STALKER 2 Veteran Armor Tier List 1.0

This is after 165 hours of playtime, if anything is wrong in terms of numbers/stats let me know I will likely be off for some of the armor sets in this list. Also feel free to mention relevant/critical unique upgrades that make the armor better or competitive in relation to other armor.
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[@Banksta187]

Side note - faction armors are named as such in Ukrainian, e.g. PSZ-9D stands for "Duty/Dolg" (same initial here), V - Volya(Freedom) W - Ward(Varta, English butchers cyrillic) I - Iskra (Spark) N - Nayemniki(Mercs) M - military, but since it's on SIRCAA... probably MDST or other ministry.

[@_7-7-7_]

I stick to the Diamond exo every time. Found it during a mission on my first playthrough and then found another later in Pripyat. 2nd playthrough in now, ran straight to yaniv to get it early. Issue is it’s a rip off to maintain in veteran, but basically turns you into a monolith sponge so imho 100% worth it, but don’t let this distract you from the fact that We thank you, oh Monolith, for revealing the cunning plans of your enemies to us. May your light shine down on the souls of the brave soldiers who gave their lives in service to your will. Onward warriors of the Monolith, avenge your fallen brothers, blessed as they are in their eternal union with the Monolith.

[@Tenmo8life]

The Aero protection gas mask IS underrated. You can get it SUPER early and it has alot of psi protection for that early into the game

[@davesmith1588]

I think the ones without helmets have no Psi protection because they are expected to be used with a helmet with Psi protection. the Psi protection goes on your head. I don't really think it's fair to downgrade them for that

[@johnshepard7630]

Unfortunately the Bulat doesnt have any Psi protection. The equivalent helmet at least has 2.1 but the armor as a whole has non. Love the Bulat though. If it had some psi protecton I'd have kept it until end game.

[@gosh7830]

there is an operator exoskeleton in the burnt forest at the end of X-15. it's in a locked armory with a key nearby. I would imagine its obtainable early, its literally at the end of the bunker through the giant blast doors. if you go in through the blast doors instead of coming out from the mission the suit is on the left, and the key is on a desk to the right. its pre-jupiter if you get it through the mission either way, so like late mid-game.

[@lDIMAl]

Why you put Corund as B, cmmon it has two protected containers in total 5 artefact slots and doestn't require any upgrades on the map. Can be easily upgraded in Rostok very cheap!

[@jgtafighter]

when i found it at noontide base i ran it until i got the exo going to pripyat, full balistic protection with upgrades and 5 slots what more to want, you can go with it the entire game

[@JJennerUK]

Corund being B is insane considering it has Exo level stats

[@FD_Stalker]

yeah and you can fully mod it kinda early if you follow main story, right after getting it from noontider went back to monolith. I mod it on tech and man that had almost max out physical protection... but nothing can pull me away from my SEVA. My dream is wearing SEVA left hand FNF2000 right hand Gauss rifle and revolver on waist RPG on back...

[@CKT1138]

@@JJennerUK it's good but it's also pretty heavy and doesn't have the carry weight boost level of an exo. I had a near fully upgraded GoF suit and didn't really need the Corundum as a result

[@ducksound8023]

These vids have changed the way I view gear in this game, really changed the way I play and it has made this game much easier. Well done

[@Talon-6]

Only been out for 1 hour idk how much it can change the way you play and made things easier. You can't do a while lot in a hour

[@cmbtreebeard]

I feel like the Corundum suit should be above the Bulat suit in A tier. They both have 5 artifact slots with 2 shielded containers when upgraded but Corundum has higher stats across the board (almost max physical protection) and much more psi protection (Bulat doesn't have any when fully upgraded) Great list overall though!

[@therealamon]

You get it after noontide turns as well which is mid game and can carry you the whole game

[@cmbtreebeard]

@therealamon facts, and you don't need any blueprints to fully upgrade it now that I think about it

[@Nox210]

I'm only in the early to mid game (I think) but I think it'd have been worthwhile factoring in the weight of the armor, maybe not right down to calculating protection per kilogram, but I feel it's important to consider when choosing armor based on what you expect to encounter before heading out. Thanks for sharing this all the same I.C.G, cheers.

[@werewolfhunter1347]

The exo suits are great, especially the diamond, it's worth it but for some reason, I really enjoy the Falcon and Bulat alot...those two armor sets really hard carried me throughout my first playthrough.

[@Adv-vr1uh]

Hawk in the B-tier? My dude, are you serious now? This suit carried me from the end of the early game up until Prypiat. 5 artefact containers (2 of them lead), the additional carry weight upgrade, and MAXIMAL physical protection when fully upgraded. It is easily an S-tier item. Only exoskeletons are better, but you get those only in the late game.

[@nighthawkviper6791]

I hope you know this game is so jank, that you saying this Carried you until Pripyat could mean a lot of things...Like 100hrs vs 28.

[@pillagius]

Yeah. Easily one of the best options to have before exos. SSP100 Discovery is great option too, though not as much physical defense.

[@BlueCollaredGrit]

@@pillagiusyou can run the compass artifact and your golden

[@darrenjpeters]

Lol, only just got to Wild Island, rocking Diamond Exo....

[@BlueCollaredGrit]

@@darrenjpeters me too 😂

[@Isti_Au]

The SSP-100M SIRCAA (DLC) does have 2.7 Psi protection. Can be upgraded to 5 slots, only 2 lead lined.

[@DarkFire515]

Worth noting that as soon as you leave the lesser zone you can go to the military storage base in the chemical plant area and get a 100% condition Bulat suit for free. The Bulat will easily take you to the point at which you get a SEVA-I or Diamond exo. There are also at least 2 diamond Exo suits in the game which you can get for free at 100% condition. Edited to add: diamond vs ruby exo - with both fully upgraded the diamond has better resistances but doesn't have the 20% accuracy. Ruby has the accuracy buff but noticably worse resistances and a smaller buff to carry weight.

[@therealamon]

I reccomend the diamond exo only for how easy it is to get and itll easy carry you late game through the last end of story

[@jeremygreen6292]

You can get the Diamond Exo this early as well.

[@nighthawkviper6791]

SEVA 1 is barely better than SEVA Suit, and depending on how you loot (Agriculture Building in Rostok (NW of the Main Base) has the Seva1 on the roof of the Walkway inbetween the buildings. The keys to get through the doors leading up to the roof are found on the exo & drifter bodies scattered around the buildings.

[@pillagius]

@@nighthawkviper6791 what?.. I know there's Seva-I (that's " i ", for "Iskra" - "Spark") can be found in Yantar area, next to Rostok. But Seva-I in Rostok? There's Seva-V on the train crane near helicopter, but that's about it.

[@DarkFire515]

@@jeremygreen6292 Yeah, to be fair you could go straight up to Yaniv as soon as you leave the lesser zone.

[@Corrupt_be]

The Falcon 9I is definitely S tier, it's arguably the best non exo suit in the game. For me it's mainly Rad/Psi/Phys that matters and artefact slots.

[@frapippo420]

Hard agree, the Sparks were cooking with that one 💯

[@tulipan643]

Agree i love this suit. Best for me.

[@zeerevolutionwillbetelevised]

Id argue the corundum suit is better than the falcon suit, better physical protection, same psi, you get all 5 artifact containers AND 2 of them are lead or radiation free containers versus the falcon which only has 1 I believe.

[@morokei9394]

Falcon maxes out at 4 slots with 2 being shielded.

[@andreschavez6141]

​@morokei9394 or 5 with one shielded. Unfortunately you can't get both the extra containers and both leaded

[@Panzergraf]

SEVA D (Upgraded) is the SEVA D with the blueprint upgrades. Suit itself is easy to get in the Cement region, with the aramid blueprint being quite easy to find at Wild Island.

[@FinUgShiet]

Also you can get 5 artifact slots on the SEVA D too.

[@zoltancsupor5003]

I have just one comment to this: I like the fact that in this game the armor doesn't really matter if you play enough and collect some critical artifact namely: Compass + Liquid Rock + Hpyercube with that any armor which has 1 Lead and 2 normal container basically you max out Physical/Thermal/Chemical defense even with like 0% durability so after upgrading you don't really have to worry about repair... your 0% condition suit is as good as any other. The only difference if you want to do some powergaming (in a singleplayer game) is using the best carry weight exoskeleton with the least weight. :) Other than that I like this Tier list!

[@SHOKKERZ91IHDI]

The artifacts got nerfed very hard in 1.1.1, they pretty much only have 1/4 of their original value. A compass for example gives only around 1 Bar of your armor stat. So no more Honda Civic armor.

[@frapippo420]

Thank you man, I've been looking for an armor tier list since day one ❤️ Nice video :)

[@IcedCoffeeGaming]

No worries, def read through comments on some of the armor sets I am wrong on : )

[@artemlebedev3493]

I bought the Liberty exo suit in Rostok being probably somewhere in the mid game (my main story missions are in Red Forest now, I'm looking for Strelok). Also, the Cuirass suit is available at the Duty base. So, at least for now, you can buy them before accessing Prypiat, not for free though. When it comes to the Operator exo suit, I don't know whether it's a bug or not (probably it is), but I looted 3 of them from dead Ward soldiers during their assault on Malachite. I didn't expect that coming :)

[@andreschavez6141]

You can also find a free cuirass in a large building at the cooling factories. Didn't ever use it because it can't sprint but it's very easy to get if you can run there after leaving Lesser Zone. Also, you can get most armors off enemies if you take them out and let their buddies loot them. Then loot the looter. Easier if you do it in stealth because they won't ever loot in combat.

[@Tex_Teufelhunden]

I have nitpicks about the placement inside of the tier with some but overall, I agree

[@frankhorrigan9394]

I think im the only one he noticed he put the bulat over the corundum, not only does the corundum have psi protection AT BASE which the bulat doesn’t EVEN WITH upgrades😂, and the corundum will beat out the bulat completely with upgrades and if i remember correctly the corundum has 2 lead containers that don’t require blueprints whereas on the bulat the suit requires a blueprint for the second however. Diamond exo at yaniv is still way better tho. Great video tho man very informative! (Edit:Can get corundum very easy on ward walkthrough aswell)

[@xWinnersCirclex]

Finally the tier lus we were waiting for

[@V0RYNDAGOTHUR]

Seeing videos like this is making me realize how lucky I got in my playthrough. Due to what I can only assume was a bug I got 9 sets of Duty's convoy armor. And the helmet with mask as early as the factory mission for Spark. That armor was fucking nuts

[@nilk1100]

The DLC SSP "SIRCAA now has psi protection.

[@CKT1138]

You can get Guardian of Freedom as free loot in two different early game accessible areas (Garbage and later Zaton), and upgraded it's one of the best armors for early-mid game, so I can put up with the repair costs.

[@333GHz]

I got Operator Exo much earlier. I found it leaving the Subtle Matter bunker. I haven't explored that area before, but I'm quite sure you can just get to that part of the bunker before doing the mission, i.e. it should be available as soon as you leave the Lesser Zone. One of the blueprints is there too. It's not all rainbows and unicorns though, the blueprints for Operator Exo extra lead containers are in Pripyat. One thing that kinda sux about Operator Exo is that the 5th container ("makeshift container" upgrade) is locked to one specific technician only available in one specific faction playthrough, so there's good chance you will not be able to get it at all. Techs in Yaniv and Degtyarev base in Pripyat can't install it.

[@jgtafighter]

you can get Operaton Exoskeleton in burned forest during "subtle matter" mission, after you talk to Strider when you escape the lab its at the end of the bunker, i think thats before you go to Pripyat but its pretty late game, without exploits you can only get the normal exoskeleton when meeting Strelok for the first time which is just one mission before this one, maybe you can get into the bunker before but i would guess the gate at the end is closed but ill try to go there sooner and let you know

[@ghostty7775]

Some monolith soldiers in Pripyat will drop the diamond exo when you loot them as well as the ruby. You can get a bunch of diamond and ruby exos if you keep raiding the monolith shelter in pripyat but they are random drops

[@TSFHbolec]

Why sphere m20 helmet is highier than tactical helmet? It got 20% psi protection compared to m20? other stats are similar.

[@emmetq4744]

Hi mate, well done on your videos they have been really good and I have been enjoying them and finding them really helpful. Subscribed, and people watching should really consider subscribing because how good they are, these are the questions I wanted answered.

[@YsMining]

i found the operator exo on a random guy i shot in jupiter on my way to prypiat right before crossing the border today. I was amazed he had that. I found some other good ones on random guys but this stood out.

[@bucky145]

You can upgrade seva d, 5 artifacts slots

[@danielvazquez3885]

Plus is the cheapest seva armor to repair and has a sweet 50% degradation resistance Is the one i use the most for exploring the map

[@AlejandroSobriino]

SSP 100I Survey is the best armor, good in all, cheap repair, good carry, 5% stamina regen, best efficiency 57%

[@chrisb2942]

That's a good every day suit. For the tough fighting areas Jupiter and prybiat, the exo suits are better.

[@choppdahumies]

@@chrisb2942 just equip compass which boost physical protection to exo lvl

[@noksi2001]

the hawk spark armour is in the burnt forest in a helicopter hanger near the place you go for the faust boss fight, the SEVA D suit is great and very upgradeable, I was running it till yesterday because I found the SEVA I but the seva d has 3 slots, can be upgraded to five and can have on lead container (maybe 2 but im not sure, i forgot already), it has great physical and can be ugraded even more, it has the upgrade to reduce weight and increase carry weight at the same time but it requires a slash drive. when it comes to the Cuirass(duty) exo suit it may be worse and it may not be able to sprint but I found it 2 days ago in my second play through, I was really early game, hadn't even been to wild island yet but this time i wanted to explore everything so I went north to the cooling towers and i found this beast in a big building with some monolithians there (even though I was nowhere near past the sircaa mission) so I get why it can't be upgraded as much as the other exos, it would be too op for the early game , keep in mind I haven't gone to pripyat early so maybe if you decide to go there and get the operator early u will be golden and can use it. O nvm u said it in the video, but yea, nothing stops you in the early game to cross to the cooling towers. Btw im not 100 percent sure but I think I saw the bulwark or whatever its called exo suit sold by birch or in some merchant npc on my first playthough but something made me not take it even though I was using the Bulat suit and this was supposed to be the exo version of that anyways , thnak yall for reading, it feels so nice to be a part of a community around a new live game and not reading 10 year old forums for a change

[@TheBestNoahEver]

Ruby is like a mix of Diamond and Operator, it gives stam refresh, +accuracy, good efficiency, net weight bonus when upgraded. Besides its high innitial weight and part of the game its attainable, I think its the best all-round especially when you think about buffs with artifacts.

[@nextdoorenko53]

“Duty” armours even though they have lower anomaly defence are about 20-30% cheaper to sustain while “Freedom” in contrary are more expensive.

[@AndreKayser-ev5cc]

if you kill the sniper and you Put 3 Boxes next to the big Iron door , you can jump over it's just a little tricky you need to check all the time the Sniper Spawn

[@sulyokpeter3941]

The DLC SSP "SIRCAA" is like if you got the Deluxe edition, you can pick it up straight after you leave the Lesser Zone from a stash, which is not far away if you side with the ward. I mean giving the ward the senzors. It has Psy protection(after the new patch), it is an upgraded SSP suit basically. Move it to A tier and with full upgrades its an S tier. It is the best suit for Artifact hunting, which you can get very very early, but it is expensive to repair so i dont recommend running it straight, just save it into your personal stash and wait till you have at least 50K coupons to be able to cover the maintenance costs. If you fully upgrade it and if you manage to get the blueprints it will have very close physical protection as the Exoskeletons which is kinda insane. Iam running this armor and i can confirm, it has 2.7 almost 3 bars of psy-protection, 2.8 thermal/electric/chem, 3 rads and 2.1 physicality protection. With maximum upgrades(blueprints included) you can get it up to 3.7 physical protection, 3.5 electric/rad and 3.2 psy-protection, and all the 5 slots for artifacts(3 shielded)

[@KINGARTH92]

Fully upgraded, definitely S tier. Balanced and high resistances Including high PSI, slightly lower phys dmg resistance but i personally negate that with running the compass. Also 5 artifact slots 3 of them are protected. Putting it in C tier is insulting lol. Im joking around but its definitely not C. 😂

[@Tolabay]

I think bulat should be at the end of the S tier or top A tier. You can find it after leaving zalissya. It is in the military base. When it is fully upgraded, it is like a lighter exoskeleton. I've always used that armour in the first trilogy. You can complete the game with it if you don't want to use exoskeletons.

[@johnshepard7630]

Unfortuantely it has no Psi protection at all.

[@Tolabay]

@@johnshepard7630 the game has like 6-7 controllers, maybe a bit more. What else uses PSI? I've never needed it in any stalker game. You can use pills if you need psi protection so much.

[@IstvanK_PC]

I alternated between the Seva-I and the SSP-100I Survey based on if I go out artifact hunting/missions or main mission fighting. Both were S-tier for me before the Diamond. Seva-V for me was the worst, D was the first I got of the group, and it carried me a lot in early-mid game, alternating with the PSZ12 Bulat when it got damaged. I found the Falcon too late.

[@SHOKKERZ91IHDI]

Falcon and Corum are both easy S-tier. Also Ruby doesn't have to compromise in the upgrade forks, it can have all and doesn't lock you out of other choises like most suits do. Loner Exo is the Honda Civic of exos, i pretty much run only this one for that very reason. It also looks the best.

[@emilianosanchez5703]

I dont know if its a bug but i got the operator exosuit from a body of a warden by killing them in malachite when they siege you while you are speaking to the remainings of the c-conssiconsciousness, and also you can get it in a bunker near the orbita station after the subtle matter mission

[@nathanspreitzer6738]

I also got 3 separate exos off bodies in that fight, if it is a bug I’m not complaining lol

[@TLDelapore]

I've always been a Seva guy. Ideally stealth would be a more viable mechanic and exosuits would make noise, making them more competitive.

[@trentnorris3001]

The psi-hawk suit you can get in zaton at the railway facility

[@ZeePanzer]

i found my diamond at prypiat after making the box jump, but i dont really remember where. on this playthrough as soon as the lesser zone oppened i got to prypiat

[@johnshepard7630]

Can anyone propvide the exact spreadsheet he used on the video? I can only find a picture of the weapons sheet not the sheet itself on reddit

[@CM0G]

look below on the comments

[@davesmith1588]

First playthrough I used Corundum suit right up to the end. Fully upgraded it has 5 Physical

[@WADS-rr9wy]

How do you find these suits and helmets/masks? You aren’t finding these in stalker stashes right? Are they from side missions or random loot boxes? I only found like 2 suits and 2 masks which doesn’t seem like much for the ground I have covered so far

[@snaker9er]

You gotta be doing some parkour sometimes to find stuff hidden in places that seem like you cant get there

[@tabascowkasku5709]

I like the Falcon the most, it best non exo armor you can get it pretty early if you really want if

[@andreysolopov9586]

I got the Operator exo from one of the Varta soldiers before Pripyat. Apparently NPCs loot the corpses of other NPCs when they lose sight of the player and can get their armor, so sometimes you can find armor in dead NPCs.

[@archiethedog4515]

I am rocking the Sunrise armor with mask 1. It's super light and has decent protection. It's the OG STALKER armor imho.

[@rooksnemesis]

This list can NOT be made with Veteran mode in mind.. I mean stats wise sure, if you are strictly going off of graphs and numbers.. When it comes to ACTUAL gameplay and practicality, the repair costs alone for 70% of the "high end" armors drop their teirs in my mind.. at 90% durability if the armor costs 10k or more to repair it, I only use it for missions MAYBE.. You can run ANY "low tier" armor and use that right until the end credits.. all I really look for in an armor is atleast 3 artifact slots.. thats it.. Compass Thunderberry Skipjack/weird water or Liquid rock.. Thats all you need for MOST encounters.. swap one out for anomoly protections.. or, if you are in an actual mission/side quest, drop Thunderberry for something with bleed protection.. And then, when its all said and done.. crawl back to a tech and pay MAYBE 5k in repairs even at 50% durability.. Idk, the key thing to keep in mind, never upgrade an armors rad/anomoly protections.. just the artifact slots.. those alone jack up the prices but nowhere near what bullet/anomoly/rads pro does..

[@djduaneB]

My man I don't see the Bulat, it's a pretty good military heavy armor. You can get it behind a coded lock door at the military warehouses, amazing mid game armor.

[@FatGuyEngineer]

You can definitely get Operator Exo sooner than Jupiter as I'm running it currently and haven't even reached Jupiter. I believe I found it somewhere in Burnt Forest.

[@remingtond3465]

Diamond exo adds a ridiculous 25kilos to your carry cap.

[@SPAMLiberationArmy]

SEVA-D can be gotten through a jumping puzzle/anomaly zone (bring medkits) at the Cage in Cement Factory right after you leave the lesser Zone. Very good if you went with Gaffer/Spark instead of Ward, I fully upgraded and it carried me until i got to Yaniv for the diamond. An early Integral-A and extended mag are also near there (reloading facility and under the Duty base.)

[@chrisb2942]

Seva I is S tier for me.

[@danielbyrum5369]

I like the duty armor a lot as a replacement for the guardian of freedom suit for the mid game personally. Granted it lacks in artifact alots and other defenses but its got a great physical stat and more importantly its just slightly more expensive to repair than the guardian of freadom suit which you have to run a helmet with anyway which bumps up the cost for that gear. Thats without most upgrades though as thats what bumps up the cost to repair. I went with the artifact slots and wear resistance and the cost is around 7000 to repair when in the low 80% condition. The guardian of freedom suit is like 6000 at 80% BUT if you run a decent helmet or mask as well that'll run you like 2000-3000 at 80% so that totals out to around the same roughly, both with mininal upgrades. For the repair cost I think it's worth it for its physical resistance. Definitely not the best armor but it's a lot better on cash than the exo suits or the bulat and corrundum. It's really just the duty version of the falcon armor so its red and slightly worse but cheaper to fix.

[@danielbyrum5369]

Actually looking at the stats the falcon armor is better and probably about the same as far as cost to repair goes.

[@jgtafighter]

also the merc suit is good tier at least, i know its just for early BUT, you get it basicaly right away and it weights just 1KG while having pretty good armor stats for early, its wery good for what it is...

[@therealnmsis]

The base exoskeleton can be upgraded to have sprint, speaking from experience. I'm also quite positive the Cuirass is the only one without the possibility of a sprint upgrade. Also, the Operator can be found at the end of the tunnel in the Subtle Matter mission in Burnt Forest, however I have no idea if you can get to that spot before that mission happens. Upon my exit I didn't see anything that would indicate a blockaded entrance from that front though, so it might be possible to get REALLY early.

[@n0.nam358]

Bro did my fav Zircon suit so dirty, it's 100% high B tier because of 3 art slots and ability to add another 2, good upgrades so it's great untill late mid game even on the expensive side. I've dropped mine after Swamps unfortunatelly because I left them on 30% so yeah

[@TheManFromCanada]

I do not know if this is intentional or not, but I managed to get the Brummbar (merc) Exosuit by siding with Sultan and Beard in Zaton. I fought the mercs and on the dead body of one of the exosuit mercs was the armor itself. No idea if that is a bug or not.

[@pillagius]

Likely it is a bug, as you sometimes can loot an armor with loaf of bread icon from bandits. Frankly I'd prefer it to be a feature that in very rare occasion you'd get an armor drop.

[@f.m848]

Box jump still works. I got it after the patch.

[@nathanspreitzer6738]

Corund is giga slept on

[@kuro_neko5863]

It's hard to get confirmation on this, but the consensus I've found is while physical protection is separate for helmet and chest armor, the elemental and rad protection stacks. So in many cases helmeted armor might not be better than helmet plus chest armor. Helmetless armor never has Psi defence, so that's not something to penalize it for. Helmets cover Psi defence. You confused the Guardian of Freedom armor for Wings of Freedom armor. Guardian of Freedom is definitely at least B tier. It's objectively better than the two you put in B. Also, the Mercenary suit isn't DLC, the Light Mercenary Suit is the DLC version and is the same except lighter and cheaper. All the DLC stuff is reskinned existing gear that's just lighter and cheaper.

[@shepherd3522]

Access to upgrade blueprints is a critical issue. It's no good having the "best" suit if you can't access its abilities. Some upgrade blueprints are blocked behind story missions.

[@irishluckk]

Do all the exo suits have a stamina regen upgrade?

[@Banksta187]

I modded myself a Shield of Duty Exosuit, which is S-tier for drip. (there's a blueprint or two ingame for this one, but those PSZ-9 Exosuits are on NPCs only)

[@Gymshark_Merchant]

So if you don’t take when it becomes obtainable into account, what is the best armour?

[@IcedCoffeeGaming]

Mostly exoskeletons because you get highest armor, 2-4 lead containers, and increased carry weight.

[@Gymshark_Merchant]

@ I mean which exo is the best? the only problem I see with operator is that apparently you can’t get the last artefact slot because no technician can install the required upgrade for it(a bug I assume)

[@gospelarkanum6782]

I remember to get the operator exo on X15 lab during the main mission subtle matter in burnt forest at the end of the dungeon behind a locked door the key is the other side of the area on a table.

[@333GHz]

Re SEVAs: looks like there is discrepancy in the stats shown in-game and these data-mined. Based on in-game stats for me these were direct upgrades, rather than sidegrades: SEVA-D -> Wandeder -> SEVA-I. SEVA-V was a sidegrade to SEVA-D. I've been running SEVA-I until I got to Pripyat, would have gone to SSP-100M SIRCCA when I got to Malachite, but it's still bugged and no technician can fully upgrade it. Having 3 lead containers mid-game is goated. Late game you get to Pripyat and get exos, which can have up to 4 lead containers. update: I just checked in game, fully upgraded Wanderer has less physical and less psi than fully upgraded SEVA-I. In both cases I took upgrade path that bypasses one physical upgrade (+20% phys vs +10% carry weight for Wonderer, and +30% vs +1 container for for SEVA-I), so if your going just for raw physical damage stats, SEVA-I can be even better.

[@Aquve]

that gas canister on seva-i is just killing it for me lol

[@Tohmmer-_-]

This man is the goat

[@Seabass2478]

I dont think they will patch the jump for the spark base diamond exo. Its not that hard to get to either. You just need some food and health and u run like hell

[@pimaker1]

I don't factor in lead lined containers into if I will use a suit or not because weird water exists. Keeps repair costs lower as there is absolutely no need to get those upgrades.

[@IcedCoffeeGaming]

Do you always have weird water equipped? I guess you could, the drunk effect can be funni to deal with in combat

[@pimaker1]

@@IcedCoffeeGaming Yeah, I have it on all the time, to be honest I barely notice the drunk effect.

[@Alpha-lm2xx]

I only have a few minutes to watch since I’m on break- so what are your opinions about diamond vs Ruby? If I remember correctly the ruby has a 20% accuracy increase- does it have sprint mod as well? Diamond exo is cool but if I can get both on the ruby I’ll switch

[@IcedCoffeeGaming]

Diamond has better defensive stats, but it has lower total health so it will degrade faster, Ruby has more weight as well but gives the 20% accuracy and can sprint (they both can just responding to your question), slightly less defensive stats but also has higher armor health so fewer/cheaper repairs

[@Alpha-lm2xx]

@ okay I see, thanks for the reply! Hate me if you will but I did the money glitch because the repair costs were just too much and I’m more of a story oriented player so it doesn’t really bother me all too much. Got to a point where I was paying like 40-50k after every mission and the weapon farming got tedious 🫨

[@krono069]

If exo suits are S tier, then why dont i ever use them? Can't sprint. Why dont i upgrade them to sprint with the blueprint? Why go through the trouble? The end game has all your gear getting destroyed to the point of having to swap to field gear you find anyway. The final battles go on for so long with zero ability to repair. Why go through all the trouble when you can just use regular armor that works just as well?

[@crimsonviper2145]

Had the operator exo dropped from a monolith soldier in the chemical plant.

[@neitron90]

Tourist suit is the best one maybe second best non helmet armor in terms of stats when upgraded and it gives 5% stamina regen. Falcon is the 2nd best armor without getting into exosuits and SIRCA should be one of the best, even better than some exosuits in theory but it can't be upgraded fully anywhere and it does have psy protect like 3 bars I think after the patch. Doesn't diamond suit have the best carry weight when upgraded? Also you forgot to include monolith suit and mercenary suit is not dlc.

[@kristiancar9200]

Im rocking that one you find in malachite base on veteran diff....i think its the best non exo

[@wrenzojimenez5665]

Got my Diamond exo from a monolith soldier. He has it in his inventory. Drop rate thing maybe?

[@noksi2001]

Btw I am curious whats the diffence between suits with different rad protection. I am wondering since the game give you so much anti rads but I want to see visually why suits with more rad protection are better, can you make a video if you run out of ideas in the future in which you compare some of the suits in hazardous areas, maybe even around doctor's house or the top slag heap and some places where the isn't as much radiation

[@nighthawkviper6791]

I don't even get why radiation was such a big concern from everybody. Really nowhere has that much radiation that you'll actually have to tank...And the Vodka, Beer, and Anti-Rad Shots are littered everywhere .

[@noksi2001]

@@nighthawkviper6791 that's why I want to see a comparison, I need a reason to keep my rad armors, I remember in the beginning I was watching some guides made by a guy and he said,, i tend to keep on physical prot suit, 1 with high rad resistance and 1 with high psi protection ". I can't really relate, I tend to combine physical and psy protection and if I need more psi prot I always have 2 or 3 psi blocks

[@minzekatze]

ssp survey also has +8 carry weight, 3 lead slots, cheap, 80% protection on max level i wouldnt get the elemental resistance upgrades and the initial cost of 40k can be costly but other than that there is no real reason to run any other normal armor except for rp

[@trentnorris3001]

you can get Diamond exoskeleton early or during the main quest. Also has anyone Found the Shield of duty exoskeleton yet?

[@pillagius]

Found every exoskeleton suit except that one. I get the feeling that it's not even in the game...

[@trentnorris3001]

@@pillagius Either people have not found it or it could be dlc. that or a random drop from duty soldiers

[@TT-rq3so]

I'm running the Operator Exo for the +20% accuracy from arms servos

[@southernbrain691]

Aurora gas mask is drippy and has nice enviromental protection,pls place it higher

[@Ifyoucanreadthisgooglebroke]

There is a glaring weakness of those spreadsheets. They fail to account for upgrades. Show the upgraded stats, or don't bother nerding out with a spreadsheet. Anyone worried about nerding out is upgrading their endgame gear. It is a contradiction to have a spreadsheet without upgrades reflected. The spreadsheet is simply for all intents and purposes wrong.

[@IcedCoffeeGaming]

Right, but very few players will actually know the stats of every single armor set in the game, so we'd need an update to the spreadsheet or a new one that shows fully upgraded values in addition to how much it costs to fully upgrade the item and its final value for repair cost calculation.

[@MrXyemoe]

It’s funny how developers tried to keep up out of Pripyat but players still find a way. Spent few hrs last night and got 3 Exo suits. KZbin really made this game to easy lol

[@adrian_dreemur]

I don't thiks that armors without a helm and pri-prot should be treated same as full suit's since they intended to be combo'ed but that's just me (and yeah, you could just spawn/find yourself everypiece and doublecheck for upgrades)

[@pillagius]

I think the tier list should've been broken down in two: full suit and helmet+suit, - as full suits in general are better. Or even better - break it down into armor classes: Jackets+base masks, Light Suits+advanced masks, Sunrise modifications (PSZ5 types)+good helmets, Seva modifications, PSZ9 modifications (PSZ12 included) and finally Exos. Scientists environmental suits could be its own thing, as they have a suit in most tiers and they have best "element" protection, but relatively poor physical defense. There's too much information, like 14:50 here you already fell into your own trap with "No psi" - well yes, since that's one of the armor suits with no helmet! :D Dividing armor in groups will have more clear gradation of overall gear progression and a lot more time to discuss stats, acquisition and unique upgrades/unique upgrade combinations/routes (like Seva-V has sewn-on pockets as its first upgrade and even comes with 4 artifact slots right off the bat (but has bad psi protection and relatively low physical defense), while Seva-D is the only suit I can remember, that has a 2 in 1 upgrade - "Back Support", that adds carry weight and lowers suit weight).

[@pillagius]

I think D tier should be treated as "Replace ASAP". Aurora, Facehugger should be in D as you can get Opticians Gas Mask both in pig stay west of Zalissya and one as a main quest rewards and its stats are as good or better. PA7 - C tier, just a smidge better than Opticians but only Ward players have a chance to get it early and it is worse than PA10 PA10 - should be B tier, as you can get it early without breaking progression much (at Varan's base) and any story progression choice will lead you to it relatively early. PSZ5 armors - PSZ5s are essentially high C tier or low B tiers as these have good stats when upgraded, best armors that can be worn with helmets and those are the suits you may be using till they break for loot runs. X-7 - 17:24 - should be noted that X-7 available past the "point of no return" only. OK, too much info as is. Only will comment that PSZ-9I and Cordum are easily high A tier, or even low S tier as both you can get early and they can carry you to the Pripyat without sacrificing any utility.

[@danil4869]

think psz 12v with his 5artefacts (2protected) need to be highter in this tier list

[@gregviews]

They patched it but it was a glitch sometimes once u killed an enemy u can take their armor in full condition... i got like 5 monolithian armor sets in the stash...

[@ts6603]

bulwark can get sprint mod? not sure about it

[@B1gbang090]

You can buy liberty in Rostok

[@cenglish1064]

Falcon's a great non-exo option for armor

[@JohnnyStan]

I got Diamond from Monolithian I killed. In Ahroprom of all places))

[@youtubesvengali9120]

I thought falcon was one of best? It’s cheaper to repair than most ekso and has the best physical damage

[@javierl6698]

Skyler my man, is that you?

[@IcedCoffeeGaming]

Who?

[@jasonshytle7690]

You can get the operator at x15 lab in burnt forest region during Subtle Matter quest. I used the Falcon armor till I got that. Easy peasy Veteran playthrough so far. See IGN Subtle Matter walkthrough