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For the Dark Souls variant, see Set of Thorns.

The Set of Thorns is a medium armor set in Dark Souls III.

In-Game Description

Armor of Kirk, the notorious knight of Thorns.
A dense patch of thorns grows from its surface.
A fitting item for the murderous Kirk, for even the simple act of rolling can damage enemies when wearing this attire.

Availability[]

Found in the Cathedral of the Deep. After defeating Longfinger Kirk when he invades, go to Rosaria's Bed Chamber, where it can be found on a corpse.

Characteristics[]

Kirk's set is unique in that it is the only armor in the game that allows the player to inflict damage to enemies by rolling and making contact with them. Each individual piece can add to the total damage dealt, but only one piece needs to be worn for the effect. As well, wearing the gauntlets inflicts increased damage with bare-handed punches, while wearing the leggings inflicts damage with kicks; this also applies to damage dealt with ladder attacks, allowing the wearer to inflict greater stamina damage to other entities and increase the odds of knocking them off. All of these combined characteristics make the individual pieces very popular for safely inflicting damage to enemies that will stagger upon taking any damage during certain animations such as the Monstrosity of Sin or Corvian Knights, as well as for easily finishing off enemy players after proccing their Tears of Denial.

Outside of these properties, the Set of Thorns has respectable but token defenses for its weight. It has very strong protection against Slash damage but is quite weak to Strike, and while it does not have the traditional weakness to Lightning its elemental defenses are all quite low.

The armor set provides great Bleed resistance, but otherwise un-noteworthy status effect resistances. As well, it has poor Poise, barely more than many cloth sets in the light armor sets category. This makes the set a poor choice for players who wish to wield ultra weapons.

Set pieces[]

Armor Piece Physical Absorption Elemental Absorption Resistances Weight Poise
Physical Absorption Strike Absorption Slash Absorption Thrust Absorption Magic Absorption Fire Absorption Lightning Absorption Dark Absorption Poison Resist Bleed Resist Frost Resist Curse Resist Weight Poise
Helm of Thorns (DSIII)
Helm of Thorns
3.7 2.6 4.9 3.9 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.8 30 13 15 11 3.8 2.2
Armor of Thorns (DSIII)
Armor of Thorns
11.0 8.1 14.2 11.5 7.3 7.3 7.3 5.9 66 27 33 22 8.5 7.5
Gauntlets of Thorns (DSIII)
Gauntlets of Thorns
2.8 2.1 3.6 2.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.6 21 8 10 7 2.8 1.8
Leggings of Thorns (DSIII)
Leggings of Thorns
6.0 4.3 7.9 6.3 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.0 42 18 22 15 5.4 4.2
Total
21.691 16.137 27.556 22.621 14.529 14.529 14.529 11.800 159 66 80 55 20.5 14.89


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