Best PvP Equipment - Duel

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Top Equipment pages:

• Best PvP Equipment - Duel
• Best PvP Equipment - Invade & War

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• Amulets
• Armors
• Boots
• Gloves
• Helmets
• Magic
• Medals
• Off-Hand/Shields
• War Banners
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Visual Summary

Action & Set	Weapon	Off-hand	Helmet	Armor	Amulet	Magic	Glove	Boots
Attacking Best ever
Attacking Best non time-limited
Attacking Best "easy" to get
Defending Best ever
Defending Best non time-limited
Defending Best "easy" to get

Duel - Attacking

Weapon - Forge: offensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Pierce	Ele. Pierce	Other bonuses
1		Maw of the Void	150	125	3	125	80 Earth	-35 Wind Resist, +200 Poison Damage, I.A., Legendary
2		Astaroth Blade	150	150	2	140	0	I.A., Legendary
3		Envenomed Glaive	125	125	2	100	55 Earth	-25 Wind Resist, I.A.
4		Divine Sky Breaker	0	425	3	85	0	-35 Fire Resist, +5% to Divine Favor, I.A., Legendary
5		The Sword of the Forgotten Knight	80	65	3	55	30 Fire	-10 Water Resist, I.A.
6		Mithril Sky Breaker	0	300	2	75	0	-25 Fire Resist, I.A.
7		Cronus Blade	100	100	1	120	0	I.A.
8		Fang Glaive	125	100	2	35	35 Earth	-25 Wind Resist, I.A.
9		Sword Of Sighs	140	100	2	40	40 Wind -20 Fire	None
10		Hydra Blade	70	70	1	100	0	I.A.

Off-Hand - Forge: offensive & defensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Pierce	Ele. Pierce	Other bonuses
1		Winter Bless	50	110	3	0	+20 Wind	+35 Attack to Winter Dragon, +25 Wind Pierce when Winter Dragon is equipped
2		Demon Defender	80	120	3	0	0	+120 Physical Resist, +50 Fire Resist, I.A., Legendary
3		Destroyer Defender	70	100	2	0	0	+90 Physical Resist, +40 Fire Resist, I.A.
4		Flamebound Destroyer	70	80	2	0	0	+90 Physical Resist, +25 Fire Resist, -25 Water Resist, I.A., Legendary
5		Specter Defender	60	80	2	0	0	+60 Physical Resist, +30 Fire Resist, I.A.
6		Elite Warbringer Shield	45	30	1	30	0	I.A.
7		Gorgon Protector	38	40	1	25	0	I.A., Legendary
8		Nitghfel Katara	75	22	1	8	0	+20 Attack to Deshara
9		Flamebound Defender	60	75	1	0	0	+90 Physical Resist, +25 Fire Resist, -25 Water Resist, I.A.
10		Gorgons Heart	60	70	1	0	0	210 Divine Power, +80 Physical Resist, I.A., Legendary

Helmet - Forge: defensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Pierce	Ele. Pierce	Other bonuses
1		Helm of the Dragon-God	100	100	3	40	40 Wind	-15 Earth Resist, I.A., Legendary
2		Helm of the Sorcerer-King	100	90	2	50	15 Earth	-5 Water Resist, I.A.
3		Helm of the Dragon-Emperor	100	90	3	20	30 Wind	-15 Earth Resist, I.A.
4		Helm of the Dragon-King	90	80	2	20	30 Wind	-15 Earth Resist, I.A.
5		Elite Warbringer Helm	58	50	1	40	0	I.A.
6		Flamebound Helm	80	80	2	20	10 Fire	-15 Water Resist
7		Sea Kings Helm	75	75	1	25	0	None
8		Crown of God	40	50	1	0	30 Wind	+10 Defense to Zeus
9		Archdemon Helm	45	32	1	10	10 Fire	None
10		Divine Helm of Zeus	80	85	2	0	20 Wind	+10 Physical Resist, +45 Heal, I.A., Legendary

Armor - Forge: defensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Pierce	Ele. Pierce	Other bonuses
1		Wormhide Breastplate	60	125	1	75	25 Earth	-10 Water Resist
2		Elite Warbringer Plate	40	40	1	40	0	I.A.
3		Leviathans Plate	28	30	1	30	0	None
4		The Armor of the Forgotten Knight	30	60	2	25	-5 Water	+15 Fire Resist, I.A.
5		Warbringer Plate	38	36	1	20	0	I.A.
6		Suffering Plate	50	40	2	10	10 Fire	None
7		Sunlight Coat	45	40	1	0	15 Earth	+10 Physical Resist, -15 Wind Resist, +20 Defense to Anya
8		The Night Controller	150	200	3	0	0	+120 Physical Resist, -25 Fire Resist, I.A., Legendary
9		Thanatos Plate	150	150	2	0	0	+140 Physical Resist, I.A., Legendary
10		The Contract Controller	120	160	3	0	0	+100 Physical Resist, -20 Fire Resist, I.A.

Amulet - Forge: offensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Pierce	Ele. Pierce	Other bonuses
1		Seraph Halo	90	60	3	0	0	+35 Attack to Míchaël
2		Dragon Soul Eyes	95	50	2	0	+15 Earth	+25 Defense to Winter Dragon, +25 Water Pierce when Winter Dragon is equipped
3		Glorious Amulet	70	70	1	60	0	245 Divine Power, I.A., Legendary
4		Doom Heart	85	85	1	0	30 Fire	+90 Physical Resist, Legendary
5		Belt of God	35	40	1	0	30 Fire	+10 Defense to Zeus
6		Dwarf King Amulet	18	18	1	0	12 Earth	+10 Attack to Thane, I.A.
7		Evidence Of Repentance	85	65	1	0	0	-10 Fire Resist, +20 Water Resist
8		Conquering Devil Buddha Beads	60	60	1	0	0	+20 Physical Resist, +10 Defense to Chen
9		Primal Pendant	25	25	1	0	0	+20 Health when Trundle is equipped
10		Caged Heart	65	55	0	25	25 Fire	None

Magic - Forge: offensive & defensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Pierce	Ele. Pierce	Other bonuses
1		Nocturnal Bats	95	65	2	0	60 Wind	+120 Divine Power, I.A., Legendary
2		Phantom Bats	80	55	2	0	50 Wind	+100 Divine Power, I.A.
3		Lightning of God	60	60	2	0	30 Fire	+20 Attack to Zeus
4		Flock Of Bats	65	45	1	0	40 Wind	+90 Divine Power, I.A.
5		Bloodlust	45	45	1	0	0	+10% Chance to resistance to Confuse, +30 Defense to Salvatore
6		Magmaflame	65	65	0	0	50 Fire	I.A., Legendary
7		Pureflame	65	65	0	0	25 Fire	I.A.
8		Spirit of Ouroboros	55	55	0	5	10 Earth	-5 Water Resist
9		Metal Storm	0	125	0	10	0	-15 Fire Resist
10		Sparkflame	60	60	0	0	10 Fire	I.A.

Glove - Forge: offensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Pierce	Ele. Pierce	Other bonuses
1		Demon Gauntlet	150	90	3	100	0	+50 Water Resist, I.A., Legendary
2		Shiny Glove	120	95	3	90	0	+200 Divine Power, I.A., Legendary
3		Legendary Deathgauntlet	38	35	3	75	0	I.A., Legendary
4		Destroyer Gauntlet	120	70	2	75	0	+40 Water Resist, I.A.
5		Pristine Glove	90	60	2	50	0	+150 Divine Power
6		Specter Gauntlet	90	50	2	50	0	+30 Water Resist, I.A.
7		Hordeslayer Gauntlet	30	30	2	60	0	I.A.
8		Sandworm Gloves	60	40	2	25	15 Earth	-5 Water Resist
9		Flamebound Gauntlets	80	25	2	20	10 Fire	-15 Water Resist
10		Legion Gauntlets	60	50	2	10	20 Wind	-15 Earth Resist

Boots - Forge: defensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Pierce	Ele. Pierce	Other bonuses
1		Elandal Crushers	25	25	1	25	25 Earth	-10 Wind Resist, +3% Evade, Legendary
2		Elandal Greaves	20	20	1	15	25 Earth	-5 Wind Resist
3		Elandal Stompers	15	15	0	15	25 Earth	-5 Wind Resist
4		Elf Assassin Boots	65	20	1	20	0	+3.1% Critical Strike chance, I.A.
5		Elite Warbringer Greaves	8	3	0	30	0	I.A.
6		Flamebound Boots	15	8	0	15	10 Fire	-10 Water Resist
7		Legion Boots	10	15	0	10	15 Wind	-10 Eart Resist
8		Warbringer Greaves	5	3	0	20	0	I.A.
9		Bleeding Greaves	10	6	0	7	7 Fire	None
10		Jezales Heels	5	10	0	0	10 Earth	-10 Wind Resist, -75 Energy to +50 Defense, +10 Defense to Jezale

Note: The 3 Demon Chimera Greaves and the Scarlet Bloom Boots (from Draculia), although they have no piercing, have a slot and could make it to as high as the 3rd position in this table with a Chaos Gem with good secondary powers and depending on your build.

Duel - Defending

Weapon - Forge: offensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Resist	Ele. Resist	Other bonuses
1		Elite Retribution Hammer	36	45	1	30	0	I.A.
2		Retribution Hammer	36	38	1	20	0	I.A.
3		Astaroth Blade	150	150	2	0	0	+140 Physical Pierce, I.A., Legendary
4		Sword Of Sighs	140	100	2	0	0	+40 Physical Pierce, +40 Wind, -20 Fire
5		Cronus Blade	100	100	1	0	0	+120 Physical Pierce, I.A.
6		Phantom Blade	100	75	1	0	0	100 Divine Power
7		Titan Aetherfury	80	80	2	0	0	+25 Wind Pierce, I.A., Legendary
8		Hydra Blade	70	70	1	0	0	+100 Physical Pierce, I.A.
9		Conquering Devil Stick	70	65	2	0	0	+50 Physical Pierce
10		Elite Warbringer Longblade	60	50	1	0	0	+60 Physical Pierce, I.A.

Off-Hand - Forge: offensive & defense

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Resist	Ele. Resist	Other bonuses
1		Demon Defender	80	120	3	120	50 Fire	I.A., Legendary
2		Destroyer Defender	70	100	2	90	40 Fire	I.A.
3		Flamebound Destroyer	70	80	2	90	25 Fire -25 Water	I.A., Legendary
4		Specter Defender	60	80	2	60	30 Fire	I.A.
5		Flamebound Defender	60	75	1	90	25 Fire -25 Water	I.A.
6		Gorgons Heart	60	70	1	80	0	I.A., Legendary
7		Winter Bless	50	110	3	0	0	+20 Wind Pierce, +35 Attack to Winter Dragon, +25 Wind Pierce when Winter Dragon is equipped
8		Elite Retribution Aegis	45	60	1	30	0	I.A.
9		Flamebound Guard	50	60	1	40	10 Fire -25 Water	I.A.
10		Conquering Devil Calabash	35	50	1	15	0	None

Helmet - Forge: defensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Resist	Ele. Resist	Other bonuses
1		Elite Retribution Helm	90	85	2	60	0	I.A.
2		Helm of the Dragon-God	100	100	3	0	-15 Earth	+40 Physical Pierce, +40 Wind Pierce, I.A., Legendary
3		Helm of the Dragon-Emperor	100	90	3	0	-15 Earth	+20 Physical Pierce, +30 Wind Pierce, I.A.
4		Divine Helm of Zeus	80	85	2	10	0	+20 Wind Pierce, +45 Heal, I.A., Legendary
5		Winter Crown	45	65	2	0	0	+5 Wind Pierce, +20 Defense to Winter Dragon
6		Helm of the Sorcerer-King	100	90	2	0	-5 Water	+50 Physical Pierce, +15 Earth Pierce
7		Mithril Helm	0	160	2	10	-20 Fire	None
8		Helm of the Dragon-King	90	80	2	0	-15 Earth	+20 Physical Pierce, +30 Wind Pierce, I.A.
9		Flamebound Helm	80	80	2	0	-15 Water	+20 Physical Pierce, +10 Fire Pierce
10		Helm of Zeus	30	35	1	10	0	+10 Physical Pierce, I.A., Legendary

Armor - Forge: defensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Resist	Ele. Resist	Other bonuses
1		The Night Controller	150	200	3	120	50 Water -25 Fire	I.A., Legendary
2		The Contract Controller	120	160	3	100	40 Water -20 Fire	I.A.
3		Thanatos Plate	150	150	2	140	0	I.A., Legendary
4		Dragonscale Chestguard	125	125	3	40	100 Wind -25 Earth	I.A., Legendary
5		Hydrascale Chestguard	100	110	3	25	90 Wind -25 Earth	I.A.
6		Deathmantle	65	60	3	75	0	I.A., Legendary
7		The Scarlet Master	100	130	2	80	30 Water -15 Fire	I.A.
8		Dracolich Plate	100	100	1	120	0	I.A.
9		Flamebound Armor	80	80	2	80	15 Fire -25 Water	I.A.
10		Stormscale Chestguard	100	90	2	20	85 Wind -25 Earth	I.A.

Amulet - Forge: offensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Resist	Ele. Resist	Other bonuses
1		Doom Heart	85	85	1	90	0	+30 Fire Pierce, Legendary
2		Astaroth Amulet	80	80	0	85	0	I.A., Legendary
3		Cronus Amulet	60	60	0	60	0	I.A.
4		Hydra Amulet	50	50	0	50	0	I.A.
5		Conquering Devil Buddha Beads	60	60	1	20	0	+10 Defense to Chen
6		Elite Retribution Amulet	32	45	0	30	0	I.A.
7		Retribution Amulet	32	33	0	20	0	I.A.
8		Evidence Of Repentance	85	65	1	0	20 Water -10 Fire	None
9		Seraph halo	90	60	3	0	0	+35 Attack to Míchaël, I.A.
10		Dragon Souls Eyes	95	50	2	0	0	+15 Earth Pierce, +25 Defense to Winter Dragon, +25 Water Pierce when Winter Dragon is equipped

Magic - Forge: offensive & defensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Resist	Ele. Resist	Other bonuses
1		Nocturnal Bats	95	65	2	0	0	+60 Wind Pierce, +120 Divine Power, I.A., Legendary
2		Phantom Bats	80	55	2	0	0	+50 Wind Pierce, +100 Divine Power, I.A.
3		Lightning of God	60	60	2	0	0	+30 Fire Pierce
4		Bloodlust	45	45	1	0	0	+10% Chance to resistance to Confuse, +30 Defense to Salvatore
5		Flock Of Bats	65	45	1	0	0	+40 Wind Pierce, +90 Divine Power, I.A.
6		Greater Devout Barrier	40	35	0	0	0	-75 Energy, +50 Defense, +5 Earth Pierce, +20 Attack to Sanna
7		Magmaflame	65	65	0	0	0	+50 Fire Pierce, I.A., Legendary
8		Pureflame	65	65	0	0	0	+25 Fire Pierce, I.A.
9		Sparkflame	60	60	0	0	0	+10 Fire Pierce, I.A.
10		Windflame	50	50	0	0	0	+10 Wind Pierce

Glove - Forge: offensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Resist	Ele. Resist	Other bonuses
1		Thanatos Gauntlet	80	80	2	85	0	I.A., Legendary
2		Dracolich Gauntlet	60	60	0	70	0	I.A.
3		Scarlet Glory Gloves	110	50	1	50	30 Water -15 Fire	None
4		Dragon Glove	50	50	0	50	0	I.A.
5		Demon Gauntlet	150	90	3	0	50 Water	+100 Physical Piercing, I.A., Legendary
6		Destroyer Gauntlet	120	70	2	0	40 Water	+75 Physical Piercing, I.A.
7		Elite Retribution Gauntlets	15	30	1	30	0	I.A.
8		Specter Gauntlet	90	50	2	0	30 Water	+50 Physical Piercing, I.A.
9		Retribution Gauntlets	15	15	0	20	0	I.A.
10		Elite Tinkerer Power Glove	30	30	2	0	0	-50 Energy to +175 Defense, I.A.
11		Tinkerer Power Glove	26	26	0	0	0	-150 Energy to +175 Defense, I.A.

Boots - Forge: defensive

RANK	Pic	Name	ATT	DEF	Slots	Phy. Resist	Ele. Resist	Other bonuses
1		Demon Greaves	50	50	3	0	50 Earth 50 Wind	I.A., Legendary
2		Destroyer Greaves	35	35	2	0	40 Earth 40 Wind	I.A.
3		Specter Greaves	20	20	2	0	30 Earth 30 Wind	I.A.
4		Scarlet Bloom Boots	20	40	1	40	20 Water -10 Fire	None
5		The Boots of the Forgotten Knight	15	10	1	0	0	+12 Physical Pierce, I.A.
6		Blizzard Boots	12	24	1	0	0	None
7		Elandal Crushers	25	25	1	0	-10 Wind	+25 Physycal Pierce, +25 Earth Pierce, +3% Evade, Legendary
8		Elandal Greaves	20	20	1	0	-5 Wind	+15 Physycal Pierce, +25 Earth Pierce
9		Elite Retribution Greaves	4	10	0	30	0	I.A.
10		Wing Guard Boots	8	18	0	0	35 Earth	I.A.
10		Retribution Greaves	4	5	0	20	0	I.A.

Notes

• Item rankings on this page are based on 5 stats: Attack, Defense, number of Slots, Physical Pierce/Resistance, Elemental Pierce/Resistance.
• These are high-end items so we can imagine players will forge them with Chaos gems, ingots and gems, thus the importance of slots.
  • Gems and Ingots bring Pierce & Resistance, but in addition Chaos Gems can also bring other bonuses such as substantial Attack or Defense increase.
• In order to establish comparisons, we need to work with several assumptions:
  • Physical Pierce/Resistance is thought to be slightly better than Elemental.
  • First slot = +90 to Elemental Pierce or Resistance (average rare chaos gem, really easy to get)
  • Second slot = +45 to Physical Pierce or Resistance (silver ingot, easy to get too)
  • Third slot = +50 to Pierce or Resistance (Shining gem of Earth Fury/Protection: +25/+25)
    • Example: a weapon with +70 Physical Pierce and 0 slots will be considered worse than one with no Physical Pierce and 1 slot.
  • When attacking, an object with x elemental pierce and 1 slot, will be considered better than one with x physical pierce and 0 slots even if it can't be forged with offensive gems or ingots. This is because defensive gems can still provide useful bonuses aside Pierce. The same happens when defending.
  • Attack and Defense stats matter less than Pierce/Resistance and slots.
• Player's stats and build matter when choosing gear, do not take the chart as something set on stone.
• For more in-depth tables, see the Blacksmith page.
  

Forge slots limitations

Not all Equipment types can be forged with all Gems and Ingots.

Certain Equipment types can only be forged with offensive Gems and Ingots:

• Weapons
• Amulets
• Gloves

Some others can only be forged with defensive Gems and Ingots:

• Helmets
• Armors
• Boots

And some others can be forged with both:

• Off-Hands
• Magic
• Warbanners
• Medals

This is indicated on this page in the title of each section. You can check the Forge article for details.

In addition, you can't forge several Gems or Ingots of the same type on a piece of Equipment. For instance, a piece of Equipment with 3 slots can only be forged with one Chaos Gem, one regular Gem, and one Ingot. You can't forge two Chaos Gems on it, for instance.

This has a big impact on the rankings for certain Equipment types offensively or defensively, as even with 3 slots, an Armor for instance (only accepts defensive Gems and Ingots) won't be much better offensively than another Armor with 0 slot. The reason being that Resistance has no impact offensively, and Piercing no impact defensively.

Although a defensive Chaos Gem can still be useful offensively and vice vera, as the secondary powers can be useful both for attack and defense (for instance the Base Attack or Base Defense bonuses or the General Boosts). Epic and Legendary Gems in particular can give very significant bonuses even outside of their Piercing and Resistance bonuses.

Legendary Equipment

Legendary Equipment is the only Equipment on which Legendary Chaos Gems can be forged.

It is not taken into account in those rankings; however if you own Legendary Gems an inferior Legendary Equipment may become better than an initially stronger non-legendary equipment. Because Legendary Gems can provide better bonuses such as more Elemental and Physical Piercing/Resistance, bigger Base Attack/Defense increase, etc.

Examples:

• As an attacking Off-Hand, Gorgon Protector or even Gorgons Heart will be much better than Elite Warbringer Shield if you can forge a good Legendary Chaos Gem on them.
• As a defensive weapon, Astaroth Blade may be better than Elite Retribution Hammer depending on your stats, your Resistance, and the Chaos Gems you own. In this case, it will be thanks to the secondary powers of the Chaos Gem (as Weapons only accept offensive Gems).
• As a defensive Helmet, Helm of the Dragon-God will be much better than Elite Retribution Helm if you can forge a good Legendary Chaos Gem on it.