Best armor? Big Metal Unit.

[img]tongue.gif[/img] On the same vein, Drow Armors are excellent, but... problematic.
Excluding those, and ignoring Mods:
For those with Use Any Item, get JansenWear. Patent pending!
For those capable of casting Arcane spells, Robe of Vecna. Cast & Attack is too good to ignore. [ to learn more about Cast & Attack, check out the Spells Reference. Link in the bottom of my sig. ]
For the poor frontliners who can't do neither, Enkidu's Full Plate & Shuruppak's plate are really good. Gorgon's also has some surprisingly good negative modifiers.
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