Throughout your exploration of the Monolith in Empyreal, you’ll obtain different pieces of equipment from enemies and in chests, each with different stats and rarity. However, there are special pieces of equipment, marked with a red indicator, that are part of equipment sets.
These special sets will provide additional bonuses the more pieces you have, alongside an upgrade to certain abilities when you have completed the set (7 or 9 pieces depending on the set). Some sets are specific to certain weapon archetypes, while others can be used across all three weapons.
These sets can make a drastic difference compared to having a mismatch of equipment, so should be something any mercenary strives to find. They can be found in higher-tier chests and by defeating Guardians in the later-level cartograms marked with the red loot indicator. There are also ways of guaranteeing parts of the set, especially in New Game+. Here are three of the eighteen available sets.
The Good the True and the Beautiful
The Good the True and the Beautiful set can be used across all three weapons, removes the Limit Break cap, and provides a significant boost to Vigor - the stat that defines the charge rate for your ultimate ability.
With three pieces of the set equipped, the ‘Invigorating Smash’ ability will grant all bonuses, regardless of imbuement, while seven pieces equipped will dramatically increase the damage Teleport does, on top of a cooldown reduction if two or more enemies are hit with the ability.
Mercenaries can guarantee parts of this set by completing Dr Maria Thornton’s questline.
Immortal Storm of the Empire
The Immortal Storm of the Empire is a Glaive-only set that you may be familiar with from the Empyreal Demo. This set will increase your Steadfast (a stat that gives you an increased chance to survive a killing blow), Weapon Power, and provide bonuses to Electric-based builds.
Having three pieces of the Immortal Storm of the Empire set will greatly increase the size of the Energy Wave ability, while having the full nine pieces allows you to infinitely chain your Riposte ability for an incredibly flashy display of skill and precision.
During New Game+, if you have unlocked both Morys and Edmund as allies, you can duel them to get guaranteed pieces of this set.
Word and Life
Each quadrant has its own dedicated set, and cannon users will want to hunt down the Word and Life set. This set improves your Cryo resistance and gives you more damage and Disrupt build-up.
Having five pieces equipped allows you to remain mobile when using the Bubble Shield, as enemy attacks will automatically evade, giving you the immunity and healing without the drawbacks of remaining still. When you have the full seven pieces of the set, elemental shards will fly out and continue to damage enemies over time after using your Knockback Blast.
You can obtain multiple pieces guaranteed by defeating the guardians Logos and Zoe at the same time through a special cartogram in New Game+.
You can read about all 18 of the weapon sets - their powers, stat boosts, and ways of getting guaranteed drops - on the Fextralife wiki.
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