Tarkov Armor Tier List - Complete S-F Guide

Tarkov Armor Tier List - Complete S-F Guide - Patch 14.0

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5 ай бұрын

Patch 14.0 and the wipe has completely upended what most players know about armor. Some of the best armors in the game are no longer viable, while armors folks never looked at are some of the best available out there.
I take into account protection, availability, mobility, and durability in ranking every armor and armored rig in Tarkov.
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@MaxPalaro 5 ай бұрын

I'm running the Press armor with Class 4-5, it always comes back from Insurance, easy to repair. It takes a beating, for me feels like Gzhel

@lithium1770 5 ай бұрын

doesnt press armor just not work right now?

@Moonseye 5 ай бұрын

@@lithium1770 front plate shouldn't work unless they fixed it

@marvinbohlen920 5 ай бұрын

@@Moonseye They did, how can you not know watching this channel.

@marvinbohlen920 5 ай бұрын

@@lithium1770 Its fixed.

@marlon6598 5 ай бұрын

That makes sense, since the Gzhel and Zhuk are both made by BNTI lol

@reedoken6143 5 ай бұрын

Really appreciate you explaining how you evaluate and consider the pros and cons of the different armors. Makes it easier to understand the new system and for me to decide on what armors to use without just memorizing and following to the tier list to a T.

@Airwingmarine 5 ай бұрын

Was the whole goal of the video! Glad it worked out for you.

@duck8272 5 ай бұрын

@@Airwingmarine Why did you say aramid gets broken through easily? Doesnt it have the lowest destructibility stat.

@Airwingmarine 5 ай бұрын

@@duck8272Because it's low armor value.

@ytmaxxammo8591 4 ай бұрын

Yeah thanks brotha ! 🫡

@luked4043 5 ай бұрын

I feel like the only person who hasn’t been armpit shot this wipe. Despite sinking a lot of hours in, the ole “head, eyes” is still doing me in the most.

@OXY187 5 ай бұрын

🤕 👀

@dawsonfoster8310 5 ай бұрын

same

@Shroooms 5 ай бұрын

I got insta onetapped by 3 scavs 5 seconds in to the raid on streets while i was juiced the fck up. Right armpit onetap by shotgun. I didnt know scavs spawned the same exact second I spawned and I heard 3 people rushing outside my building so i rush out and immediately gets onetapped, busted ass scavs shouldnt be allowed to have shotguns.....

@micholous 5 ай бұрын

Scavs love to shoot me in the jaw lol.

@morfeicheg 5 ай бұрын

Same. I played already more than 100 raids in this wipe and didn't get killed in armpit a single time. Also only 1 time was killed in neck. I don't understand why so many people are crying about new hitboxes.

@SuperMickyChow 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this, AWM. The work you and Gigabeef have done over the last week or two on testing and researching armour is invaluable to the player base.

@jonathanoriley8260 5 ай бұрын

BSG already made changes since this video released - many of the rigs and plate carriers that had level 3 aramids/soft armor were stealth nerfed to level 2.

@ScavsAteMyLegs 5 ай бұрын

Gzhel continues to be one of the best armors for those seeking great protection with style, and even more so with the snow this season.

@TehIdiotOne 5 ай бұрын

I guess the problem is that the base armour even without the plates it ridicilously expensive because of it's use for quests(buying from flea that is)

@Cha9s 5 ай бұрын

Too bad you literally cannot aquire it other than paying 500k on the flea just to die to 1 bullet haha :D

@2s4in28 5 ай бұрын

Just use flora armours with whatever plates u want. No1 will pick them up and u can use lvl 5 plates

@Wopdi 5 ай бұрын

i got 2 shot by ps in in the chest, so absolutely no.

@zokhrozzWoomzy 5 ай бұрын

@@WopdiI got shot in the eye with all armors so they suck

@Sup-mw6kl 5 ай бұрын

I rarely comment, but today I came across your video for the first time. From the first minutes, I really liked your manner of speech, your decency, the way you thank the guys who helped you in your experiments. This really pleases my ears, I’ll write a comment for support, and also say that you’re great. Keep doing what you enjoy. Thanks for the content!

@LeQuartermaster 5 ай бұрын

Been loving your new guides for this wipe, I hope they’re quick and easy to watch and they always give multiple options

@HunterGlod 5 ай бұрын

Haven’t played in 2 years. Came back this wipe and learning new stuff. Good to see this guy is still around and growing

@ugachaka2614 5 ай бұрын

Huge video, Airwing! My god it's helpful! Thanks a lot for this. Love the detailed opinions on all of the armour - helps to make my own mind on the subject.

@Airwingmarine 5 ай бұрын

Was the whole goal of the video! Glad it worked out for you.

@BaldecioTV 5 ай бұрын

Amazing video! Thank you for all the feedback and test done to achieve this!

@krelekari 5 ай бұрын

I'm glad to see this after hearing how much testing you've done and are doing for the new armor system

@JadedCoD 5 ай бұрын

I’m so happy the Gen4 HMK is back. I did myself a deep dive like this and so happy someone else noticed it’s going to be an amazing armour again!! ❤ the video!

@josiahkepley 5 ай бұрын

Kirasa is S tier to me, 0 movement speed penalty, load it with two monoclete plates and it only weighs like 5.7kg total with level 4 protection + neck/throat and only -2% movement total. You can run level 5 plates in it, and it always comes back in insurance. Compare that to something like the Korund, it starts lighter but even without plates it starts with a -5% movement. It's like a superior version of what Trooper armor was

@isni1946 5 ай бұрын

Yeah idk why he ranked it so low, he did that just because it's class 2 but then he proceeds to rank other class 2 much higher than it. Considering it's also one of the cheapest it deserves A tier imo

@Seraphic_Radiance 5 ай бұрын

i always find myself slapping the kirasa on for general use as well, it's just so easy to run. speaking of insurance, i also stealth up the 6b23-1 (the one that comes with the unique level 3 plate) with the korund armor for better mobility, and it's come back every time i've lost one

@steveirwinsbff6100 5 ай бұрын

I have been strictly running Kirasa with polyethene plates 10/10 can recommend

@corvidconfidential8826 5 ай бұрын

I've chosen the press vest over the kirasa due to the side plates (a level 5 side plate saved me once so I feel obligated to use them lol) but I never even considered movement penalties. I'll reconsider thanks to your comment.

@martinspizza 5 ай бұрын

@@corvidconfidential8826i think gigabeef tested in his armor vid that the press had a problen that its front plate doesnt protect, maybe already been fixed but maybe something to look onto

@johnosborne1873 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for this! Helpful!

@Nathan49k 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! Super helpful. Love considering the insert armor lvls.

@jakedesarno4313 5 ай бұрын

This is so much information, thank you for simplifying it❤

@tf_lecter 5 ай бұрын

excellent video, continuing the trend of excellent info-packed content. keep it up

@wavys2543 5 ай бұрын

thanks for this video - as someone who has really struggled with enjoying tarkov because of all the things you need to know about it, and dying a lot to really weird things that theroetically shouldn't have been able to pen my armor, this is really helpful and solid info. Much appreciated

@gwensstepbro4966 5 ай бұрын

always informative as hell thank you my man

@c.sec73 5 ай бұрын

Very informative, thank you. I also value movement much higher than tanky protection. I had similar impressions to some armors due to their great coverage but I never considered plates class, so this gave me a full perspective on armor now. Thanks a lot!

@AllSurgedOut 5 ай бұрын

Had a good laugh when you were defending the Thor's placement and absence of neck protection while wearing a bomber hat :) Great vid as always lol, good analysis and thank you for doing the work!

@maximinomorgado2150 5 ай бұрын

Amazing video to understand what armours to use this wipe, and its like the 3rd or 4th video on the topic too, was really lookinh forward to this tier list, oh, and i been listening to your music in mi bicycle to work, its great! I even have non tarkov friends who liked it, take care man, you are a great part of our community

@brimfire 5 ай бұрын

Bruh, this is an awesome tier list. Thanks for the work and thought on this!

@Quillyik 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this video. I've been sniping MMAC carriers with lv4 UHMW plates for 30-40k on the market.

@chuszi 5 ай бұрын

Really helpful guide, thank you so much for this 👊

@nickradojevic5991 5 ай бұрын

Found an error: The Korund is actually only lvl 2 Aramid all around, which is why it's so light with plates inserted. Please take note of that as it massively changes how powerful the armor is.

@97furman 5 ай бұрын

Like the aramid is saying level 3 but acting like a level 2 armour? do the lvl 5 plates till work?

@thishandleistaken1011 5 ай бұрын

@@97furman its saying level 2 in game

@nickradojevic5991 5 ай бұрын

No, it literally just is level 2 aramid. He even hovers over it for a moment without noticing. @@97furman

@HAASNUTS2826 5 ай бұрын

Lol woke up for work and I get to watch this hell yeah thanks airwing

@johnhighway7399 5 ай бұрын

If we had better hitboxes (like in Rising Storm 2) that were accurately modeled after real vital areas, then the plate system would be a hundred times better and the lack of soft armor coverage wouldn't be such a big issue. I pray that BSG makes better hitboxes in the near future

@dankovac1609 5 ай бұрын

I hope they make changes in the usec future

@AndreiSZS 5 ай бұрын

I was saying the same for a long time. W/o vitals real armor doesn't make much sense.

@willwelh439 5 ай бұрын

I'm not 100% certain but I think it's something that may come, I could totally see them implementing some kind of pseudo-solution to adding vitals, where if the bullet skims the body (coming at an angle that is very shallow to the surface) the bullet would do much less damage but much more chance to cause a bleed. They have the tech to make helmets and surfaces ricochet, so they should have the ability to copy that system and make bullets skim the body.

@bogey_dope_ae 5 ай бұрын

Isn't it partially implemented already or was for some time? There was a 100% oneshot if you hit heart area and bullet went inside.

@balinthehater8205 5 ай бұрын

@@bogey_dope_aeno. Seems like someone has been telling tall tales

@fedolfs 5 ай бұрын

This is HUGE help! Thanks Marine! I did not play this wipe yet so I have no real experience of the new armor system and realise I would have made a lot of bad decision when I will start to play this wipe...

@thomascaldicott1891 5 ай бұрын

Love the music airwing! “The Frankenstein Within” is top tier, giving me those Doc vibes 😎

@XVLNGHOST 5 ай бұрын

great video bro!

@sippi18fd 5 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you!

@ianh1010 Ай бұрын

Good explanation. wasnt aware of the aramid construction tiers.

@justice6300 5 ай бұрын

Your doing Gods work my man, thank you!

@drakekennett503 5 ай бұрын

Great Video!

@MsArchitectschannel 5 ай бұрын

the floral uley rig that is tier 4 has been AMAZING to me. 30k on the flea and i haven't died to a single thorax shot in it after maybe 20 deaths. I kept being shot in the shoulders by PP/BP ammo and now i leave fights with like 3 shots in the shoulder with these beasts now! for so cheap it is 10/10

@mr.noname1717 5 ай бұрын

Ur the best, thank u for this and all the other informative stuff u put out. Greatly appreciated.

@biglacheese7449 5 ай бұрын

I love that the only armor restricted from flea rn is plates, this makes stash organization so much easier

@thoughtbomb6490 5 ай бұрын

This is exactly the type of video I was hoping for when you said you had to work on some other stuff ending stream.

@quinnbrosseau3217 5 ай бұрын

excellent video, sending it to my friends asap!

@kadian299 5 ай бұрын

Nice. I had to wait to the end of the video but I’m glad my favorite armor is S tier now. Now just gotta find them virtexes!

@drizzt751 5 ай бұрын

Just a heads up; you can find plates in the same crates you can find rigs and armors in. Also there is a class 6 ceramic back plate for the 6b13/Killa armors (Granit 4RS ballistic plates back)

@hermannjahn5320 5 ай бұрын

Nice vid, best wipe ever!

@smaragd_ 5 ай бұрын

Nice one. Thanks.

@grasulas 5 ай бұрын

great job, thank you

@hochlaenderhigh8317 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the deep info.

@Alvadar65 5 ай бұрын

I just started this game and have been having a blast and your videos have been invaluable. I was wondering if you were going to do an Ammo guide for this patch based on the new armour system? Or is the older video still applicable?

@dinosauri3r 5 ай бұрын

Thanks man this vid is pretty helpful. Greetings from Germany ✌

@JoshDoes 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video

@shanpuzeira 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much !!

@barlo90 5 ай бұрын

Thanks this vid is a real eye opener 😉

@jamesing696969 5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for this guide

@Airwingmarine 5 ай бұрын

Any time

@TheJetLou 5 ай бұрын

The Korund is actually only lvl 2 soft armour. I just take the plates out and put them into the lower tier green one as it will be looted less often. Also, you can get the defender armour quite low weight with certain plat options...

@kennethcheng4234 5 ай бұрын

When it comes to the level 6 front and back plates for the Killa armor, I have found both of those plates in boxes on reserve.

@roennest 5 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed the work you put in to making this vid. I would love if you could make a video explaining the difference in armor material. Anyways really good video! :)

@Airwingmarine 5 ай бұрын

working on it!

@yammyamm8480 5 ай бұрын

15:00 "Don't get shot in the back" he says while shots to the front also might damage the backplate. :D

@SteaminPile 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@user-dh6ul9iz5k 5 ай бұрын

thank you for the information😊

@Airwingmarine 5 ай бұрын

Welcome

@sanderkampman3158 5 ай бұрын

Another banger and great informative video. Thanks for the work you do for the regular Joe's that need this info. Much love brother

@Airwingmarine 5 ай бұрын

You bet

@OM4Rx 5 ай бұрын

Dude I appreciate your vids as a new player, your vids really help me understand the game more and clearer so yeah easily earned my sub you goat 🐐 ❤

@Airwingmarine 5 ай бұрын

Glad I could help

@calvinp5358 5 ай бұрын

@@Airwingmarine Could you make a video based around suspicious deaths you have had and possible cheaters? Just so people in the community know that they are not alone in dealing with those kind of things, because it can get very de-motivating especially for new players that I know.

@basicspat 4 ай бұрын

If / when you do an updated version of this type of video, could you update this video's description so I can just check here periodically to see if a new one has come? Thanks and thanks for all your videos. Definitely my favourite tarkov content creator.

@boroboy34 5 ай бұрын

Been running Thor since watching this video and ive had some great fights and won a good amount of them. As a solo i need that extra bit of survivability, when im taking hits im realising its only arm damage and not chest etc. Thank you for this video, making fights winable!

@Fizechef 5 ай бұрын

I just found the level 5 Granit 4 ballistic back plate of Killas Armor in the saferoom exfil on Interchange. Apparently it can spawn on its own at high tier loot locations.

@mariuslundal4433 5 ай бұрын

Great video

@mikecirino7796 5 ай бұрын

You’re the goat AWM thanks for all your research

@___m16 5 ай бұрын

Thanks air wing your a legend

@Miguel_killa 5 ай бұрын

Great video will be cool to see a Helmet tier list for this new patch :)

@As3th8r 5 ай бұрын

As always, good explanations for the choices. I don't know how i feel about the small thor as it lacks the neck protection and some of the C tier rigs would fall into D for me. Thanks for your work dude.

@angryelf9390 5 ай бұрын

Keep running the rat rig I’ve been running the past 5 years. Got it 😂 in all seriousness, great video! A lot of good info.

@_SeanM 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great info, what an awesome channel. Could we get a helmet tier list next, please?

@_andi98_71 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for that video. Does he have a video about the armor materials?

@ab0ve8cl0uds2 5 ай бұрын

ive been runnin thor as well...cost efficient good coverage too

@luckychan1183 5 ай бұрын

I hope with the patches to come we get more neck equipment and different style amour/rigs

@BIG_KAHUNA_99 5 ай бұрын

Makes sense why most class 6 armors suck. I found one in raid, put it on, died to someone with RIP ammo. All shots hit right below the neck and I was confused why it didn’t block it (due to coverage). Was so confused on why I died to RIP ammo with class 6 armor UNTIL now. Thanks for the info. Keep it up

@spacemonkey037 5 ай бұрын

12:20 aside from the side plates and rear groin, the redut and defender have the exact same hitboxes. The visual model mean nothing. Although it might look like the redut has more protection, it has the same protection. Right now in Tarkov all built in armor with a certain armor area, has the same exact hitboxes as any other armor with those same hitboxes.

@AxiamWolfe 5 ай бұрын

Was it also AirWing that confirmed the in built armor hitboxes are just cosmetic, and the coverage was just the old system but subdivided?

@spacemonkey037 5 ай бұрын

@@AxiamWolfe I did a lot of the "ground work" for gigabeef's video on hitboxes. From the testing I've done the new armor system works *almost* the exact same as the current helmet system. Where any helmet with "ears" for example, have the exact same hitbox over the ears.

@AxiamWolfe 5 ай бұрын

@@spacemonkey037 That's neat! I've been checking in on all the different sources of testing so glad to hear from one who was involved directly. It all kinda blurred together after a while for those of us just following the findings.

@fernandopablo955 5 ай бұрын

great job

@Joe-kl4vu 5 ай бұрын

S tier content from you!

@reptarpickles3467 5 ай бұрын

this video was very helpful could you do a video on the helmets too that would be great

@nickbiondo8654 5 ай бұрын

airwing clutches up for the community once again

@JJsTechEsports 5 ай бұрын

I'm a bit confused with the statements about the Trooper (and 6B13): In this video, it's implied that each armor really only protects 1:1 the pixels of the body it is over. While Gigabeef showed the exact opposite being true: That there are a whole lot *more* hitboxes but in general, if the little "Armor Areas" on the armor says X is protected, that it is indeed fully protected, best example was the arm protection with the Zabralo. Curious what the consensus is now?

@JoshDoes 5 ай бұрын

He did actual testing.. hours of it.. shooting in specific areas with the armors. He knows what he is talking about.

@DestryAlecto 5 ай бұрын

@@JoshDoes He does on some of these, and not on others.. rating the 6B13 and the 6B23 the same makes entirely no sense. one has Class 4 plates front and back... one has class 3 plate front only and both have level 2 Aramid everywhere.. explain that Flattop simp.

@WooweeYT 5 ай бұрын

@@JoshDoes And so did Gigabeef? And showed the opposite. Hitboxes are covered no matter the actual model. Look up his "How the new armor system really works" video.

@kakkahaisee-dk1gm 3 ай бұрын

I think this dude just doesnt know its area protected

@brydro1505 5 ай бұрын

like the vid :) i only run plate carriers because of muh larp and slap lv 5 plates in them or monoclete lv 4s for weight reduction and when i wanna get spicy i'll run the osprey lv 3 aramid for throat. maybe im unlucky but even when i run lvl 3 wrapped protection i still get dropped like a bag of rocks when i get caught out of position, but i also prioritize aesthetics over being a meta slave for the last few years i've played

@user-qw3ny5bj7d 5 ай бұрын

Class 2-3 soft armor is mostly crucial for early wipe and for protection from scavs. It wont matter all that much in PvP because even now there are lots of scavs around with free PS rounds for AKs, pleople start to unlock M855 and PS rounds from traders and that stuff will have little problem going through your throat on the first or second shot. Yes, class 3 soft armor is important, but not exacly a game changer in terms of engaging other decently geared players

@10IQGaming 5 ай бұрын

Anyone who plays tarkov this patch who does not watch this is a fool and is missing out on vital info for this patch.... i will link this in my discord. Thanks heaps for covering this i wish i had the resources to do so myself!!!

@SueMyChin 5 ай бұрын

Or doesn't have the time to research every aspect of the game* but vital info point stands.

@aarondavis4067 5 ай бұрын

The class 5 Ceramic back plate for the 6b133 can be found in stashes as well.

@abgeloust4770 5 ай бұрын

The Killa Back Plate can be found in raid, i found some on Labs in weapon crates.

@J-Bae 2 ай бұрын

Glad he said "if it was a class three I could bump it up to here (c to b tier)" because they changed the aramid in the goon CPC GE from 2 to 3 after this.

@MrSkillvsluck 5 ай бұрын

Long Line actually unlocks the TT SK rig now. but you can craft an ars arm cpc in the lavatory now. The craft is actually very nice, i just use the rigs in my stash for space and take out the plates

@jimbozini100 5 ай бұрын

It almost seems like they need to separate the chest hitbox between the area where your vital organs are vs the areas bordering it. My understanding is that's the reason plate carriers are shaped the way they are irl. If the health pool hitting vitals and the outsides of the chest are the same then carriers will never be good unless they cover more than they visually appear. However, if they do that, then what was the point of the rework.

@micholous 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Maybe they should have like a "gradient" of damage where middle does more than the sides, depending on what angle you get shot from. Like let's say you get shot from front but it scrapes your armpit, you shouldn't instantly die. But if someone shoots straight from side and it goes towards the middle of your insides, it would.

@GS-el8ll 5 ай бұрын

i agree, died to far too many shoulder shots, cursed russian diamond plates

@JohnDoe-gq6yg 5 ай бұрын

Yeah there needs to be zones of chest hitbox, i shouldnt be killed by a 556 going through my shpulder repeatedly, like im sorry what exactly killed me in that scenario ? Magic ?

@JohnDoe-gq6yg 5 ай бұрын

@@GS-el8llfr bro like the dumbest "modern" armor plate design

@loogi8264 5 ай бұрын

i personally have had really good experiences with the trooper this wipe and its my go to budget light armor

@PapaBuLLeT73 5 ай бұрын

Thank You for Info Marine

@Airwingmarine 5 ай бұрын

You bet

@calboy1932 5 ай бұрын

This guy is amazing

@niki800100 5 ай бұрын

In regard to 6B13. I've definitely did found a class 6 ceramic back plate yesterday in a jegers stash

@imatworknow 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant, thank you! Being a Timmy and wearing red/blue armour, no so brilliant but great content, thank you!

@King093w 5 ай бұрын

Nice video 👌 BUT what in the 7 Hells is Aramid?

@therealmp40 5 ай бұрын

I've also been able to find class 6 for the back plates of the Killa/6B13 Armor

@brandon_gb 5 ай бұрын

Great video as always, but unfortunately I seem to never make it far enough to ever worry about all this.

@BroHeartTTV 5 ай бұрын

I always run the Press and Kirasa armors with monoclete plates, they repair well and are extremely light.

@cxsey8587 5 ай бұрын

The only things I want changed for armor; cleaner hit boxes, vitals zones, and the ability to wear plate carriers over pure soft armor.

@thehuscarl4835 5 ай бұрын

I would love to see a guide a to what plates fit with what carriers/rigs.

@itsDolphincat 5 ай бұрын

My go to has been the Osprey barter for 3 SAS. I do a lot of red rebel extracting, so it's a great armored rig with lvl 5 plates and lvl 3 aramid underneath for only around 120k. Plus it has some solid storage space as well. Great video though!

@WooweeYT 5 ай бұрын

Shhh don't tell anyone.