The best armor in GOW before NG+ is the Valkyrie Set, an epic armor set. This armor grants increases to strength, defense, runic, vitality, and cooldown.

Full upgraded armor with no enchantments

Skills
• Warrior’s Unstoppable Aura has a low perk activation chance and it prevents interruptions by enemy attacks, on any successful hit. Available when wearing the Cuirass of the Valkyrie.
• Refreshing Light has a low perk activation chance and it instantly refreshes all Runic Attack cooldowns on any successful Runic Attack kill. Available when wearing the Gauntlets of the Valkyrie.
• Arcane Runic has a high perk activation chance and it grants a Blessing of RUNIC when using a Runic Attack. Available when wearing the Waist Guard of the Valkyrie.

So how do you get it?
• The Cuirass of the Valkyrie is acquired by defeating Hildr in Niflheim.
• The Gauntlets of the Valkyrie are acquired by defeating Gondul in Muspelheim.
• The Waist Guard of the Valkyrie is acquired by defeating Olrun in Alfheim.

Greatly increases Atreus's recovery speed from enemy attacks.



Effects
• Healthstone Assist Atreus will sometimes find Healthstones when Kratos is injured
• Healthstone Enhancement Increases Healthstone potency
• Runic Attunement After using a Runic Summon, arrows will deal additional Status damage for 8 seconds

So how do you get it?
Crafted from Brok or Sindri
Crafting Cost: 60000 Hacksilver, 1 Hardened Svartalfheim Steel

The best armor in GOW is the Zeus Armor, a perfect set of armor only available in God of War's New Game Plus. Each piece has three enchantment sockets.

Full upgraded armor with enchantments

Skill
Glass Ballista: Massively increases the damage of Kratos's standard attack, but also intensifies the damage he receives. Both effects grow significantly as more pieces of the Zeus armor set are worn.

So how do you get it?
• The Cuirass of Zeus is acquired by defeating Sigrun in Midgard.
• The Gauntlets of Zeus are acquired by defeating Gondul in Muspelheim.
• The War Belt of Zeus is acquired by defeating Hildr in Niflheim.


For master of all disciplines. Massively increases Atreus's melee damage and recovery speed, and decreases arrow recharge time.


Effects
• Legendary Fighter Has all Perks of the Legendary Fighter Tunic armor.
• Legendary Runic Has all the Perks of the Legendary Runic Vestment armor.
• Legendary Sharpshooter Has all the Perks of the Legendary Sharpshooter Garb armor.

So how do you get it?
Crafted from Brok or Sindri.
Crafting Cost: 136500 Hacksilver, 24 Skap Slag

How to get Skap Slag?
There are a few ways players can get Skap Slag:
• Open red caskets
• Reach milestones in the story
• Close Realm Tears
• Complete Trials in Muspelheim
For a lot of players, the easiest way to collect Skap Slag will be to simply progress through the story, unlocking caskets along the way.