Notes from author
The build has a rather simple design with a rather complex idea. Defense values can be chosen during bowing or foot play to match the known damage values of your opponent. Here is a list of armors from the armor optimizer yield goal defense while having standard poise and mid roll.
Armor: Anti Slashing and Anti-Magic
Big Hat
Havel's Armor
Smough's Gauntlets
Xanthous Waistcloth
armor values that it surpass
Slashing Greater than 422 AR, and Magic Greater than 464
Full Anti Magic:
Big Hat
Havel's Armor
Guardian Gauntlets
Blood-Stained Skirt
Use against Moonlight Great sword Builds or int builds
Black Iron Helm
Giants Armor
Black Iron Gauntlets
Black Iron Leggings
Good vs.All Elemental weapons, Expect Lighting Zap handers
Rings:
Plate Ring of counter picking Ring
Ring of Favor and Protection
Full Py
Giants(fat roll) or Father mask (or mid roll)
Giants
Giants
Giants
Rings
Fop
Steel Stone plate
use against quality builds
This build assumes commonality of magic damage and difficulty of magic defense.
Why the shield, according to a wiki it has 3rd highest magic % block in the game. Higher than chest.