I think an important thing to note with Artorias' armor, and _especially_ Ornstein's is that it was intended to aid in fighting dragons. For example, Ornstein's armor is very spiky and serrated (almost like a porcupine), which would be a huge disadvantage against any human sized opponent as it would catch blades and generally be a nuisance to deal with, but when you consider that the primary enemy that his armor was intended to defend against would have had biting as one of it's fundamental attacks... you get the picture. Similarly with Artorias, the mail skirt might be there less to directly defend against cutting or stabbing attacks, but to cushion large, high inertia blows from a dragon or a drake. ... or maybe I'm reading too far into it and the designers just thought a long hauberk looked cool. Actually, that's probably it.

@Nia-qf4jp

5 жыл бұрын

emlmm88 late answer but, actually, artorias, although one of gwyn’s knights, was part of the half with ciaran that seem more fit to tackle human threats, you can see this in his lack of any lightning magic and his use of a shield(you don’t see it cause he broke his arm) and greatsword

@mas_embek5839

5 жыл бұрын

Ornstein is dragon slayer, but arthorias is abbys walker... His enemy is not dragon, but the abbys monster... And i think abbys monster is more humanoid form than dragonoid... Even the abbys boss (i forgot his name) is more monster like than dragon like... More important thing (spoiler alert) arthorias failed on his task to battle the abbys... He actualy use shield on his left arm... But when battle the abbys, his left arm broken, and arthorias decide to use his shield to cast magic to protect his companion Sif... And succumb to the abbys... That is why when you fight arthorias, his left hand is daggling and only use his right hand... More spoiler and explaination on dark souls or arthorias can be found in vaatyvidya channel...

@water9367

4 жыл бұрын

Dwika Sefrillian Aditya learn to spell “artorias”

@zent8324

4 жыл бұрын

@@mas_embek5839 all of gwyns knights were fighting dragons at one point or another, ornstein was just the most successful

@nightrain1121

3 жыл бұрын

Artorias fought primarily humanoid enemies, the Darkwraiths, he had dealt with the abyss before but never dealt with the dark beasts of Oolacile, you also have to remember that his armour is damaged, and we can never see what it really looked like.

You can get his armour in Dark souls 1 and 3

@silverlance6960

7 жыл бұрын

and sword.

@Setnja92

7 жыл бұрын

And shield (+ring).

@Rakschas666

7 жыл бұрын

Thats right. The sword also includes most of his original movesets and has some very pleasant suprises for the player if wielded dominantly in the left hand.

@Rakschas666

7 жыл бұрын

Since DS2 featured powerstances and DS3 changed to a weapon art system there are slight differences. The weapon art (stance) for the artorias greatsword can be executed from both hands in DS3 with the left trigger and followed up with right button or trigger into their respective special moves. The power stance weapon moveset in DS2 was unique on its own but not particularly relevant to the topic at hand, since artorias didnt ever dual wield power stanced his own weapon which there only was one of in the first place. I just remembered that in DS1 there were several "Artorias" swords, only one of them features the characteristic summersault spin moves. Not either of the two "Artorias" swords (divine or cursed), but the Abyss greatsword (the former 2 you get from the soul of Sif, the later you get from Artorias in the DLC himself). So wether the distinct moveset is something Artorias picked up after he was swallowed by the abyss, something that came about from his corruption or simply a design choice by the dev team is up for someone else to decide. It is an interesting topic to nerdsplore.

@silverlance6960

7 жыл бұрын

what a nice conversation.. where is Ciaran.?

One thing that's good about artorias' armor is internal consistency - if you look closely, while it's ornamented, covered in that blue scarf/cape and has a custom made helmet, the armor itself is not much different from the standard armor of knights of anor londo

@msrodrigues2000

5 жыл бұрын

That is because before he got the title abysswalker, he was just a common silver knight, the same goes to Ornstein

I love how Artorias' armor reflects his lore. The cloths are tattered and the armor looks mangled in many places showing how he fell to Manus and became corrupted by the abyss.

@Bryntwulf

7 жыл бұрын

I mean, have you SEEEEN how long his reach with that sword is? Plus his combat style appears to be focused around a mixture of fast charges, fast spinning slashes, and gravity defying flips. I seriously doubt that the Abyss has the ability to grant knights skill in acrobatics.

@TraceyStripes

7 жыл бұрын

To be fair, he would've used his massive shield for protection until he closed the gap or was clear from the threat of ranged attacks. The reason he wasn't an even more formidable boss was because his arm was crippled and his shield left behind to protect Sif from the abyss (cuz magic).

@Union.Of.The.666

7 жыл бұрын

TheUndefeatedMagician his sword is also quite neatly corrupted too especially in the first game

@consumerjtc5835

7 жыл бұрын

I don't see how corruption from the dark makes anyone weaker. Just look at Gael :)

@boletarianknight5388

2 жыл бұрын

I know this is a four year old comment, but I like Dark souls and for anyone reading the comments section, Artorias primarily fought the Abyss, and was more equipped to fight Darkwraiths, which worked really well until they realized that you can’t stop the Abyss, and they flooded New Londo. After the Abyss showed up in Oolacile he was sent to combat it there, ( him and his wolf Sif ) however the threat there was different, it was more primeval man, simply corrupt. Artorias’ main hand was his left hand, when it broke he decided to defend Sif with his blessed shield and took up his sword in his right hand, his offhand, which explains his style of fighting as not only being corrupt by the Abyss, but also because he isn’t fighting with his main hand.

PRAISE THE SUN *\[T]/ I love me some Dark Souls content.

@chaos.d_1736

6 жыл бұрын

KnightSquire this deserves more likes

@praisethesun69

6 жыл бұрын

\[T]/

@nik774

3 жыл бұрын

\[T]/

@TheHoodedWarden

3 жыл бұрын

@@praisethesun69 oh! There you are!

@_Sterben_

3 жыл бұрын

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You _can_ actually buy his armor set and get his Abyss Greatsword that mimics his moveset... And technically the player is playing as Artorias from the get-go! o.O

@H.U.R.

5 жыл бұрын

Minus the part of being huge

@VespertilioGiganticus

3 жыл бұрын

@@H.U.R. and being badass

Awesome video as always! Is it possible for you to do a speculation video on how armor might have continued evolving if firearms were never invented?

@coreblue762

7 жыл бұрын

Or do you believe it had already reached its peak?

@InSanic13

7 жыл бұрын

+evan shankar From what I understand, it was the development of muskets specifically that made plate armor obsolete. Previous handheld firearms were not sufficiently powerful to penetrate plate armor, especially when the breastplates started being thickened at the expense of armor at the extremities.

@j.h.2495

7 жыл бұрын

@thatasianguy99 Armor did continue to evolve, just in different ways, such as the tank, kevlar, bullet proof vests, etc. The weapon technology always leads the armor technology, because you first need to have the problem before you can defend against the problem.

@coreblue762

7 жыл бұрын

I understand. And you're right, armor is developed in response to a threat. So I guess I should revise my question to ask how both weapons and armor would evolve without firearms around. Would the rest of the world adopt plate armor? What would be done to get past the problem of plate armor and how would armor evolve in response to this? It's very hypothetical but I'm curious as to what people like Metatron think about something like this.

@kyomademon453

7 жыл бұрын

with no firearms armor was already at its peak so people would just start to make it thicker to increase protection against blunt weapons and thrusting weapons that could penetrate on the gaps or just wear thick gambeson and mail underneath again

2:23 well you get his armor, weapon and shield so you can just play as him in NG+

Could you possibly do a video on dyes? Like what dying your clothes a color meant in say Egypt or Japan. I would love a video on this topic

Well considering that Artorias is immortal, he might have just gotten used to wearing mail back when it was all they had, and decided to keep it around for nostalgia's sake under his plate. Or it's just a silly art affectation and looks nice.

Could you do a evaluation of Gut's Berserker Armour?

@herbseinburg449

7 жыл бұрын

Noa Aronen yes

@HonorableAssassins

7 жыл бұрын

it was a low fantasy series and the armor didnt have too much crazy stuff - it all served as reasonable protection as well as being adapted to the ridiculously oversized sword by leaving the arm bare - this may not be the most historical but i dont see much reason why it wouldnt be possible in theory.

@gantzllat

7 жыл бұрын

because whit that much weight the handle would brake

@brasteen1

7 жыл бұрын

Black Wings gantzllat Not only that the sheer force of the swing would literally sweep you off your feet if you don't have a mass greater than the force of the swing. And with a sword as massive as Guts' Dragonslayer the mass you'd have to be is insane.

@DominusCypher

7 жыл бұрын

As badass as I think Gut's Dragonslayer is in it's oversized glory, it's impossible to argue against TheUndefeatedMagician's points when it comes to the physics of swinging around such a massive piece of metal in reality.

Just as a quick point, you can get his armour and sword in Dark Souls 1 and 3, and in 3 his sword even gives some of his more interesting moves.

@hohnmcransi54

7 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Fields There's the abyss sword in DaS1, that does the flip and the double spin.

@Orthos4

7 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Fields In DS2, you get the Majestic Greatsword, which gains the Abysswalker's moveset if wielded in the left hand

@JFields222

7 жыл бұрын

You guys are right. It has been too long since I played 1 or 2. I apologize for the misinformation.

@hohnmcransi54

7 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Fields I mean, you didn't give misinformation, nothing you said was wrong... We're just giving additional information

@sirpepeofhousekek6741

6 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Fields In Dark Souls 1 you can get both versions of his sword: corrupt and uncorrupt.

Yay! More Metatron! :D

Damnnnn!!! I'm an manga fan so when Metatron said he will be giving a fan service I was a little scared!!

Hum I enjoyed the video on my armor. Im a fan of yours Metatron. I believe you would find it interesting to know that you can obtain my armor and study it in detail if you were to play dark souls 3 enough and buy it from the old lady. (personally I think she's a grave robber... I mean how else did she obtain the armor I was buried with...) It is the most up to date and most official depiction of the armor you could possibly find. Of corse making a whole other video on this just becasue of that detail would be a pain. Nice video none the less. ;)

@golgarisoul

7 жыл бұрын

+

@Zerato

7 жыл бұрын

Cypher Caliban your armor is better

@dracoeinhilator5724

7 жыл бұрын

I also have obtained your armor Artorias. I have to say it is quite fancy. It complements my armor wardrobe very nicely. I did find one problem though with it. The fit is a bit off. It's good for the most part but it's a bit tight in the groin area. I may need to take it to Andre and have him let it out more. I mean my voice goes up an octave just putting the damn thing on. No wonder you were flipping around everywhere back in Oolacile...

@Bryntwulf

7 жыл бұрын

As for the Helmet, the games and models have never revealed what is underneath the blue cloth and shadows. It could simply be that the blue wrapping is placed over a 2-piece barbute style helm.

@billaros1000

7 жыл бұрын

Charles Calland this but also for the ankles. I completely lose circulation in my lower reaches when putting the leggings on, to the point where I had to replace them with silver knight. But nothing will ever top my trusty Ebony armor

Really nice video as usual I've been waiting so long for this review thank you :D

Thank you so much! You went above and beyond for my question.

Never clicked a notification faster. Fine work.

I was waiting for this moment!

love this !!!

Glad to see more Dark-Souls armour covered on this channel! Would love to see your opinions on some of the other sets, especially the ones in Dark-Souls 3. Enjoyed this one, though, was cool to see the Italian influences in Artorias's armour.

Grazie per questo video

You did the armor evaluation, I did the weapon Moveset evaluation, great work!!!

I'm really liking your new setup. it's getting more and more professional ! Also Great warrior beard! Keep up the great work.

I was actually waiting for this evaluation when you did the Armour Evaluations for Dark Souls 1, a year ago. While it not completing the full Sets I glad you touched on atleast Artorias' Armour.

You're awesome, man

It is based on Guts' berserker armour from the manga Berserk, yep. You can youtube search videos about the likenesses between Guts and Artorias. Miyazaki is a big fan of it, and constantly brings over images and things inspired by it, like Artorias having a feral-like way of moving and attacking, which is something Guts does when he goes into berserker mode.

The slimmed shape and contrast of vibrant royal blue and black is what really makes this armor top tier fashion souls asthetics.

I love seeing Metatron and Dark Souls together. Jolly CO!

Artorias is probably the coolest and the most badass knight in games period. To say nothing about the way he fights and just how much of a pain in the ass is to defeat him even with one of his arms held by nothing more but the meat. And the blue velvet darkness smoke looking like something from Venom just makes him even cooler. Also, you can get his armor in DS 1.

@herbseinburg449

7 жыл бұрын

Grim Reaper atorias is a direct imspiration of guts from berserk as the way he fights being a badass and ect.

@grimreaper3882

7 жыл бұрын

Never could get into Berserk. After the first 3 or 4 episodes I just had enough of it so I would't really know. But I don't know just how true that is because from the little I've seen Guts had a big ass sword and he was using it more like a cleaver. Really slow and heavy, while Artorias is moving around like hes Spider-Man on too much coffee.

@NFrk97

6 жыл бұрын

Do not watch Berserk. Only the '97 anime did him justice. The films are good for casually watching. But do *not* watch the recent anime series. They do not do justice to the series. The only way to enjoy Berserk is to read it, you won't regret doing that.

thanks for the great video metatron. I'm a new fan of your work, I think history teachers should play your vids. I was looking through the video library, and was hoping to find anything regarding Viking weapons or war procedures. I u.sweet and it's difficult since despite their success they didn't work with writing, but was this an interest. keep up the good work your videos are fantastic

ohhhh boy fuck yeeee!!!!! AvE! wrong channel, let's get into the meat of it!!!

@NinjaGrimm666

7 жыл бұрын

Did you actually slay a dragon?

@dragonslayerornstein387

7 жыл бұрын

Char Aznable did, countless times, but inevitably joined them.

@gantzllat

7 жыл бұрын

you are a shame for the old lords. But i guess is bether to abnormaly raise the fire again and then doom the rest of the world for that.

@dragonslayerornstein387

7 жыл бұрын

Black Wings gantzllat Preatty sure 3 out of 4 didn't care.

@dragonslayerornstein387

7 жыл бұрын

Thereon Inarek NG+

Nice video. In the next episode: how Fate Zero Berserker's armor makes far more sense than what Saber wears for her night escapades :)

So about what you said in the beginning of the video (I kept watching rather then instantly going to the comment section in case you mentioned it again) you can actually "play" as Knight Artorias by cosplaying him, you can get all of his armor as shown by one of the best pictures and most shown pictures of the armor in the video, a player wearing the set; you can also get multiple versions throughout his life of his sword, 3 actually as well as his tower shield. Great video as always :)

I like how you analyze instead of just going "iz stoopeed"

Damn Raff! You're looking pretty buff in that shirt! :D

Hey is there any historical video coming out soon? I really love them :3 I'd really like to hear about the years following the collapse of the west Roman empire from both the perspective of both the advanced parts of the Empire aswell as tribal Europe. I'd also like to hear about the evoulution of the Tribes in Europe, some ideas about what you could talk about is how Rome influenced the Tribals(Both the conquered ones and the nearby tribes) aswell as how the tribes became advanced civilizations. Keep up the good work!

I really enjoy your critiques of armor from video games. Many other youtubers are far too critical because they arent perfectly accurate to history. Fantasy and video games most of the time arent real. The fact that they arent real is what draws many people, the same way fantasy fiction does as a genre. I enjoy your videos because even though they arent historically accurate (and i dont expect them to) you still appreciate the creations, while still noticing the details that were inspired by history. Appreciate history and enjoy the fantasy. Great videos.

To me, it doesn't feel like a Dark souls game unless I'm playing as a knight. I know there are other classes, and I'm sure they're all very good, but it just feels weird for me if I'm not him. I spend way longer than anyone has a right to in customize character screens too, if anyone wants to fight me.

@HonorableAssassins

7 жыл бұрын

Ive always been the thief and id say it very much suits the games. you're some petty thief that died, and through luck (good or bad) received a curse and was forced to go on a long trial. Slowly you begin to abandon your shadowy ways and progress from the dark and ragged leathers and cloths to plate, which in a way symbolizes him redeeming the sins which he committed in life and starting down a more honorable path to save the world, when at the start he was only going through the motions because he had no choice. In DS2 i settled for the wanderer but i hated it in general as the only bad souls game, so i dont really count that.

@Luciffrit

7 жыл бұрын

They stripped themselves naked or were killed so many times their equipment broke. That's what makes hollows. Your mind and humanity are slowly stripped away with each death until you become mindless. Possibly you were one of the guards or just checked yourself in there when you got infected.

@Nikarus2370

7 жыл бұрын

Meh, starting class basically only dictates your limitations on gear and spells (mostly spells) for the first few hours of the game. Almost all basic forms of weapons can be gotten rather easily. And if you go for a thief or the master key, you can pull some BS and go trolling around and get stuff like the grass crest shield, and the elite knight set if you really want. Course I usually go for the elite knight set, grass crest shield, and astora straight sword for a lot of the early game.

@wolfwarlordjake8992

7 жыл бұрын

Each Dark Souls game I've gone for the Knight class first.

@sirpepeofhousekek6741

6 жыл бұрын

Addicus Spiderjump I agree. Knights are just my thing.

You should consider doing a Dark Souls III walkthrough as a Deprived class, the fact you'd have to survive off the things you find was always an interesting concept

@Luciffrit

7 жыл бұрын

Ironman style or can you use shops? Soul farming for a heater and a scimitar is nothing. Not to mention if you know where things are, there are some easy to access gear very early on.

@SinerAthin

7 жыл бұрын

You quickly pick up items as Deprived, so it doesn't take that long to kit up properly

@brokenlordofcinder4128

6 жыл бұрын

grab thief armour from the small turn under undead burg or kill boulders to get their set It’s what I’d do

For some reason when I watch someone talk about something that they're really interested about it makes me enjoy watching them more. You can really see Metatron's passion for armour and such when he talks.

My favorite armor, along with the Drakeblood and Darkwraith.. especially combined.. ;D

im considering getting a kabuto in the style of the tokugawa clan, can you recommend any good colors that are traditional

Yes the longer mail on the bottom isn't fitting with the rest of the armor's time period, however! It might be there for specific functional purposes. His chest plate(s) gives it away as it's center bump is set so high up an attack coming down from above wouldn't deflect off as well as a normal shaped chest plate, but attacks from below are even further deflected away. His moveset also hints at the reason for the skirt as he does spinning vertical slams often and low horizontal sweeps. He fights against and has armor designed for fighting shorter than himself foes. He needs the longer skirt of mail as the average foe he fights will swing lower on his legs than a knight in the real world so it's worth the extra weight even if it is using an older design.

@tyrusdalet

7 жыл бұрын

Marcus Smith this makes sense, and considering the height of all of Gwyn's knights (bar Ciaran) you can see that they were hulks of muscle, whereas the humans of the world (see the Balder Knights) were far more realistic - this lends claim to the idea that Artorias would fight shorter foes; and actually helps explain why his shield is so long, despite his fighting style.

This video actually came out on my birthday. wish I had seen it back then... It would have been a nice present...

Hey Metatron, awesome video once again! If I may, I want to add something to your analysis, it is the "horse mane" (don't know if it's the good english translation but in french this is called "crin de cheval") on Artorias's helmet. It actually is used for protection because you can't cut through it so it protect your neck (except for blunt trauma ofc). It's flexible and light so it won't disturb the cavalryman movements. You can see it today on the french 'gardes républicains' helms (wich look like a little to artorias helm). Keep going man, I wish you good times for your next videos.

Hello Metatron, I love this video and the part 1 (of 3?) you did on the other Dark Souls armor sets. Could I bother you to do an evaluation on the Ornstein armor set, or just more Dark Souls armor sets since they are in abundance? Thank you for your good content!

could you do the rest of the four? I would appreciate it, nice video. which weapon do you use?

Hey metatron loved the video great job. I was wondering about two things. Firstly have you played the total war games especially the ones said in ancient roman times, medieval Europe, and Japan. I would love to hear what you have to say about the armor and weapons . Secondly I was wondering if you could do a historical evaluation of the armors in game of thrones.

@metratron are there any reenactment groups in Japan ?

Well, you can use his armor and weapons, so its close maybe? Love your vids, man. I hope you get into this series of games a bit more, i would love a lets play series from your perspective.

awesome analysis and I would love to see u break down guts berserker armor from berserk since it was what Inspired artorias armor

Love your videos! Any chance you would give some time to an evaluation of the authenticity of the armor used in the 2004 movie King Arthur?

good video

Finally a video in the morning during breakfast (where I live)

Has a wall of sound absorbers Sounds like he is talking into a can in a cave through reverb

Artorias' armor is actually heavily influenced by Guts' Berserker armor in the manga, "Berserk". It's a little wink from the creators of dark souls to fans of the manga, and it's not the only one. There are many more things that are nods and references to Berserk, and so I think it's worthy of acknowledging that little point when doing a historical evaluation of an armor set like Artorias'. Great video, though! Thoroughly enjoyable.

Hello metatron, could you do a video or talk about little about the middle age executioner Sword ? like Why the sword don't have a sharp tip.

Great video ! You should totally do a similar videos with witcher 3 and dragon's dogma next time! cheers!

@shun2240

7 жыл бұрын

Croz Raven witcher 3 armors are pretty realistic except for manticore and other leather armor

now can you follow on with the dark souls armour evaluation please. you said in the vid you would make it into a series. Ive been waiting for a while for part 2 hahah, very excited for it. also congrats with the go fund me. excited to see future videos with your new armour

I believe the long mail "skirt" and plate tassets you often see on Japanese game designs is supposed to resemble samurai armour. Weird on western-inspired designs, but it _does_ look good.

Do a video like this analyzing the Knight Of The Nine Armor, from Oblivion. Greetings from Brazil =)

Another amazing video keep up the good work metatron. if u dont mind I have some things to ask: the lawbringer is a class in for honor that uses full plate armor(their armor is said to have no equal) and they wield a poleaxe I'll really appreciate it if u could share your opinion about some of the lawbringers armor sets (thanks for making videos like this one btw)

That video is cool and interesting, please do one for Ornsteins Armor ^3^

sorry for the selfish question but how much more or less costed for covering all the walls on that soft thingie? you have to pay for meter or theres services for just doing it all by someone else? whenever someone is not a musician i imagine some............. trouble by request

Okay, good video.I had a question have you watched The Evil Dead: Army of Darkness? I watched it a while back and was kind of triggered, because of the sets of armor the extras were wearing.Some were wearing armor with great helms and chain mail and others wore gothic armor with salets and I was just sitting there dumbfounded.Because of you I can no longer enjoy movies metatron.I still love you though.

wow raf, you're getting fit lately

You could do an evaluation of the starting armors, they are pretty realistic in my opinion, but i'd love to see you talking a bit more about them

I really appreciated this video, although I would've liked to hear what you thought of the torso piece, because it seemed to be plates layered vertically which is a really odd design choice.

About the usage of the set on the DS's lore: Artorias was mainly tasked to hunt and exterminate any signs of Dark infestation and expansions of the Abyss over Lordran. Basically these can't be "fought" in any conventional way, so all he can do to contain it, apparently, is to eliminate every infected life form and it's hinted that sometimes entire cities for precaution if there was Dark spreading nearby. Based on this, he was pretty tanky (greatshield + a magical ring for extra poise) and used a very large "greatsword" (the definition of greatsword in DS is a bit strange, but basically this one doesn't look like any real greatsword and it's too large to be used as a longsword) and was strong enough to use both effectively. The creatures faced and that he would most likely need to protect himself were regular life forms turned into insane beasts (not-that-large compared to some creatures of DS's universe) and that attacked like an animal in rage, so he would need an armor resistant to heavy punches (many enemies in Oolacile attack with blunt impact), some claw like attacks (no need to even worry about armor penetration, but slashes could be dangerous if using shit armor) and regular weapons used by creatures that don't think; the shield is pretty good for protecting from the punches, the claw thing is not a real problem since he has a large sword, a shield and good armor and the weapons won't do anything against a shield that large. The only "originated from Dark" enemies I can think would be the locusts (but these can't do shit but eat people), that are just very large orthoptera insects with disturbing white humanoid faces, and Darkwraiths (I'm not sure if all of these came from New Londo or if they existed before), that would be the only problem, I think (and it seems that they sometimes came after the knights with the duty of guarding the Abyss, since they appear in Farron Keep coming in the direction of the Abyss Watchers). Sorry about the giant text.

I've only watched a handful of your videos but I was wondering how you know so much about historic arms and armors?

can you make a video about the armor or the steel and silver swords in the witcher series (mostly the witcher 2 and 3)

I'm exited for intros with the new roman armour, and samurai armour.

1:46 Metatron is a Fashion Souls guy

dude what do you think of the practicality of some of the trick weapons in bloodborne

I'm curious Metatron have you played any of the Diablo games?

Artoria's armor is basically a custom version of the silver knight armor, you can see it in its overall design, and specially on the arms. the thing that makes it looks diferent are the helmet, again has hints of the SK, but look more like a commander version, the mantle over its shoulder and of course, the fact that its corroded by the abyss.

"Dark Souls Artorias Armour Historical Evaluation-- Conclusion: It cool"

My complaint about the in-game model are the skeleton-thin calves. They didn't even bother to fix them for the DS3 version.

My question doesn't have anything to do with the video,but what's the difference between an arming doublet and a gambeson?

One thing to keep in mind is that Artorias armor is corroded by the Abyss,therefore,the actual non-corroded armor would be thicker. Also the scarf was a cape.

I believe the way Artorias's helmet's and mail skirt's shapes are the way they are is because. Artorias's style of fighting uses the weight of his weapon and the slashing movements to do damage. He takes a very low posture with his legs down for sharp mobility and looks that the skirt covers his legs when he is lower and the helmet deflects attacks from the top, allowing him to thrust or heavy sweep. (All assuming) But in the boss fight he does stab and slash and slam.

hey uh i heard u like the frogmouth and they have that set- Lapp’s set you get it from the ringed city dlc it’s pretty cool and they have it so the head doesn’t move as you mentioned

Pretty awesome, love it! Could I recommend an evaluation of the armor in the Witcher games? Mainly Geralt's default armor in Wild Hunt. It looks badass, but I'm curious to how well it would function, and no one else I've seen has really evaluated it.

Nice beard Metatron.

Plot twist, the legend of Artorias is the Legend of you, and thus you do play as him. In a metaphoric sense. :D

To get some further insight on the set of Artorias, I would suggest you take a look at Gut's Wolf Armor from Berserk. From Soft takes a lot of inspiration from that series. Thank You Metatron for your take on this set from a historical standpoint.

hey can you make a video about what knights dressed while attending the mass at the church? (if they did attend the mass)

To be honest, the Artorias Knight set can be purchased in Dark Souls 3 after you beat Oceiros and go into a sort of 'past' version of the area you start off in. It can be purchased by the handmaiden there among some of the other really valuable items you can find.

whats the advantage of the wonky arm technique?

You know, thinking about the utility of armor, having an open face on your helmet seems like a good way to go in these games. The world of Drangleic, Lordran... wherever the curse strikes, are all incredibly dangerous. There are traps everywhere, everything is trying to kill you, and even things that you expect to be innocuous could attack at a moment's notice. Besides, these characters are going to be walking around the world in armor all the time - it would make a lot of sense to have armor that more easily allowed you to breathe, as well as see what's around you. Overall, an interesting thing to pick up on from just the helmet of a piece of armor.

artorias is inspiration from guts wearing the berserker armor in berserk. you should also check put the berserker armor too

it's also difficult to give it an historical evaluation because it's totally inspired by Guts from berserk, and specifically from the berserker armour

hey metatron first of all ..thanks for ur informative videos ..they are really good !:) i have to present Roman Greek history in history class in a few days ..so as an expert I hope u can help me :D ..WHEN GREECE WAS PART OF THE EMPIRE ..HOW WAS THE RELATIONS between both ? I mean for example holy George where a Greek in Roman army ..or Nero went to Greece and give them autonomy ...like today there's this phrase "una fazza una razza " beetwen both ..? thanks for answering :)

2:57 What image is that?

For some non-full plate, how about the Herald set?

As an episode 2 to this, can you do the same evaluation to the Bloodhound Knights in Elden Ring?

In Dark Souls 3, you can get his armor AND his sword - which has a moveset that does some cool acrobatic attacks just like the boss in the fight. So you can go full cosplay and use similar moves!

Please do a same video about Sheeva from the east eastern set armour or Sir Alonne's please!

can you do some videos on balkanian arms and armour please?