Chev. Cuirass

   

Chevalier's cuirass
Description:	DEF:109 HP+96 MP+114 STR+18 DEX+11 VIT+20 AGI+11 INT+10 MND+10 CHR+10 Accuracy+20 Attack+20 Evasion+16 Magic Evasion+47 "Magic Def. Bonus"+2 Haste+3% Enmity+10 Mitigates dmg. taken based on enmity Set: Occ. absorbs damage taken
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Type:	Armor	Storage:	Storage Slip 20
Flags:	Equippable, Not vendorable, Not sendable, Exclusive, Rare
Stack size:	1

Armor Information
Races:	All Races	Equip. Slot:	Body
Level:	99
Item Level:	109
Jobs:	Paladin

Obtained From...
Item Upgraded Via	Notes
Monisette, Port Jeuno (I-8)	See the table below for upgrade paths.

Used in the following Item Upgrades
Item Name	Notes
Chevalier's Cuirass +1	Via Monisette with Rem's Tale Ch.7 x8, Etched Memory x25, Dark Matter. See the Reforged Empyrean Armor +1 page for more details.

Notes

• Gives -% Damage Taken as Enmity increases.
  • The range is from -2.3% (-6/256) with no Enmity (includes supertanking) to -10.5% with full Enmity.
    • Does not surpass the Damage Taken cap of -50%.

• Set Occasionally absorbs damage taken.

• The order of activation is Shield block (Shield Defense Bonus) → Damage Absorption → Damage Taken and other Resist proc

• Absorbs damage equivalent to a full hit only if a shield block does not occur.

• The set bonus on this armor is activated by wearing two or more pieces of Empyrean Armor +2, Reforged Empyrean Armor, Reforged Empyrean Armor +1, Reforged Empyrean Armor +2, and/or Reforged Empyrean Armor +3. Pieces can mix and match between different tiers of these sets to still gain the set bonus.

• Each separate piece provides an additional +1% chance of activation (minimum +2% from wearing two pieces), up to a maximum of +5%.

Chevalier's Armor Set Slot Base Required Item Job Ingredient Slot Ingredient Reforged Armor Head Creed Armet +2 Rem's Tale Ch.1 x5 Kukulkan's Fang Phoenix Feather Chevalier's Armet Creed Armet +1 Rem's Tale Ch.1 x10 Body Creed Cuirass +2 Rem's Tale Ch.2 x5 Kukulkan's Fang Malboro Fiber Chevalier's Cuirass Creed Cuirass +1 Rem's Tale Ch.2 x10 Hands Creed Gauntlets +2 Rem's Tale Ch.3 x5 Kukulkan's Fang Beetle Blood Chevalier's Gauntlets Creed Gauntlets +1 Rem's Tale Ch.3 x10 Legs Creed Cuisses +2 Rem's Tale Ch.4 x5 Kukulkan's Fang Damascene Cloth Chevalier's Cuisses Creed Cuisses +1 Rem's Tale Ch.4 x10 Feet Creed Sabatons +2 Rem's Tale Ch.5 x5 Kukulkan's Fang Oxblood Chevalier's Sabatons Creed Sabatons +1 Rem's Tale Ch.5 x10

References

• Damage Taken Testing (pugnax179, BG)
• Damage Taken Testing (Atoreis, BG)
• Minimum Damage Taken (Omnys, FFXIAH)