
The fact that double-element armors get an extra boost from guild bonuses is also taken into account as a result mono-element armors need higher base stats to be in a tier. Placement on tiers is based on total stats of an armor's Regular Version. Tier 5 Armors are better than the newest Heroic Mode Armor+. Tier 4 Armors are still worse than the newest Heroic Mode Armor+, but not by too much. Tier 3 Armors are noticeably worse than the newest Heroic Mode Armor+. Tier 2 Armors are worse than the newest Normal Heroic Mode Armor.

Tier 1 Armors are worse than the newest Epic Boss Armors+.

Starting on July 12th, 2016, the Epic Boss Magician has returned, and there is a new tier for Epic Boss Armors. Starting with the Epic Boss Magician, all Epic Bosses now have craftable Epic armors. Examples include: Arborsteel Vanguard, which has bubbles seemingly forming out of the hammer Moontide Platemail, which appears to sparkle in select places and Forgestone Aegis, which has a sort of burning aura emanating from its clawed gauntlet and cleaver-like sword. One other noteworthy feature is that all epic armors have their own animated 'aura' or particle effect.

The Plus (+) version of an epic armor is only available in chests, or crafted if it was from an epic boss or heroic event. These armors can be obtained in Chance Chests, Fusion, Guild Wars, Arena, Raid Bosses, Epic Bosses, and Heroic Mode. They possess 5 cyan colored stars and were first introduced to the game on 24th July 2013. Epic Armors are one of the most powerful armors in the game, only to be surpassed only by Dragonforged and Shadowforged armors. There are currently about 168 Epic armors in the game.
