Armor

Armor is Equipment of a defensive nature for use in the Battledome and Adventure. Virtually all types of armor grant bonuses to Toughness, they may also carry Resistance bonuses to the various elemental types or ailments. Under the previous battle system for Explore, Weapons and Armor gave a straight up numerical bonus to their associated statistic. This made them very powerful on low level pets, but increasingly useless as the pet became more experienced. Under the current system, Armor give a percentage bonus based on the pet's stats. The minimum bonus is always at least 1 point. Armor will be more beneficial on a pet with high Toughness than one with a low toughness attribute. Armor is classified as Battle Equipment, taking up the same slots as Weapons. Up to five pieces can be equipped on one pet.