Bulwark
Be the wall.
Set bonuses
Wear 2, 3 or 5 Bulwark pieces and each tier below switches on. They add up: at five pieces you have all three.
- 2+40%
armor. - 3Guarding bashes your target for 40% of your armor.
- 5Armor also soaks arcane damage. Start each turn with +15% armor.
The fine print
- 3 pieces. GUARD also hits your target for 40% of the armor you have at that moment. The bash ignores the enemy's armor.
- 5 pieces. Your armor soaks arcane damage as well as physical.
- 5 pieces. At the start of each of your turns you get back 15% of your maximum armor.
How it plays
The game's own set card sums Bulwark up in three lines:
Stack armor. From 3 pieces, GUARD hits.
- Strong against: Heavy hits, packs, every boss.
- Weak against: Burn and poison: they skip armor.
The set stat
Every Bulwark piece has one stat, its set stat, that is multiplied by how many Bulwark pieces you wear. Two pieces double each one's set stat, five pieces count it five times. That is why a third and fourth piece are worth more than their own numbers suggest. See how sets work.
Pieces
Nine pieces: one for each of the seven slots, a second weapon and a second ring (you wear two rings). Stats shown are Common, found on floor 1.
| Piece | Slot | Stats | Set stat |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bastion Greathelm | Head | +6 armor +3  health | +6 armor |
 Chainward Collar | Neck | +3 health +8% armor | +8% armor |
 Rampart Plate | Chest | +10 armor +5 health | +10 armor |
 Keepbreaker Maul | Weapon | +3  power+2 armor | +2 armor |
 Bastion Greaves | Legs | +6 armor +3 health | +6 armor |
 Aegis Ring | Ring | +10% armor | +10% armor |
 Ironroot Sabatons | Feet | +4 armor +2 health | +4 armor |
 Rampart Mace | Weapon | +4 power +3 armor | +4 power |
 Bastion Band | Ring | +3 armor | +3 armor |
Synergies
Two pieces of Bulwark with two pieces of another set wake a synergy:
- Bramblewall with Thornwood:
Thorns gain 25% of your current armor. - Glacier Wall with Rimeglass: Guarding chills every enemy.
- Chainbreaker with Warden: Your guard bash also shreds 25% of the target's current armor.
Heroes
Hero select lists Bulwark as a good fit for Brannoch. Any hero can wear it.
Finding it
Bulwark pieces appear from floor 1 on, in The Gilt Cellars and below. Loot leans toward the sets you already wear: each Bulwark piece on you makes the next one more likely, and while you wear two or more the floor market and the merchant offer a piece you are missing.
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Written from the game's own rules, version 2.9.4. Spotted something wrong? Tell us on Discord.