Best Waist Armor in God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla incorporates a blended story of Kratos from the original game, God of War Ragnarok. In this sequel, Kratos enters a new location in the God of War Norse Saga, Valhalla. Here, he faces challenges that pit him in a fight against flashbacks within himself to achieve his dream and follow his laid path. The game boasts one of the best roguelite genre games since its release in 2023. This success is attributed to its new experimental combat twists and challenges inspired by its predecessor. Valhalla pushes your limits on mastering Kratos's arsenal with each attempt and challenges you with different enemy combinations and surprises.

To keep yourself competitive, you have to ensure that Kratos's armor is equally powerful and of the best quality. Having the right armor for your chest, wrist, and waist gives you an advantage in terms of strength, runic, and vitality against your counterparts. Quite frankly, choosing the best armor for the waist can be pretty confusing, considering there are more than 20 armor options. In this article, we shall give you five of the best waist armors that will boost your combat and gain you victory in God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla.

5. Girdle of Raven Tears

The Girdle of Raven Tears ranks fifth on our list. The armor comes as a reward for completing the “eyes of Odin” favor. For you to complete the challenge, you must kill at least six of Odin’s Ravens, who appear in most of the reams. To fully access this magnificent armor, you have to wait until Mimir comments on the number of Ravens you have managed to kill. Then, return to Niflheim and open the gift of the legendary chests by the Raven Tree.

The hassle and effort of accessing this armor do not go in vain. The girdle of raven tears increases your strength enormously. From rank 3, this waist armor improves your defense and luck points to 29 and nine, respectively.

It also comes with a “Healing Efficacy II” skill that boosts healing strengths from all sources, including health stones, fury skills, and armor perks. Any time you equip your character with a Girdle of Raven Tears waist armor, you gain a 15% boost. However, if you combine two armors from the Raven Tears set, then you gain a 30 percent defense boost. Hence, to maximize your power, you might want to consider having access to and utilizing more than one armor in the Raven Tears set.

4. Steinbjorn Waist Guard

The Steinbjorn Waist Guard, an armor piece from Steinbjorn is an incredible waist armor that boasts significant ability defense and strength boosts. This armor is earned after landing a successful defeat on sleeping trolls throughout the game. Earning slumber stones is another way of attaining this precious protective feature.

The armor offers you increased protection against blunt objects and sharp stones, which in turn increases your chances of survival and victory. Although the armor is limited to moderate chances of luck to inflict and stagger stun damage to nearby counterparts when damage is taken, it gives you a stunning 77 defense and a defense score of 119 at level 119.

3. Lunda's Lost Belt

Third on our list is the incredible Lunda's Lost Belt. The armor is one of the three sets found in Lunda's armor build. Lunda, a character in the game, is the source of this overall armor build, meaning you will need access to the River Delta area to access each of the three sets. After you get to the River Delta area, you will ultimately come across the Cliffside Ruins, climb to the left side, leading you to walkways that look like bridges, and then enter the broken wall on the path to the elevated bridge. While keeping an eye on the exploding flowers to avoid damage, carefully grab the armor piece.

The armor gives you powerful damage potential, maximizing your attacking abilities against your poisoned counterparts upon melee attacks. The armor grants you an increase of 20 percent in terms of damage, boosting your combat skills significantly. Additionally, wearing the armor increases your stats for luck, defense, strengths, and runic.

2. Berserker Waist Guard

The Berserker Waist Guard is one of the best armors in the build and the game overall. To acquire the Berserker waist guard, players must complete the Berserker Grave encounter in Midgard during a mission to earn a “Fit for a King” favor.

The only way to achieve the “Fit for a King” favor is by landing maximum attacks on enemies in Moodgard. Therefore, players on this quest should be highly skilled in combat.

The armor gives you the “Soulless Rebuke” skill. This is a skill that increases the possibility of a Soul Explosion if you take damage or dodge an attack. This not only deals damage but also restores some of the relic's cooldown.

1. Fate Breaker Belt

Being the last armor that Kratos can access in God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla, Fate Breaker is undoubtedly one of the most powerful and captivating armor builds. For this reason, the Fate Breaker Belt earns itself a spot at the top of our list.

This armor stands unparalleled as the best waist armor in the game and has won the hearts of many gamers for just the right reasons. It is crafted with amazing details and features. For instance, at Level 9 iteration, the armor boasts 86 DEF, 43 VIT, and 14 LCK, boosting the ability to be resilient during combat.

Upgrades give you even more surprising features that effectively elevate your protection and versatility. What distinguishes the Fate Breaker Belt is its Raging Fury I perk, which increases Rage acquisition by 10% or 20% when combined with the Wraps, giving the wearer a clear advantage in the middle of a battle.

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