Archived analysis
Exotic Armor (old)
An earlier analysis kept for historical comparison.
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ICON | NAME | DESCRIPTION | RANK | TIER | ICON | NAME | DESCRIPTION | RANK | TIER | ICON | NAME | DESCRIPTION | RANK | TIER |
 | Synthoceps | Buffed melee lunge distance+200% melee, +50% super damage in 15m of 3 enemies | 1 | S |  | Cenotaph Mask | Refills traces over time5 trace ticks on miniboss+ = team heavy, self special | 1 | S |  | Assassin's Cowl | Powered melee kill or finisher = health and invisibility | 1 | S |
 | Heart of Inmost Light | Empowers other abilities on ability usage | 2 | S |  | Sunbracers | Fastball and +4s duration for solar grenadesInfinite solar grenade energy for 5s on powered melee kill | 2 | S |  | Star-Eater Scales | Orbs give +2% more super energy4 orbs with full super = +70% super damage, overshield | 2 | S |
 | Stronghold | Maxes sword guard-related statsMassive DR, Perfect Guard, and zero drain on blockRestoration x2 on Perfect Guard consumption | 3 | S |  | Vesper of Radius | Faster class ability regen if surrounded by 3-6+ enemiesRifts create blinding (Stormcaller) shockwaves every 5s | 3 | A |  | Aeon Swift | Force: weapon haste on crits, abilities on stun/killInsight: orb on 2 crit kills, ammo and 35% buff finishersVigor: class energy on ally death, team OS/heal on super | 3 | A |
 | Cuirass of the Falling Star | Doubled Thundercrash damageDistance-scaled overshield on Thundercrash | 4 | A |  | Rain of Fire | Fusion and linear kills give Radiant for 7.5sIcarus Dash and Weavewalk refill all weapons | 4 | A |  | Radiant Dance Machines | Dodging within 15m of enemy: infinite dodges for 6sTimer can be extended by 5s on kills | 4 | A |
 | Aeon Safe | Force: weapon haste on crits, abilities on stun/killInsight: orb on 2 crit kills, ammo and 35% buff finishersVigor: class energy on ally death, team OS/heal on super | 5 | A |  | Lunafaction Boots | 100 reload and 0.9x reload duration in rifts and Wells2x damage falloff for empowering rifts and Wells | 5 | A |  | Foetracer | x4 subclass surge for 10s on ability damage | 5 | A |
 | Ashen Wake | Gives fusion grenades FastballRefunds fusion grenade energy on kill (rank-dependent) | 6 | A |  | Verity's Brow | Subclass-matched weapon kills grant Death Throes+50% grenade regen and 20% damage per stackNearby allies get 10x grenade regen for 5s on grenade use | 6 | A |  | Gyrfalcon's Hauberk | Invisibility end = Volatile Rounds for 10sFinisher while invis = 35% buff for 6s and team overshieldReserve overshield gives 6x class regen until class used | 6 | A |
 | Armamentarium | Two grenade charges | 7 | A |  | Aeon Soul | Force: weapon haste on crits, abilities on stun/killInsight: orb on 2 crit kills, ammo and 35% buff finishersVigor: class energy on ally death, team OS/heal on super | 7 | B |  | Celestial Nighthawk | Golden Gun only fires once, but +37% overall damage | 7 | A |
 | Pyrogale Gauntlets | Converts Burning Maul into +650% scorching slamConsecration's ignite slam creates scorching DoT cyclone | 8 | A |  | Fallen Sunstar | Faster Ionic Traces that give 2x energyGives nearby allies 10% to all abilities on trace pickup | 8 | B |  | ST0MP-EE5 | Dodge full = buffed sprint, slide, and jump height | 8 | A |
 | Hallowfire Heart | Solar kills in sunspots make sunspots+350% grenade and melee regen with full super | 9 | A |  | Necrotic Grip | Poison on melee hitsPoinsoned enemies spread poison on death | 9 | B |  | Knucklehead Radar | Enhanced radar while crouched+1% damage per target health % under 30% | 9 | B |
 | An Insurmountable Skullfort | Full refund and health regen on arc powered melee kills | 10 | A |  | Contraverse Hold | DR while charging void grenades4s ICD +2000% 1.75s grenade regen on hit | 10 | B |  | Blight Ranger | No energy drain on Arc Staff blockOrbs on reflect and +650% reflected projectile damage | 10 | B |
 | Lion Rampant | Hipfire in lift, +50 AE hipfireAll lift durations increased to 4s | 11 | A |  | Boots of the Assembler | Standing in rift creates healing/35% buff seekersAllies standing in rift extend timer | 11 | B |  | Lucky Pants | Handling and ADS duration decrease for hand cannons+60% HC damage per hit up to 600% for 5.5sCannot refresh for 10s after swap or timer end | 11 | B |
 | Phoenix Cradle | Doubles Sol Invictus durationAllied Sol Invictus (ability regen, super drain, Restoration) | 12 | A |  | Felwinter's Helm | Finisher/powered melee kill = 30% debuff/disorient nearby | 12 | B |  | Renewal Grasps | Duskfield radius +25%-50% (Touch of Winter)25% DR in duskfields, enemies do 50% less | 12 | B |
 | Second Chance | 2 Anti-Barrier weakening Shield Throw chargesRefunds melee energy on Barrier stun | 13 | B |  | Transversive Steps | 1.5s sprint = refills readied weaponBuffs sprint speed, slide, and crouch | 13 | B |  | Omnioculus | Two smoke bomb chargesInvisibility gives 50% DRRefunds 50% of melee per ally made invisible | 13 | B |
 | Doom Fang Pauldron | Void multikills provide x1 surgePowered void melee kills provide x4 surge and 20% superExtends Sentinel Shield on shield throw hits | 14 | B |  | Phoenix Protocol | Up to 50% Well refund upon getting ~9 kills | 14 | B |  | Orpheus Rig | Up to 50% refund for Deadfall Tether on tethered enemiesMoebius Quiver fires an additional volley | 14 | B |
 | Eternal Warrior | Arc multikills provide x1 surgeOvershield on Fists of Havoc cast30s of x4 surge on Fists of Havoc end | 15 | B |  | Ballidorse Wrathweavers | 2x Winter's Wrath shatter damageOvershield and 15% stasis boost to allies near shockwave | 15 | B |  | Athrys's Embrace | Weighted throwing knives get additional bounce3 crits = 3x knife damage + Unstoppable | 15 | B |
 | Icefall Mantle | Stasis multilkills provide x1 surgeClass ability gives immobile overshield and x4 surge | 16 | B |  | The Stag | 25% DR in rifts50% class energy on criticalHealing rift on death | 16 | B |  | Caliban's Hand | Proximity explosive knife applies scorch on detonationProximity explosive knife kills ignite+500% melee regen if knife is embedded | 16 | B |
 | The Path of Burning Steps | Solar multikills give x1 surgeGetting frozen or solar grenade kill gives x4 surgeReduced stasis effects | 17 | B |  | Osmiomancy Gloves | Two coldsnap grenade chargesBetter coldsnap tracking, distance, and energy on hit | 17 | B |  | Graviton Forfeit | Invisibility gains 2s duration100 recovery, 100 reload, 5x melee regen while invisible7x to 9x melee regen if enemies nearby | 17 | B |
 | No Backup Plans | Buffs reload for shotguns+35% shotgun damage with Void OvershieldOvershield and regen on shotgun kills | 18 | B |  | Starfire Protocol | Two fusion grenade charges, +20% recharge rate0.4s ICD 2.5% energy on empowered hit, 20% on killFull class ability on grenade kill | 18 | B |  | The Dragon's Shadow | Dodge = 100 handling/reload, buffed sprint/slideReloads all weapons on dodge (special animation) | 18 | B |
 | Wormgod Caress | Max 275% melee or glaive melee damage at 5 melee kills | 19 | B |  | Ophidian Aspect | 35 handling and 35 reload | 19 | B |  | Liar's Handshake | Taking or dealing melee = 3x melee and HP on hit1.8x with One-Two Punch | 19 | C |
 | Abeyant Leap | Drengr's Lash: 2 more lashes, more aggressive trackingWoven Mail on suspend | 20 | B |  | Briarbinds | Longer Child of the Old Gods durationAllows for Child redeployment | 20 | C |  | Mask of Bakris | Light Shift instead of dodgex4 arc/stasis surge for 11s on shift | 20 | C |
 | Helm of Saint-14 | Blinds enemies near Sentinel Shield while blockingBlinds enemies inside Ward of DawnProvides small overshield to allies that enter Ward of Dawn | 21 | C |  | Winter's Guile | Max 275% melee or glaive melee damage at 5 melee kills | 21 | C |  | Speedloader Slacks | Buffed reload and handling for nearby allies on dodge | 21 | C |
 | ACD/0 Feedback Fence | Armor Charge on melee, melee DR when chargedConsumes charges on receiving meleeCreates arc burst and jotls nearby targets | 22 | C |  | Sanguine Alchemy | Rifts grant x2 subclass surgeInfinite duration rifts on kills | 22 | C |  | Oathkeeper | 10 draw time for bowsBows can hold perfect draw indefinitelyUp to +150% impact damage to primary bows after 2s hold | 22 | C |
 | Severance Enclosure | 4s ICD explosion on powered melee or finisher kills | 23 | C |  | Astrocyte Verse | Longer blinkEnemies near blink become volatile | 23 | C |  | Shards of Galanor | Up to 50% refund for Blade Barrage on hits or kills | 23 | C |
 | Ursa Furiosa | Buffed Sentinel Shield movement speedUp to 50% Sentinel Shield refund after blocking damage | 24 | C |  | Crown of Tempests | Arc ability or jolt kills give ability regen timerIncreased Stormtrance duration | 24 | C |  | Cyrtarachne's Facade | Woven Mail on grapple | 24 | C |
 | Point-Contact Cannon Brace | Melee energy on Thunderclap kills (rank-dependent)Lightning strike and jolt on ThunderclapIncreased Thunderclap damage while Amplified | 25 | C |  | Geomag Stabilizers | Longer Chaos Reach duration2% super on Ionic Trace pickup | 25 | C |  | The Sixth Coyote | Two dodge charges | 25 | D |
 | Dunemarchers | Buffs sprint speed and slideChains lightning between enemies after sprinting | 26 | C |  | Mantle of Battle Harmony | Subclass-matching weapon kills give super every 2sIf super is full, x4 surge for 11s | 26 | C |  | Young Ahamkara's Spine | Fastball to all grenades+14% tripmine damage, bigger explosion radiusSolar ability kills give 33% tripmine energy | 26 | D |
 | Peregrine Greaves | 2s sprint = 225% airborne shoulder charge damage | 27 | C |  | Nezarec's Sin | Void kills = +2.5s of 4x grenade/melee and 3x class/super | 27 | D |  | Ophidia Spathe | Two simultaneously charging solar melees | 27 | D |
 | Cadmus Ridge Lancecap | Diamond Lances spawn crystals on impactSpawns lance nearby on 3 crits behind rally barricade | 28 | C |  | Getaway Artist | Sentient Arc Soul and Amplified on grenade consume5% grenade per burst from Sentient Arc Soul | 28 | D |  | FR0ST-EE5 | Sprint = 2x ability regenDodge = improved sprint | 28 | D |
 | Hoarfrost-Z | Replaces barricade with crystal wallBarricade cooldown is set to Towering | 29 | C |  | Karnstein Armlets | 50HP and 30HP/s for 8s on melee kill | 29 | D |  | Raiju's Harness | Decreases Arc Staff super drainEarly Arc Staff deactivation to conserve energyDeactivation = blinds nearby enemies, x4 arc surge for 21s | 29 | D |
 | Mk. 44 Stand Asides | Overshield on sprint with shoulder charge ready50% refund on shoulder charge use (no kickstart) | 30 | D |  | Swarmers | Destroyed tangles spawn 2 threadlingsThreadlings unravel | 30 | D |  | Triton Vice | Glaive melee kills overflow mag by 1 ammo50 reload and +30% glaive melee damage while surroundedSubclass-matched glaive kills create explosions | 30 | D |
 | Crest of Alpha Lupi | Team heal on barricade placementSupers make one extra orb | 31 | D |  | Eye of Another World | Highlights low health targets+50% ability regen | 31 | D |  | Raiden Flux | Increases Arc Staff damage and duration on hit | 31 | D |
 | Actium War Rig | Reloads autos and LMGs | 32 | D |  | Secant Filaments | Empowering rifts grant Overload (Devour on Voidwalker) | 32 | D |  | Mechaneer's Tricksleeves | 100 handling and reload for sidearmsRefill and 2x sidearm damage while critical | 32 | D |
 | Mask of the Quiet One | Weapon kills heal to 70HP if critical1s ICD +5% abilities when damaged | 33 | D |  | Apotheosis Veil | Nearby allies get +25% class regenFull health and abilities on super cast | 33 | D |  | Shinobu's Vow | Two skip grenade chargesMore aggressive skip drone trackingSkip grenades give 4.2% grenade per hit | 33 | D |
 | Khepri's Horn | Scorching boomerang wave from barricades25% class energy on solar kills | 34 | D |  | Dawn Chorus | Scorch deals 3x damage and 5% melee per tick90% increased Daybreak damage | 34 | F |  | Lucky Raspberry | Arcbolt grenades chain more and disrupt20% grenade return on jolt chain5% grenade return on Ionic Trace pickup | 34 | F |
 | One-Eyed Mask | Marks enemies on receiving damageOvershield on killing marked enemy | 35 | D |  | Stormdancer's Brace | Stormtrance kills increase damage up to 2xUp to 50% Stormtrance refund on kills | 35 | F |  | The Bombardiers | Subclass-matched explosive dropped on dodge | 35 | F |
 | Precious Scars | Overshield on being revived or reviving allySubclass-matched weapon kills give +60HP to team | 36 | D |  | Claws of Ahamkara | Two melee chargesHeavy Handed | 36 | F |  | Khepri's Sting | Powered melee casts +50% damage smoke bombSmoke bomb damage = Truesight for 3s6x melee regen while smoke bomb is active | 36 | F |
 | Loreley Splendor Helm | Barricades or crit health spawn Sol Invictus sunspot | 37 | F |  | Chromatic Fire | Subclass-matched explosion on kinetic precision kill | 37 | F |  | Gemini Jester | Disorients nearby enemies for 5s on dodge | 37 | F |
 | Arbor Warden | Using barricade turns grenade into Barri-NadeThrown Barri-Nades disorients nearby enemies | 38 | F |  | Skull of Dire Ahamkara | Huge DR on Nova Bomb castUp to 50% Nova Bomb refund on kills | 38 | F |  | Wormhusk Crown | 67HP on dodge | 38 | F |
 | Antaeus Wards | Sliding creates reflective shield but drains class energy | 39 | F |  | Nothing Manacles | Two scatter grenade chargesScatters get Chaos Accelerant effect | 39 | F |  | Sealed Ahamkara Grasps | Melee hit = equipped weapon refillPowered melee kill = all weapons refilled7s ICD | 39 | F |
 | Peacekeepers | Buffs handling and movement for SMGsReloads stowed SMGs | 40 | F |  | Wings of Sacred Dawn | Holds you midair while ADS'd15% DR and Solar weapon reloads on kllls midair | 40 | F |  | Mothkeeper's Wraps | Grenade replaced with 2 moth cagesMoths blind enemies and deal arc grenade damageMoths can also give small void overshield to allies | 40 | F |
 | Citan's Ramparts | Towering Barricade has low health but can be shot through | 41 | F |  | Promethium Spur | Daybreak kills spawn both rift types on corpseSolar weapon kills give class energyKills in rift with full class energy spawn dual rifts on corpse | 41 | F |  | Gwisin Vest | Extends Spectral Blade on super kills | 41 | F |