Mordris Helm guide - stats and how to choose one

This guide will walk you through the stats and what you should think about when choosing a Mordris Helm.

Author: Taalia (Rosmerta, clan Forever)

No item has caused as much drama as mordris helms.

They’re good: most end game players have one. They’re rare, and the top tiers very rare. They can be hugely powerful. The demand for them is natural and the top tier is a prestige item that announces you’ve made it.

But don’t overestimate them. Remember they replace your EDL helm which is in itself an amazing piece of gear. Your EDL helm has high resists, including chaos resist. A mord helm may help you avoid receiving hits, or give you health, but an EDL helm gives armour and resistance.

An EDL rogue or ranger helm also does damage. A mordris helm takes this away. And of course an EDL helm gives skill points that are lost with a mordris helm.

So if you get a mordris helm - choose wisely. Some may not be the right fit for you and you give up a lot when wearing it. But the right one can be a game changer.

Note: Doch helms are better than all but the best mordris helms.

Mordris helms have negligible armour and resistance.

They give a bonus to one statistic (str,dex,vit,foc), or do direct elemental damage.

They add to two secondary statistics (attack, defence, health, or energy) and give bonuses to three evasions (physical, spell, movement, wounding, weakening).

There are three tiers, dark, shadow, void:

	Dark	Shadow	Void
Statistic	100	150	200
Attack/Defence	600	800	1000
Health/Energy	1000	1250	1500
Evasions	600	800	1000

There are four damage helms - but check the variation in secondary statistics!

And for each primary stat there are three flavours of helm with different secondaries. The pattern is clear:

Type	Statistic	Att	Def	HP	En	Phy	Spe	Mov	Wou	Wea
Sun	Damage (Heat)			✔	✔	✔		✔		✔
Moon	Damage (Poison)	✔			✔			✔	✔	✔
Earth	Damage (Magic)	✔	✔			✔	✔	✔
Sea	Damage (Cold)		✔	✔			✔		✔	✔
Victory	Strength	✔		✔		✔		✔	✔
Champions	Strength		✔	✔		✔	✔		✔
Carnage	Strength			✔	✔	✔			✔	✔
Duellists	Dexterity	✔			✔		✔	✔	✔
Night	Dexterity		✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
Bones	Dexterity			✔	✔		✔	✔		✔
Crusades	Vitality	✔	✔			✔	✔		✔
Knights	Vitality		✔		✔	✔		✔	✔
Bastion	Vitality			✔	✔	✔			✔	✔
Secrets	Focus	✔		✔		✔	✔		✔
Mysteries	Focus		✔	✔			✔	✔	✔
Visions	Focus			✔	✔		✔		✔	✔