... The highest AC in that party was Minthara in heavy armor (but no shield as dual wielder) with 25. Gale had 15 and Shadowheart 21. Unfortunately I can't reload the saves since patch 6 to see the details, I just saved a screenshot of the party at the time so I can still see the numbers but nothing more.
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Can you remember how you got to 25 with heavy armor without a shield? That's interesting. Maybe I could get Shadowheart with shield to 28 then? I'm currently in a modded playthrough with higher enemy hit chances and damage, a high AC as possible would be nice.
I've just finished act 2 now and my bard/ranger can have an AC of 26. With the helldusk armor it would bring her to 28.
The shield is the iron bound shield which gives +3 AC.
The other items are listed below: All are from act 1 and 2. (It's not how I equip her in my game, she "only" has AC 24 as Ketheric's armor is used by Minthara, and she wields Falar Aluve instead of the defender flail, but 28 for a heavy armoured shield-bearing character should be feasible in act 3)
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