I have both the Raven's armor and the Kayran armor. The Kayran armor does have some better specs but Geralt doesn't look as good in it as he does in Raven's armor. I could live with that if it weren't for the HOOD. The Kayran armor has a hood which covers The White Wolf's white hair and makes him look like an assasin. Geralt doesn't look nearly as cool wearing it and as far as i'm concerned that's a deal-killer.

In both of my playthough's I've never touched the Kayran armor. Raven's armor kicks some serious butt all the way to chapter 2; especially with mods. And after and hour or so of playing chapter 2 and knowing where to go, you can get the next best set of armor via loot.

All the promotional posters and images leading up to this has him wearing either a leather jacket or the Ravens armor, and to be honest if they had the original leather armor in the first game I'd be wearing that through the entire game too, Raven's is the next best thing aesthetically. All the later jackets you get just doesn't speak Geralt at all, armor from Kaedwen story arc is far too bulky and adorned with tacky banners, and the hooded armors make Geralt look like a common thief which he certainly isn't.
Raven's armor is dark, slick and totally fits his personality

- how do you get Raven's armor and when? i'm at the end of act 1 and just got the kayran armor, never saw Raven's..

- where do you get a crafting DIAGRAM for kayran reinforcement?

(i got 2 skins as well)

ravens armor is the armor you start with if you import a save from the 1st game. I dont really remember where i got the diagram from tho. I never made it anyway.

I personally found the Kayran armor to be the coolest looking one in the game.
Made a custom one for my 2nd playtrough to last me the entire game.
Geralt really looks badass with a hood.

That's not really a matter of opinions, just math: Kayran armor is obviously far better than Raven armor.

oh, i see. just found the reinforcement diagram too - Cedric sells it, thanks!

I prefer Hunter's Armor to them (Troll Trouble Quest). I don't like how Kayran Armor looks. It makes Geralt look like a Drow Assasin or Yuan-Ti.

Can someone please post the stats for the Kayran reinforcement?

I am in Act 2 and didn't get the diagram from Cedric.

KAYRAN CARAPACE REINFORCEMENT

Armor +1 EPIC
Resistance to Poisoning +5%
Resistance to Bleeding +5%
Vigor regeneration during combat +5%

Weight 0.5

I think I kinda like more the Diamond Armor Reinforcement:
Armor +2
Vitality +10

Dear Friends

What are the stats for Raven's Armor in The Witcher 2, the same in The Witcher 1?
Best regards.

Sincerely

My favourite armour is definitely the Draug armour. The look of it is excellent. I love the detail of the leather vest over the chainmail, the lacings holding down the pauldrons and chain, and the detail of the leather collar is about as cool as it gets. :)

Sure, you don't get to use it for long, but it's still pretty impressive. :)

Itkovian

I must say I really, REALLY hated the Kayran armor precisely because of the hood. I only kept it because of the stats but wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible.

Draug armor looks good, yes, but my favorite is the last and best armor you can get: Vran armor.
Together with a complete set of Elder Blood gauntlets, boots and trousers you get a complete, matching set that looks great and has incredible stats.

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With this setup in my fight with the dragon I hardly got hurt by fire anymore. I usually got the message "Geralt absorbs all damage" or somehing like that. Vran armor has +70% resistance on poison, bleeding and incineration.

There is only one other armor in the same league, either the Ys or Ysilth armor (from the Loc Muinne sewers), which also has 70% resistances but more magic based enhancemnts than the Vran armo with helps more with Vitality. However, you need it to build the Vran armor.
Together with all my other enhancements I had most resistances at around +160% and the incineration resistance at +211% (I guess I had some fire runes on my swords)..

Just a question:

To cradt Kayran Armor you need Kayaran Skin...but Kayaran Tissue and Eyes could be safetly selled or the have an use in crafting?