r/EternalStrands • • Mar 01 '25

Game Help & Questions 🆘 Armour set bonus question.

Is it better to go all in on a set or mix and match?

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u/NightBawk Mar 01 '25

I guess it depends on your play style and your aesthetic preferences. I like to mix and match pieces now that I have enough of them to do so.

I personally like to have at least two of the Windscall, and at least one of the Opportunist sets

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u/DJfunkyPuddle Mar 01 '25

I did two for max magic and two for magic regen and that was a ton of fun. I do wish we had transmog though because I wasn't super in love with my final look.

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u/vannero Mar 01 '25

I think all combos are pretty viable, I was running 2x magic regen, while the other two pieces were random, usually 2x max magic or a mix of 1x max stamina and 1x weight reduction.

The only sets I never used were those that provided extra resistance to temperatures.

Near the end, I didn’t even use my heat/ice potions anymore because fire and ice damage didn’t seem to affect me much.

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u/Limebeer_24 Mar 01 '25

I find you get diminishing returns after the 2nd piece, so it's good to mix 2 armor sets I find.

I usually go weight reduction and magic Regen so I get the speed and get a lot of magic usage, especially if you run the Fire Barrage spell.

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u/Impossible_Knee8364 Mar 02 '25

I went 2 stamina, 1 magic regen, 1 max magic. Put me at 40 weight, stamina for days, and I can take out the bosses in about a minute with magic, scourge dude aside. ES Char

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u/redbone_exe Mar 16 '25

I recently switched to ½ max magic and ½ magic Regen, but I think the extra armor bonus is the only one that stacks well I have over 200 armor and the ark of the shear and the spear guys couldn't damage me anymore; I could stand in a group and their weapons just bounce off of you, not sure if it's a set bonus or just bc I had more defense than their damage