the carian armor does not fit the build at all

id suggest going for the tree sentinel armor you can find it by fully completing the leyndell hero's grave i wont spoil the exact thing because idk if you care its great defensively and goes great for the holy asthetic

If the Scaled set isn't helping you, then probably it's your low vigor the problem.

The bloodhound knight set is one of my go-to favorites. You can swap out the chestpiece with most others.

Gold mask set panties are the only way bröther

I started of with more protecting armor, but as I progressed I got more magic enhancing armor. Now I do more of a mix between cool looking and magic armor

be a Chad and don't wear armor. focus regen all the way lol

Depends on what your play style. How do you usually resolve encounters?

Marauder is cool imo

I know this post is a little old, but I myself prefer to take advantage of the games localized damage. Lets say you have no chest piece on but you also have the blackened gauntlets or whatever they're called. If you block a sword strike with your arm so that it hits the gauntlet, that will mean you take much less damage than you would if you were hit in the torso where you're wearing nothing.

I specifically like to wear a plate chest piece, plate gauntlets, a plate helmet, and sorcerers everything else. However, since you said you don't like magic as much, I would recommend trying to wear lower tier armour in place of where I would use sorcerers gear to preserve your focus regen and mobility. Or, if you're feeling adventurous, you could wear nothing at all except for the chestplate, gauntlets, and helmet. A metal chestpiece is good because it's a huge target and therefore a large area protected, the gauntlets are good because you can block with them as a last resort (Or just to feel badass.) And the helmet it great for archers so you don't get one tapped by some fuckass guy way up on a cliff.

My final point is that if you have a sorcerers glove on your right hand and a metal gauntlet on your left, then spells charged in your right hand will charge faster. This may not apply to you as much but I find it very useful personally.

TLDR; Damage is localized, take advantage of it. Sacrifice protection for speed in certain places where you don't get hit as much. Wear a metal helmet.

Just the End game sorcerer armor.

For starting out, the druid stuff or just nothing at all, for max movement, and little impact on cast speed.

Go crazy with 70 Int with the Regal Scepter(Rennala rememberance)

Ranni's Dark Moon is a must for bosses

I'd use either the Erdtree's Favor +2 for some extra stamina or the Two Headed Turtle talisman to increase stamina recovery

The new Gravitational Missile spell is incredible for free aiming at the ground with a huge get off me explosion aoe, and very FP efficient

Graven-Mass Talisman buffs sorceries by 8%

Magic Scorpion Charm Talisman buffs magic damage by 12%

Probably obvious but don't forget the Magic Tear for your Physick

I've never used it because it seems inconvenient, but Terra Magica could be good for you. It buffs any Magic by 35%

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Same as other builds with vigour between 40-60, and enough endurance to medium roll

For mind 38 is ideal as that’s how much one fully upgraded flask will fully recharge but you can get away with less

Int is obviously your main damage stat and getting it to 80 is ideal, if you’re using weapons and doing a spell sword build then usually just go minimums in dex and strength and pump Int

For staffs you’re best bet is

40 int and below meteorite staff

41 - 68 int academy glintstone

68 int and above carian regal sceptre

The Lusat staff has higher scaling, but personally I don’t like the higher fp consumption but it def can maximize damage

If exclusively using night sorceries staff of loss is best bet

The other staffs can have good bonuses to certain schools of magic that can be worth off handing when using those spells

You can go spellsword with a weapon and there’s lots of good options or you can go straight sorceries as there are some great melee options like carian slicer, adulas moonblade, carian piercer, gavel of haima

Some S-tier sorceries imo are:

Impenetrable thorns, night shard, ice crag, carian slicer, adulas moonblade, rannis dark moon, rock sling, magma shot, magic glintblade, Tera magica, comet azur, carian piercer, fleeting microcosm

Lots of other options to try and see tho, a lot of it is personal preference

Good is subjective. If you have unlimited equip weight the Bull Goat armor has the highest physical resistances. Elden ring does really have linear progression with armor sets like other RPGS.

I think some good sets include a helm that gives you +stats on your main stat, or ones you need, and as much physical resistance as you can have without going to heavy weight.

If you really want the absolute best protection, the Bull Goat Armor Set from >!Patches !<has the highest defensive stats, but it's really heavy. So are the super-heavy armor like the Fire Prelate and Lionel's Armor.

If you want great protection that won't over-encumber you, go for Radahn's Lion Armor Set. It will last you for pretty much the entire game. The Veteran's Armor Set and Tree Sentinel Armor Set outperform it slightly, but are endgame armor.

For Helms, the ones that boost your stats are more valuable than straight-up pure defensive ones, especially if you're using magic. I personally go for the Witch's Glintstone Crown you get at the end of >!Sellen's !<questline. Others go for the Twinsage Glintstone Crown.

If you want to farm for it, and spec for item discovery, I recommend the Banished Knight Armor. Not the one that says (Altered), but one with a cape. It's a late game rare drop from the a single Banished Knight at >!Castle Sol!<, but it has the best overall stats for a chest piece. You have to farm the Knight that appears with two wolves, but you can't access this area until the endgame, and the enemies here are TOUGH.

Naked. Dodging is better than tanking

Nothing. Its all preference lol

No such thing in FromSoft games. Armour is situational. There are types better for some instances then for others. And no all round best to have. My suggestion? Just wear what looks good to you, express yourself.

For the scythe also, try rerolling crit to Amina conduit for perma heal thanks to soul shipon.

The second is better but I would reroll the first enchantment slot

I think first as it has soul focus 

Titan's Shroud is good

Might reccomend rerolling the first enchant slot to get cooldown. Potion barrier at the 2nd, and Deflect on the 3rd

Confessor. I know, so basic, but so good!

Night’s Cavalry + Black Hood is my go to

Scaled armor set is my current

It’s pretty basic but I love the Nights Cavalry with the bandit mask. Just looks so clean.

Either the drake set or the clean rot set

The big pot belly one you find in the capital church building is pretty good.

Idk but Blaidd's has very high robustness IIRC

I think radahn’s and lionel’s sets have the most

Eye surcoat has 55 robustness

Banished knight armor set carried me whole game.

This guy said mid-game 🤣. Yeahhh. You still REAL early game. I mean that as this game is WAY bigger than most people think/thought.

Dz armor is really good.

Kill the commander at the top of Castle Morne, good set for early game and who cares about his daughter right?

BTW… Godrick is early game 😂 after I beat him I realized this game is way bigger than I ever thought.

I use the Guardian Set. It's dropped by the guardians around the Minor Erdtree. Easiest way to get it is farm the tree in the weeping Peninsula. I've used it for quite a while now and haven't found a better set that doesn't put me over medium load.