Ascalon or Platemail

I was wondering if the Ascalon set with 80AL+10(physical)+-2 dmg reduction.or. the Platemail with 85AL+10(physical). im buying the 15k armor for my W/Mo but i only have enough for 1 set (i dont want to mix armor, and i really dont like how the gald/dragon set's look) so which set is better?

Platemail Set + ONE piece of Ascalon armor since the dmg reduction is global (applies everywhere and doesn't stack if you use more than one piece).

Problem solved - max AL everywhere (except for the body part where you put your Ascalon Piece) and -2dmg reduction - the best of two world's.

Um, he just said he doesn't want to mix sets.

Go ascalons. dye it blue and get an IDS. look like Rurik's nemesis...

Ascalons actually looks cooler than platemail. if you want to see the approx look, MSG me ingame. i have both sets.

While I understand you don't want to mix sets, I would strongly advise against getting a full suit of ascalon armor; you will probably regret it down the road. Reason being, as was mentioned earlier, the damage reduction for Ascalon/Knight's armor only applies once, to the whole body, regardless of how many pieces of Ascalon/Knight's you're wearing. That makes Ascalon by far the most inferior armor for a Warrior if you're wearing more than 1 piece.

Hardcore gamers would say that gladiator's is really the only choice a warrior has for armor, but just between you and me, I think it is ugly as sin, particularly the male set. Since you're getting 15k for asthetics, I would recommend getting the plate, and taking say ascalon gloves (which you don't see much anyway) dyed to match the armor. That way you still have a respectable set of armor without any significant handicap. Worse comes to worse, if you want to do running, or PvP, or even just a higher energy build, you can always just have a Drok's glad armor on hand for the extra bonuses.

Rico

Yep - exactly. If he's getting 15K armor then throwing away the gold on a useless set is a bit steep.

By the way - Glad's ISN'T the only real armor Ws have. Please read other discussions on armor - it may provide a W with more energy, but most W builds don't need that energy anyway and it has less armor after all AND it does nothing to improve a W's terrible energy regen.

I for my part prefer Platemail/Knight's Gloves for most builds. Ws are tanks - so use them as such, not as some kind of 25-energy spell slinging madmen.

Um Lim Dul a Gladiator vs a Plated warrior will be victorious 90^% of the time because of the melee modifiers. But, the Plated warrior can deal with casters somewhat better.

@ origional poster: But, Knights alone by itself? That's a waste of plat to me. But, if you just are 100% against mixing I would go with Plate instead of Knights.

Get ascalon helm for the -2 dmg reduction and the rest gladiators. Gladiators also offer +20 armor vs physical which is better than the +10 which platemail offers but the armor of glad is 5 less. But glad makes up for this with the extra 10 vs physical and 7 energy.

So in conclusion ascalon helm and the rest gladiators.

ha i'd go platemail

full platemail and knights gloves.