>>714569787
Even if you poise a single rapier hit, you get staggered by the second, even while attacking

>>713443490
>Gives you like 20% over light armor
And that's far more of what any armor in Dark Souls 2 gives

>>712994119
My webms show that the only attacks that are weak enough for the player not to flinch come in pairs and you are not able to tank them because they come in multi-hits
>>712994123
>They quite literally aren't
They are. Any kind of humanoid enemy thatr size is meant to be engaged by the player on an equal footing. You can use armor very efectively in Dark Souls 3 against knights of all kinds, even DLC knights. Even against the most basic starting enemy armor doesn't work at all
>>712993949
>like a dumbass
You mean doing anything that isn't dodging attacks?
>>712994548
False