This article has been updated for your convenience and now includes newer pictures and clear details about how to obtain each particular set.
Updated August 4th, 2021 by Gabrielle Huston: Did the recent Skyrim picture contest make you wonder how to spruce up your look a little bit? You're not alone! Luckily, these armor sets provide protection and style in one neat package.
This article details where to find all of these best sets. In the end, the effort is worth it for one of these magnificent battle suits. The best sets also come with the hardest hunts and searches to obtain them and their powers. We all want armor that will protect us long-term, but a great design along the trim doesn't hurt either. Most sets in the game are good for a while until eventually stumbling across an enemy that strikes straight through it.
RELATED: Skyrim: Weapons That Make The Game Way Too Easy Requires the Arcane Blacksmith perk, and is viewable in the Dwarven section. This armor is only available to the Archmage of the College of Winterhold. Not only does it vastly reduce the damage taken in a battle, but Skyrim's best armors also come with an array of interesting perks that will carry players to victory. Arch Battlemage Armor - based on Dwarven armor,this set provides the same bonuses as archmage robes in addition to additional magicka and magic resist. The swords, axes, and spells are what the novice player attends to, it takes patience and knowledge to obtain a good set of armor.