So I know theres an armor cap of 80% damage reduction, which is ~500 something but is that the number you see when you click on your items/apparel ? im at about 900 right now in daedric armor with chants using a shield, and id love to go back to blades armor/steel plate, cause frankly IMO daedric is ugly as hell and not fit for a character im trying to play as a paladin. Im reasonable sure I can stay armor cap with those two armors with chants.
Xbox 360 armor cap questions
- Thread starter gbux
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but i know having around 500 something armor is the 80% cap i just wanna see if anyone knows if I just have that amount if im ok, since i have all the enchants and a shield.ugh i miss read that comment half asleep last night. but i guess what im worried about is, again asd long as it says that i have enough armor rating, im in the clear? that would def either free up some enchants for maybe more 1h damage (as if i really need more, i 4-5 hit dragons, and 2 hit mammoths), more block, or more health/sta. I am having some survivability issues against mages so some resists might be in order
The other thing to consider ... some weapons (maces, I believe) can ignore a percentage of your armor rating. Let me use some round numbers for easy math:
600 armor rating = 80% physical damage reduction
100 point attack = 20 damage recieved, 80% absorbed by armor
if the weapon ignores 50% armor:
600 armor rating = 80% physical damage reduction
weapon ignores 50% armor = 300 armor rating = 40% physical damage reduction
100 point attack = 60 damage recieved
So, it can still be beneficial to wear armor above the theoretical armor maximum. or another way to view this is like this: Just because your armor rating is 567 or higher does not mean you are impervious to all physical damage. Sometiems out of nowhere a dorky opponent can put the hurt on you if you aren't paying attention.
600 armor rating = 80% physical damage reduction
100 point attack = 20 damage recieved, 80% absorbed by armor
if the weapon ignores 50% armor:
600 armor rating = 80% physical damage reduction
weapon ignores 50% armor = 300 armor rating = 40% physical damage reduction
100 point attack = 60 damage recieved
So, it can still be beneficial to wear armor above the theoretical armor maximum. or another way to view this is like this: Just because your armor rating is 567 or higher does not mean you are impervious to all physical damage. Sometiems out of nowhere a dorky opponent can put the hurt on you if you aren't paying attention.
Dagmar
Defender of the Bunnies of Skyrim
I've seen this claimed but never with evidence to support it. There is an archived UESP Wiki discussion page for the Armor article that gives the Bonebreaker and Skullcrusher perks as examples but no one has ever been able to present evidence that any NPC in the game has those perks and the general evidence available is that NPCs do not have perks e.g. most followers do not appear to have any perks based on using the console to get their stats and observing their damage output from weapons. Given the lack of evidence to the contrary, there is no practical benefit to displayed armor rating above 567
My current armor rating is 769, including shield and matching heavy armor bonuses. I have had Falmer knock serious chunks of life out of me with un-enchanted falmer weapons. I have, infact, been killed by Falmer.
I don't know how their weapons get through where others don't, but they do somehow.
I don't know how their weapons get through where others don't, but they do somehow.
