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codey posted...

Is the champions leather worth it? I'm just rocking a varying mix of soldiers armor, gliding gear and climbing gear.

At 4 stars it has 32 defense, which makes it the single best piece of armor in the game from a damage reduction standpoint, the next best soldier armor and the diamond circlet at 28. So that is nice and frankly it's easy to upgrade, though boring, since it just involves riding a dragon for 80 minutes, harvesting parts as it regenerates.

The downsides is that it isn't part of a set and thus doesn't have a set bonus and it doesn't really have a notable bonus itself.

4 points of armor = 1 heart's worth of damage reduction, assuming the enemy is hitting above your total armor level. Most armor pieces cap out at 20. So wearing the Champion's Leathers is saving you three hearts per hit from the stronger enemies.

At a minimum it is straight up better than soldier armor which has less defense and also has no notable bonuses.