Chilling armor or SHiver armor is better to have on a memory base with +3 Energy shield

which from the two cold armors will make the Nova sorc tankier and safer ?

Of those two? Shiver armor. However frozen is superior in most situations.

Chilling has more defense, and can be proc’ed by all sorts of things. Even the environment.

It’s mostly moot though, since a nova sorc has almost no defense. You don’t even want to up your Vmagi because of the requirements, unless you wear an ormus.

I use ETH Sandstorms anyway !
So chilling armor is better ?

Shiver armor is the best for pvm

And you do want to upgrade your viper. The extra defense is well worth the str investment. You should use eth Sands boots anyway so you’ll have the str

Any other boots are a waste of fg

This post was edited by Stefbef on Apr 16 2026 09:35am

yeah yeah i always do it a 13 MDR viper and pair it with ETH sandstorms boots and i Sol soked rune the Viper and the Griffon if it is bad roll

This post was edited by WhenLadderReset on Apr 16 2026 10:33am

and what are treks offering?
lose 31 str or more without perfect torch/anni
running slower with 20 frw
extremely limited usefulness FHR becuase es
extremely limited usefulness poison res w/ cure
some defense (combined with up'd viper) you get = 10% less chance to be hit by a tz unique

or craft caster boots, use 0 str, and gain up to 10%~ more mana and mana regen + PLR or MF


so treks are 10% phys evade vs caster crafted 10% more everything tank

Fhr, poison resist and defense

All you really need

You can waste 5k fg on boots that literally give you no benefit, I personally don’t.

Fhr is still relevant, especially vs monsters that stun, like urdars

And poison resist is also still relevant cos if it’s too low you’ll still get to 1 life and die

This post was edited by Stefbef on Apr 16 2026 11:52am

with both you get 1 shot from T5 horald anyway
i am talking for regular leveling in P8 and terror zooning , and skipping T5 Heralds if they spawn

This post was edited by WhenLadderReset on Apr 16 2026 11:56am

but you don't see above


measurably more benefit vs the majority of creatures actually, see above
nobody is paying that just craft some boots


this is like the souls enjoyers, dont give up your booty to urdars in melee


standard gear gives 5% with viper/torch/anni which is enough with cure. put an antidote row if you like getting constantly super poisoned somehow along with your urdar booyclaps