Armor

Armor is one of the cornerstone items in Ashes of Phoenix. After choosing your Weapon, almost nothing is as important as the choice of your armor, as well as correct usage of such. In many cases, the armor greatly influences the play style you will follow.

To see a list of all updated Armor in the game, please use the Character Planner.

All armor are categorized in various types. With each type belonging to one Era. An Era is a composition of multiple Tiers. A higher Era armor from the same type is always a direct upgrade to the previous Era armor.

The Era of the Armor can be seen at the end of the armor name, by counting the roman number at the end. (I, II and III for 1, 2 and 3 respectively)

Metal Armor

Metal Armor are known for their huge Normal Resistances. They are by far the best armor to lower the amount of damage normal bullets inflict to you. They have exceptionally high Damage Thresholds, meaning they are very effective at lowering the damage from bursts. Many SMGs become outright useless when shot at Metal Armor. The downside of the Metal Armor is a lack of positive perks, and the presence of negative perks, most notably, Malus Rate of Fire (Armor Trait) - which causes your weapons to have a higher AP Cost when shooting them. An often exploited weakness of Metal Armor is the low resistance to Fire damage, as well as Explosive damage. Fire and Explosions are an effective way of getting past the unusual high resistances of a Metal Armor. Electric Damage is another damage-type that almost fully ignores Metal Armor - however, unlike Fire and Explosions, is only rarely seen at much higher Tiers, while Fire and Grenades are available from the beginning of a season and much cheaper to acquire as a weapon.

List of Metal Armor
Era 1		Metal Armor
Era 2		Metal Armor Mark II
Era 3		Metal Armor Mark III

Leather Armor

Leather Armor are usually worn by Snipers, as they can exploit the various Bonus Perks this type of armor brings with it, while mostly ignoring the fact they have poor resistances - as Snipers usually stand at far ranges, away from most gunfire. Leather Armor are known for the Bonus Rate of Fire (Armor Trait), Faster Reload (Armor Trait) and Restless (Armor Trait). All of which are exceptionally strong perks to buff your gunplay. Of course, that being said, Leather Armor have the second worst resistance to Normal Damage - only rivaled by the even weaker Leather Jackets. Their resistances to Laser and Plasma is also fairly weak. They do however fare well against Fire Damage. Especially the third era of Leather Armor, the so called "Fire Leather Armor", has close to immunity resistances to Fire damage. They are also surprisingly effective against Electric, and the more often seen damage-type of Explosive.

List of Leather Armor
Era 1		Leather Armor
Era 2		Leather Armor Mark II
Era 3		Fire Leather Armor

Combat Armor

Combat Armor are seen as the Jack of all Trades in the Armor Types. They offer a balanced kit of resistances, as well as some positive and negative perks.

List of Combat Armor
Era 1		Combat Armor
Era 2		Combat Armor Mark II
Era 3		Combat Armor Mark III

Support Combat Armor

Support Combat Armor can be seen as a special branch of the Combat Armor. They have overall less resistances, except for Fire and Electric, but do give you less negative perks, as well as healer-focused perks, worth picking not just for the medic, but for everyone who wants to have more effective heals, or be a little more resistant to Fire and Explosions and not deal with the other drawbacks of Combat Armor.

List of Support Combat Armor
Era 1		Support Combat Armor
Era 2		Support Combat Armor Mark II
Era 3		Support Combat Armor Mark III

Leather Jackets

Leather Jackets are almost exclusively used by Sneakers due to their low weight. They offer little to no protection, but offer no negative perks, and a plenty of positive perks to toy around with, even more then Leather Armor.

List of Leather Jackets
Era 1		Leather Jacket
Era 2		Combat Leather Jacket
Era 3		Leather Coat

Grandmaster's Armor

Armor which you get from completing Tasks for the Grandmaster in Rats HQ

List of additional Armor
Era 1		Challenger Armor
Era 2		Champion Armor
Era 3		Master Armor

Miscellaneous

Some Armor do not fit in a specific category. Currently, there is the Rat Jacket, which is another form of Era 1 armor. The Tesla Armor, which is another form of Era 3 armor, specifically designed to counter Energy Weapons, as well as the Salvaged Power Armor - which is a late-game item requiring a lot of farm, however, offering the greatest resistances across the board.

List of additional Armor
Era 1		Sand Robe
Era 1		Rat Jacket
Era 3		Tesla Armor
Era 3		Salvaged Power Armor