Longtooths from Adolescent to Guardian have been known to deal 100% Impact damage while Longtooth Dominants and above have been suspected to deal a mix of about 70% Impact to 30% Penetration (
see this thread by Mega for more information regarding Longtooth maturities).
Below you will find some recommended Armor set ups for each known Longtooth maturity, starting with the weakest armors and working our way up to Armors that are strong enough to be used on their own, without any armor plates added. These recommendations are made based on what Armors are most popular in the game, or which ones are most easily available or cheapest. For clarity and ease of reading, I've omitted many armors which just aren't that easy to find for purchase, either on the auction or in this forum. The set ups below aim to protect sufficiently so that there is no need to heal (consider these recommendations balanced for someone with an Evade level ~20, if yours is much higher, you may not need as much protection).
Lastly, please note that these recommendations are made based on information gathered during past Migrations and there is no guarantee that everything will be 100% identical this time around, MA might have some surprises in store for us. Should anything be different, I will update these recommendations below as soon as I am made aware.
100% Impact Longtooth
Longtooth Adolescent (12 dmg, target should be ~18 Impact):
Musca Adjusted or Vigilante + AP-12 Impact or Mark.5B armor plates
Shogun or Adjusted Pixie + AP-12 Impact, Mark.5B or Mark.5A armor plates
Kobold, Goblin, Gnome, Knight or Koroma + AP-6 Impact, Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
Nemesis, Gremlin, Rascal or Viceroy + Mark.2A or Mark.3A armor plates
Bear + Mark.2B or Mark.1A armor plates
Boar, Ghost, Jarhead or Jaguar
Longtooth Young, Mature & Old (29-36 dmg, target should be ~42 Impact):
Boar, Ghost, Jarhead or Jaguar + AP-24 Impact or Pulsar 5 armor plates
Tiger, Phantom or Solir + AP-18 Impact armor plates
Martial, Spartacus or Aquila + AP-12 Impact, Mark.5B or Mark.8A armor plates
Angel or Holy + AP-12 Impact, Mark.5B or Mark.8A armor plates
Moonshine or Spam + AP-6 Impact, Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
Mayhem, Malware, Lich, Supremacy or Shadow
Longtooth Guardian & Provider (41-42 dmg, target should be ~50 Impact):
Martial, Spartacus or Aquila + AP-24 Impact or Pulsar 5 armor plates
Angel or Holy + AP-18 Impact armor plates
Moonshine or Spam + AP-12 Impact, Mark.5B or Mark.8A armor plates
Mayhem, Malware, Lich or Shadow + AP-6 Impact, Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
Rutuba, Perseus, Supremacy or Anti Virus
70% Impact / 30% Penetration Longtooth
Longtooth Dominant & Alpha (70-74 dmg):
Cetus or Pegasus + AP-42 Impact or AP-36 Impact armor plates
Vain, Hermes, Eon or Spartacus + AP-30 Impact or Pulsar 5 armor plates
Anti Virus + AP-24 Penetration or Pulsar 6 armor plates
Necromancer + AP-24 Penetration, Moonshine plate 2 or Pulsar 6 armor plates
Moonshine + AP-18 Impact or Pulsar 10 armor plates
Shadow or Supremacy + AP-6 Impact, Mark.4A or Mark.5A armor plates
Mayhem or Perseus + Mark.3B
Sentinel, Infiltrator or Rutuba
Longtooth Old Alpha & Prowler (80-86 dmg):
Vain or Pegasus + AP-42 Impact armor plates
Hermes or Eon + AP-36 Impact armor plates
Spartacus + AP-30 Impact or Pulsar 5 armor plates
Shadow or Supremacy + AP-12 Impact, Mark.5B or Mark.8A armor plates
Infiltrator or Rutuba + + Mark.2A or Mark.3A armor plates
Sentinel or Carramone
Longtooth Stalker and above (>98 dmg):
Spartacus, Dune Rider, Ethereal or Wormslayer + AP-42 Impact armor plates
RX OpTac x2 + AP-36 Impact armor plates
Supremacy or RX OpTac x1 + AP-24 Impact or Pulsar 5 armor plates
Infiltrator or Rutuba + AP-18 Impact or Pulsar 5 armor plates
Sentinel or Carramone
Consider the above a first draft for now, I plan to keep on improving upon it, but as is, it's quite usable.
Patriarch and Matriarch are, afaik shared loot mobs... someone please confirm.
Happy Longtooth hunting o/
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