Sovereign Set

The Sovereign Set

The Sovereign Set is the final, highest-tier armor set within Return of Reckoning.

This set comes after the Warlord Set, and requires Renown Rank 75-78 to equip.

Sovereign features 8 pieces, and like the Invader Set and Warlord Set before it, all pieces of Sovereign are bound on pick-up, so you must earn all pieces of this set with War Crests.

How to equip Sovereign Armor

Speak to the Royal Quartermaster in the North of your Capital City to purchase Sovereign Armor.

To wear Sovereign Armor, you'll first need the Invader Ward granted by equipping five pieces of Invader Armor or equivalent sets.

Once that's done, it's time to head North in your capital city to either the Palace of Altdorf or The Citadel within the Inevitable City. (You can also head to the far Western area of Karaz-A-Karak, or the Great Green Hall in Karak Eight Peaks.)

Look for Reingard Kolb (Order) or Skullsplitta Badaxe (Destro) and speak to them to begin purchasing the Armor set.

You'll need Renown Rank 75 to start equipping pieces, and Renown Rank 78 to finish the set.

Off-Spec Sovereign

Sovereign armor is unique as it offers a special off-spec set for every class. The general breakdown for these specs is:

• Tank: Primary spec Defense-focused, Off-spec DPS-focused
• Healer: Primary spec Heal-focused, Off-spec DPS-focused
• DPS: Primary Spec DPS-focused, Off-spec defense-focused

You can find the Off-spec Vendor located next to the regular Sovereign merchant, so be sure to check closely that you're purchasing the right set before buying anything. (There are no refunds!)

Sovereign Armor Costs

• Sovereign Belt: 649 War Crests, Renown 75

• Sovereign Cape: 819 War Crests, Renown 75
• Sovereign Boots: 1073 War Crests, Renown 76
• Sovereign Gloves: 924 War Crests, Renown 76
• Sovereign Shoulders: 1461 War Crests, Renown 77
• Sovereign Helm: 1608 War Crests, Renown 77
• Sovereign Accessory: 1849 War Crests, Renown 78

• Sovereign Body: 1950 War Crests, Renown 78

Which Sovereign set should I pick?

As always, this is situational and depends on your playstyle and type of build you'd like to bring to combat. Some players also combine bonuses from Sovereign with other set bonuses.

Set Bonuses

Wearing 2 or more pieces of Sovereign will grant your character additional set bonuses.

• Defensive Tanks share the same bonuses across all classes. Offensive Tanks share almost all bonuses, but gain different 8-piece abilities.

• For DPS Sets, if you see an ←, it means this class gains the same benefit listed in the left column.

To see full details on the set bonuses for Sovereign, expand one of the tables below:

Tanks

	Sov Effect	Off-Sov Effect
2 Pieces	+80 Wounds	+80 Strength
3 Pieces	+88 Toughness	+88 Wounds
4 Pieces	+6% Block	+15% Critical Damage
5 Pieces	+6% Reduction in being critically hit	+6% Melee Critical Chance
6 Pieces	+2 Defensive Mastery Tree Abilities (Path of Vaul / Path of Vigilance / IB )	+2 Offensive Mastery Tree Abilities (Path of Khaine / Path of Conquest /
7 Pieces	On Being Attacked: 10% chance to increase Parry, Block, Disrupt and Dodge by 10% for 10 seconds.	On Hit: 10% chance to increase Block Strikethrough and Parry Strikethrough by 10% for 10 seconds.
8 Pieces	Gain Ability: Leading the Charge (AOE movement speed increase for 10 seconds)

Healers

	Effect
2 Pieces	+66 Willpower
3 Pieces	+73 Wounds
4 Pieces	+80 Toughness
5 Pieces	+5% Healing Critical chance
6 Pieces	On Direct Heal: 5% chance to remove a Hex, Curse, or Ailment from your heal target
Archmage and Shaman 7 Pieces	All your healing abilites have a 10% chance to increase Critical Heal chance by 9% and increase added value from criticals by 12% for 10 seconds.
Warrior Priest & Disciple of Khaine 7 Pieces	All your healing abilites have a 10% chance to increase the power of your heals by 12% for 10 seconds.
Rune Priest & Zealot 7 Pieces	All your healing abilites have a 10% chance to increase Healing Power by 110 for 10 seconds.

Melee DPS

	Slayer & Choppa	Witch Hunter & Witch Elf	White Lion & Marauder
2 Pieces	+66 Strength	←	←
3 Pieces	+73 Wounds	←	←
4 Pieces	+5% reduced chance to be parried.	←	←
5 Pieces	+5% Melee Critical chance	←	+15% Auto-attack haste.
6 Pieces	On Critical Hit: 10% chance to increase your auto-attack damage by 25% for 5 seconds.	←	←
7 Pieces	While you are Furious, all of your attacks will ignore 10% of your enemies' armor. While Berserk, all of your attacks will ignore 20% of enemies' armor.	Any time an enemy defends your attack, you will strike them for low damage which they cannot prevent.	Increases Critical hit rate of all Path of Hunter / Path of Brutality abilities by 10%.

Ranged DPS

	Bright Wizard, Sorcerer, & Magus	Shadow Warrior, Squig Herder, & Engineer
2 Pieces	+66 Intelligence	+66 Ballistic Skill
3 Pieces	+73 Toughness	+73 Wounds
4 Pieces	+5% reduced chance to be disrupted.	+80 Weapon Skill
5 Pieces	+10 foot increased Range	←
6 Pieces	On Critical Hit: Increase Dodge Strikethrough and Disrupt Strikethrough by 20% on next ability cast. Can only occur once ever 3 seconds.	←
7 Pieces	Bright Wizard: All your Path of Immolation abilities have a 10% chance to increase your critical hit rate by 9% and your critical damage by 12% for 9 seconds. Sorcerer: All your Path of Calamity abilities have a 5% chance to increase your critical hit rate by 9% and your critical damage by 12% for 9 seconds. Magus: Each time you critically hit an enemy with Path of Havoc abilities, 20% chance to reduce their initiative by 80 for 5 seconds.	Shadow Warrior: Increases the critical hit rate of all Path of the Skirmisher abilities by 10% Squig Herder: Increases the critical hit rate of all Path of Quick Shootin' abilities by 10% Engineer: Each time you critically hit an enemy with Path of Rifleman abilities, 20% chance to reduce their initiative by 80 for 5 seconds.