06-09-2004, 11:21 AM
Hello. The strenght requirement for the BEST armor in the game is 30. You need a JAH and a BER rune as well. And yes, that armor is THE BEST, period :).
Anyways. There are two other armors worth noting, both are better choices for your build.
One is Guardian Angel, which works especially well with an upgraded mosers. These two items give you 85% base shield blocking, potentially 63% resall, a TON of faster block, 15% to maximum resists, a decent defense and an unused armour socket. I have a sorc running around dressed like that (she is a 20-orb 20 fireball 20 meteor 20 fire mastery build), she has 85% fire, 77% cold, 90% lightning resist in hell, and only needed 15x points in dexterity to achieve 75% blocking (real life saver against the silly skeleton-boys). Her base defense is 1800 (well, with oculus), if there's a defiance merc around, it usually jumps to ~ 7k, so you might want to hire a defiance mercenary if you go this route. (I still prefer my rogue.)
Another route to take is Chains of Honor. Yes, it needs a Ber, I did notice. It gives you a ton of resists, +2 skills, 70% defense, some PDR (hallo, ber!) and MF. Put it in an archon plate. Yes, it is rather expensive too.
So, were I to answer your simple 'str req for best armor' question, I'd say "118". The added bonus of wearing the Guardian angel comes to play if you're playing BattleNet. Ton of MH-using, khm, individuals will call you noob for your choice of armor/shield, then die repeatedly to a gloam pack you can tear apart in relative safety. It's always a pleasure to make fun of full-tal sorceresses who die faster than you can cast your orb.
Hope it helped.
Anyways. There are two other armors worth noting, both are better choices for your build.
One is Guardian Angel, which works especially well with an upgraded mosers. These two items give you 85% base shield blocking, potentially 63% resall, a TON of faster block, 15% to maximum resists, a decent defense and an unused armour socket. I have a sorc running around dressed like that (she is a 20-orb 20 fireball 20 meteor 20 fire mastery build), she has 85% fire, 77% cold, 90% lightning resist in hell, and only needed 15x points in dexterity to achieve 75% blocking (real life saver against the silly skeleton-boys). Her base defense is 1800 (well, with oculus), if there's a defiance merc around, it usually jumps to ~ 7k, so you might want to hire a defiance mercenary if you go this route. (I still prefer my rogue.)
Another route to take is Chains of Honor. Yes, it needs a Ber, I did notice. It gives you a ton of resists, +2 skills, 70% defense, some PDR (hallo, ber!) and MF. Put it in an archon plate. Yes, it is rather expensive too.
So, were I to answer your simple 'str req for best armor' question, I'd say "118". The added bonus of wearing the Guardian angel comes to play if you're playing BattleNet. Ton of MH-using, khm, individuals will call you noob for your choice of armor/shield, then die repeatedly to a gloam pack you can tear apart in relative safety. It's always a pleasure to make fun of full-tal sorceresses who die faster than you can cast your orb.
Hope it helped.