General

Armor Class

Armor class is a % modifier

From the testing that Farnk did and I stole in an illaborate data heist It appears that your armor class value represents the percentage of damage you will take from most skills and spells.

A naked level 1 person will have 100 armor class and will take 100% increased damage.
A naked level 99 person will have 57 armor class and will take 57% increased damage.
As you level up or equip gear you will begin to take less and less damage.
A moderately equipped master will have around -30 armor class and will take 30% reduced damage.
A moderately equipped ab95 will have around -95 armor class and will take -90% less damage. 90% with -95? shouldn't that be 95%??

Armor Class Caps

You can have more than 100 or less than -90 but those are the maximum amounts that will be taken into consideration when taking damage
a person with "-150" armor class will take the same damage as a person with -90 armor class.
a person with "137" armor class will take the same damage as a person with 100 armor class.

But this doesn't mean that you should stop caring about armor class once you reach -90!
People often beag cradh themselves to prevent bigger curses landing. This would leave you with only -70.
If you can reach -110 armor class and are always be beag cradhed you will always be armor class capped.

Armor class in Arena

When fighting monsters there are very few that will remove your beag cradh and leave you open to bigger curses
In arena however, the average caster will cast ao beag cradh and ao cradh before even attempting to curse you.
If you have good gear your could try mor cradh or ard cradh, but they will likely remove those too so they can cast even stronger curses.
If you are beag cradhed you are quite safe. If you get hit with Demise you can be killed very easily.
At the time of writing this most bashers can be affected with Dark Seal and STILL be armor class capped, and since you cannot remove Dark Seal this 100% prevents them from being hit with a stronger curse. This is often not allowed in hosted matches (or they don't allow shields so that armor classes are naturally lower)

The more armor class you can have, the better. It should be one of your highest priorities.

Armor Modifiers

Here are the various buffs and debuffs that will modify your armor value;
SwordModifier
armachd-10
dragon's scale-10
aegis sphere-17
beag cradh+20
cradh+35
mor cradh+50
ard cradh+65
dark seal+70
darker seal+85
demise+95
birthday suit+ The value of your armor!
(+85 for an ab95 Gladiator)



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