to kill a single soldier, tower shield is the noob casual approach, nothing wrong with that if ur still learning the game of course

[@redvenge709]

@@aranha1504 What are you talking about? The video, and the discussion, is about the value of damage reduction and armor. You are barging in here talking about noobs, when parrying has NOTHING to do with the discussion.

[@aranha1504]

@@redvenge709 all the 3 comments above are mentioning shields, are u dumb? "Better shield" "better how" "i rather have more armor than shield"

[@zachrohlfs]

Fenris for life!!!

[@RoseDragoness]

I do full padded armor with serpent shield. I walk as slow as turtle but even in lag I can defend myself.

[@tomahost]

Hi Rose!

[@RoseDragoness]

@@tomahost lol hi!

[@ScarryHarry93]

Considering the lung is the easiest to dodge or parry, that's a HUGE mitigation of damage for an armor that's practically less than half of padded armor total. I might have to remember this and go kill some abominations

[@notfreakgamer7540]

Padded root harnesk 👍

[@thegoldenrenesus9740]

After watching this video I will definitely use the combo armor for the Mistlands dungeons, thanks!!

[@Cubee4]

i would like to see the fenris armor in that comparing for mistlands but mby a mix is good from padded and using only the chest of root for the pierce defense stat

[@thevuntzer]

Fenris armor is the best in the game simply because of the speed bonus. Nothing else compares to the ability to dodge a hit entirely for zero damage.

[@jpcrido]

FullFenris with Bonemass or Fenris+Root Harnesk and Barleywine(Gjall)

[@starbreeze7249]

You don't need speed if you're capable of parrying, and you can still dodge hits in heavier armor. Fact is, if you have heavy armor and eat a hit, it's basically 0 damage with two mistlands HP foods to begin with. Plus, what's stopping you from dodging hits in heavy armor? You can perfectly dodge every Gjall projective even in full padded

[@thevuntzer]

@@starbreeze7249 Good point. I should work on dodging. I also like the movement speed boost from Fenris armor in general for getting around. With the claws you don't lose any speed from weapons either.

[@Ghostyfreaks]

2 star gjall says hi xD that guy is scary, even with only 1 projectile

[@dimitryiam464]

Amazing! Thanks for comparison👍🏻

[@tonyh8166]

How about some kind of test using the serpent-scale shield, which has pierce resist? Especially with 100 blocking skill which is easy to get with a block trainer. (search youtube for valheim block trainer if needed)

[@joedarling5175]

Just parry with a shield and bone mass buff. Covers all tiers of enemies.

[@starbreeze7249]

Just have Bonemass buff up 24/7

[@bomars7594]

Thanks. That's very helpful. It would be even better, if you would also show the results of the combo against the seeker soldiers...

[@sirhunter7623]

I personally like the better mobility the root armor has compared to the padded armor so I went with a full set of root armor and bust try to avoid gjalls as much as possible or fight them somewhere where I can hide from their attacks

[@lockekappa500]

Its 3% more movement speed, not a big difference.

[@BkSonic]

what a bad build if you go solo ....

[@SamTheMan55555]

Does fire resistance potion negate the weakness to fire from the root armor? Or do you still take some extra damage to fire? Partial reduction perhaps? 🤔

[@John-eh6jg]

Hmmm good question . Now I have to go fiddle on valheim and figure this out lol

[@MTKRAILROAD]

​@@John-eh6jghave you figured it yet?

[@1234567895182]

Fire resistance potion completely negates the fire damage even when wearing the root harnesk. So entering the mistlands, root harnesk + padded + fire resist potions will be your most protected combo. Fenris offers decent fire resistance too but I believe the potions are stronger. Your choice there though as the movement speed buff is *chefs kiss*

[@ForeverDunking]

or use padded with bonemass..

[@weshavi4681]

or just use root/fenris armor with bonemass ;)

[@pedrurr]

@@weshavi4681 fenris + bonemass is the way to go

[@wideout7838]

@@pedrurr what is fenris? Tankier than padded?

[@marcelord8372]

@@wideout7838 no, it is a light armor, but full set gives around 45 armor and +9% movespeed, instead of -10% movespeed from padded. halved armor, but you are way faster, so easier to dodge etc. its obtained from fenris hair in mountain dungeons

[@johntobin]

I gotta ask, is it worth keeping the root chest piece even when you get to carapace armour, do you think. Great video, thx!

[@raphaelgoncalves79]

probably yes, carapace atm is only 2 extra defense per piece, probably the way to go for maximum reduced damage is root chest and the rest carapace, instead of whole root set like shown

[@joshilane539]

From the brief bit of testing I did with comparing level 2 carapace chestpeice with the level 4 root armor chestpeice (with otherwise full carpace armor, so helmet and greaves), and its a very similiar outcome as it was with comparing the padded chestplate with the root chestplate (the resistance towards peirce is better for general seeker encounters than just the plain 34 armor the carapace chestplate gives you) so yes I would say its definetly worth it currently... might be a different story once we have level 3/4 carapace armor available tho

[@johntobin]

@@joshilane539 Thx!

[@fatalheart7382]

It would make sense that lunge is slash.

[@afielsch]

U forgot to test with queen and dvergers.

[@Synthia17]

Add some eitr with the staff of protection and you're potentially indestructible

[@hereisjon905]

I've had a fully upgraded Fenris set, with all the Padded pieces and Black metal weapons. I went to the Mistlands, died, my tombstone disappeared, lost all my stuff. Since then I don't use the Fenris armour, because it would take me a lot to gather all resources again. Also I stopped using the mixed armour, the enemies are a lot less painful after the nerf, it doesn't really matter anymore.

[@BkSonic]

devs give back the nerf ...

[@ShavierTheHedgehog]

- "You need to complete multiple dungeons, in order to unlock mistlands level gear" Ye, I got lucky. Got 5 cores in first dungeon and I don't even have wisplight yet 😝

[@Superzygarie]

Lucky you! I spent over 12 hours looking for one When I finally found it, there was nothing there

[@Sladeofdark]

Great work!

[@GorthaurUdun]

tks for the science

[@JoeBru-vk1rh]

Well made video

[@Indicteronomy]

All well and good, but I'm more scared of Gjall than of Seekers or Seeker Soldiers. I don't imagine Root Armor is much against fire damage.

[@NickWebb-lc6ry]

Fenris armor is resistant to fire for Gjall, combined with the Bonemass special ability to kill 1-2 star Seekers and Soldiers, The Mistlands gets alot easier!

[@sk33133103]

How about using fire resistant potion with root chest when fighting gjalls? Goal not a big deal when only fight on it but ticks and seekers are. Also when getting into mistlands, barleys not the best option anymore. Just cost a little bit of barleys and cloud berries which give you 60minutes fire resistant. Can it be an option to cover the weakness of root chest?

[@TyberiussHunter]

Good work. Thanks for the time you put into the research.

[@breakingskies1672]

What's gjalls thoughts?

[@RexorInvicta]

Oh, sweet summer child...

[@ronjburv1007]

Awesome!