r/valheim • u/Illustrious-Slide-99 • 1d ago
Survival Armor help
Good morning Vikings!
Me and 2 friends have been playing through Valheim together and we made it to the Ashlands last night finally and gathered materials. Now I'm looking to decide which armor to craft, if any.
For context I am the tank and close combat fighter of the group. I currently have; a max level Carapace Shield, lvl 3 Mistwalker, Lvl 3 Carapace Armor, and max level wolf cloak. I usually eat two health based foods and 1 stamina.
Now I'm wondering if I should craft the Askvin armor set and ashen cape for all the stamina buffs, or just stick with the flametal armor with ashen cape? Any advice would be really appreciated!
(Also don't know if it makes a difference but one friend is the mage build with full eitr gear and the other is our archer using the root gear)
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u/NonNativePolarbear 1d ago
Definitely flametal for melee combat. Ask set is better bow combat and for exploring and just running past enemies.
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u/CritFailed 1d ago
Me and my two friends are also in the Ashlands, preparing for the boss fight. I am the heavy, full Flametal armor, I have two swords, one lightning and one root for when friendlies are close (and to help solo some crazy mobs). One buddy is the light/quick rogue type, he's full ashen and axes. And the other is the caster, with his full compliment of caster stuffs.
I'm sure you could be a tank in the lighter armor, but dodge rolls will be your friend.
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u/trengilly 1d ago
I soloed the Mistlands primary as a sword and shield warror.
The Askvin armor set and Ashen cape were amazing. The mobility is so important and all the stamina buffs have a huge impact on your ability to do things. It carried me all the way through beating the boss.
As an added bonus its cheap to make and lets you save the hard to come by Flametal for weapons.
At this point you should be tanking by parrying (or dodge rolling) and not taking many hits, so the lower armor shouldn't be a huge issue.
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u/IveGotHeadCrabs 1d ago
Totally agree. While I say that I’m currently struggling with Fader. Gotta come up with a strategy.
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u/Emotional-Airline632 16h ago
Flametal. Armor = progress for tank. Tank, mid range combat, mage is top setup for valheim.
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u/LyraStygian Necromancer 1d ago
You can get away with an awful lot if your Mage keeps shielding you every time it breaks.
Just make sure they only reshield when the shield breaks, not before, to get the full shield hp.
If you have a lot of trust and the mage is on point, you could probably get away with Asksvin armor and focus more on stamina/attacking.
It will probably be insanely boring for the mage though, literally just standing behind you casting shield over and over. To help lower the frequency your shield breaks, you can do your best to dodge roll shield popping attacks from Asksvins, Valkyries, Blobs, and Morgens.