Minecraft Dungeons II armor sets

Best armor pieces, ranked

1. S · Monstrosity Stompers: Melee critical hits deal 45% more damage. The boots in most endgame crit builds, alongside the Flute and Drums. Needs a crit source.
2. S · Twisted Warden Blindfold: Melee critical hits deal 45% more damage, which no other helmet rolls. The helmet in most endgame builds; even on a frost build it out-hit the Rimefrost Icecap, about 18,000 to 16,000 a hit. Needs a crit source.
3. S · Dreamruler Cover: Melee attacks deal 40% more damage to primary targets, the boss in a boss fight. The chestplate of three S-tier loadouts on /builds: the Awesomeaxe one-shot, the Sculker's Bane soul dagger and the Prime jump build. Single target only, and no defence.
4. A · Hivemind Hardhat: Positive statuses last 70% longer, almost doubling artifact uptime, and it comes early from a quest in the first area. Both early-access endgame players wore it. After launch the helmet slot mostly goes to the Twisted Warden Blindfold for its crit damage, and Artifact Amplifier keeps artifacts up without spending the helmet.
5. A · Humbler Antenna: 25% less damage taken. No offensive effect.
6. A · Humbler Carapace: 40% more healing received; with Health Synergy every artifact heals a lot. An endgame chestplate. Needs a healing source to scale.
7. A · Humbler Greaves: Melee attacks deal 50% more damage to secondary targets. Part of an endgame potion loadout. No single-target gain.
8. A · Twisted Warden Vest: 20% chance to evade melee damage; part of an endgame crit set. Chance-based, melee only.
9. A · Rimefrost Longjohns: Melee attacks deal 50% more damage to secondary targets; endgame crit leggings. No single-target gain.
10. A · Dauntless Greaves: 60% more damage to enemies at full health, so the opening hit on a boss is the big one. The leggings in one-shot builds. Only the first hit on each enemy gains it.
11. A · Sage Tunic: 40% more damage to wounded enemies, so the second hit on every mob lands 40% harder. The chestplate of two endgame loadouts, the Awesomeaxe horde clear and the Spectral Spear soul wave, and the pick over a primary-target chestplate on wide-swinging weapons. The opening hit gains nothing, so one-shot builds take the Dreamruler Cover.
12. A · Scoundrel Blazer: Ranged attacks deal 100% more damage at close range; the chestplate of the point-blank poison build. Only at close range.
13. A · Soul Corruptor Mask: Charged ranged attacks deal 60% more damage; the helmet of the point-blank poison build, and it out-hit the Pack Leader Muzzle on the same shot, about 7,000 to 6,000. Only fully charged shots gain it.
14. A · Soul Corruptor Sash: Ranged critical hits deal 45% more damage, the bow version of the Monstrosity Stompers; in the point-blank poison build. Needs a crit source such as Fighter's Flute.
15. B · Mad Sifter Slacks: Positive statuses last 20% longer; the Spectral Spear build wears them to stretch the Flute, Drums and Banner. The Hivemind Hardhat does the same at 70%.
16. B · Rover Gaiters: 60% more stagger chance on hit; worn in the Prime Enchanter's Gauntlets jump build. No damage bonus.
17. B · Soul Corruptor Sandals: 25% more ranged crit chance; part of the unlimited-arrow archer, where crits refill arrows through Critical Quiver. Crit chance only, no damage of its own.

Placements and their evidence come from the tier list: full tier list with sources.