Best light armor for melees?

[elvandin]

go wtith black lamellar vest, you can take a few hits but it is still light.

[Zerran]

I would strongly advise against using weak head protection. Take it from someone who feeds off 1 hit kills against people without helmets, having a good helmet is a very good idea if you're fighting anyone who knows how to target hitboxes at will.

I would personally recommend: Lamellar vest, Mail Chausses, Mail/Wisby Gauntlets, and a 35-40ish armor helmet of your choice.

[Bobthehero]

No no no, helmet are bad and make you look ugly, noone ever stab you in the face.

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What Zerran said

[Fartface]

I use Lordly black lammelar vest.

[Mlekce]

use anything over 40 body armor and 10 leg armor. (mongol armor,light kuyak,haubergeon,heraldic mail with tabard...)
for head armor also everything over 42 (bascinet is the best)
legs use rus splintred boots and some gloves

[Teeth]

Most people seem to prefer (and advise) using light armor cause mobility and speed = win. This would be for a melee character.

Lies, more armor means more protection from random ranged hits and teamhits, against which no skill is going to help. In my experience, getting more armor = performing better up to a certain point. This is coming from someone who was a ninja for half a year and didn't ever use anything heavier than lamellar vests, then I left and got good armor and my k/d doubled.

[rustyspoon]

The big difference between light armor/heavy armor is playstyle. If you wear light armor (which I do) you're trying to not get hit by anyone, because if you do it hurts a lot.  If you have decent athletics it works pretty well unless your teammates fuck you over. (which they often do) So in light armor you're often working the edges of combat 'cause having a teammate behind you is almost as dangerous as having an enemy behind you.

Heavier armor lets you get in the thick of things more. You can take some melee hits and some ranged hits and still keep going. If you stack IF in heavy armor you can take a LOT of hits.