Chest Armor

Chest armor at maximum upgrade level

Head Armor max, Chest Armor max, Hand Armor max, Leg Armor max

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Key

Phys:	Physical Defense - how resilient the piece of armor is to a certain physical damage type. The physical stats for a piece of armor are W / X / Y / Z: W is base Physical DEF X is defense vs. striking attacks Y is defense vs. slashing attacks Z is is defense vs. thrusting attacks
Mag:	Magic DEF - defense against magic attacks.
Fre:	Fire DEF - defense against fire attacks.
Lgt:	Lightning DEF - defense against lightning attacks.
Drk:	Dark DEF - defense against dark attacks.
Pse:	Poise - ability to withstand the impact of attacks. Weak poise makes it easier to be knocked off-balance.
Psn:	Poison resist - ability to withstand poison. Higher value reduces the chance of poisoning.
Bld:	Bleed resist - resistance to incisive attacks which cause bleeding. Higher value reduces the chance of bleeding.
Pet:	Petrify resist - ability to withstand petrification. Higher value reduces the chance of petrification.
Cse:	Curse resist - ability to withstand the Hollowing curse. HP is reduced as hollowing increases in severity.
Dur:	Current durability/maximum durability. At zero, items break and become ineffective. Durability is restored by resting at a bonfire, but a broken item must be repaired first.
Wt:	Weight - weight of the item. Movement becomes sluggish if your load is too heavy.
PD+:	Physical Defense bonus - influence of physical DEF on effectiveness of armor worn.
D:W:	base Physical Defense to Weight ratio
P:W:	Poise to Weight ratio
E:W:	Elemental Defense to Weight ratio $((Mag+Fre+Lgt+Drk)/4)/Wt$
E/R:	Effect/Requirement - special effect and/or attribute requirement Required attribute: Strength - strength required to equip the item. Required attribute: Dexterity - dexterity required to equip the item. Required attribute: Intelligence - intelligence required to equip the item. Required attribute: Faith - faith required to equip the item.