Tarkov Armor Tier List
Slick
6B43
6B45
THOR IC
Gen4 Full
Redut-T5
Redut-M
Gen4 Assault
Defender-2
Gladiator-S
Gen4 HMK
Hexgrid
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Blind ballot: the order is shuffled and the community's answer stays hidden until you've rated an entry — your take, not an echo. One vote each, change anytime. Rate as many or as few as you like. No account needed.
As of Oct 7, 2026 (Patch 1.2.0), Slick, 6B43 hold the S tier in Escape from Tarkov Armor Tier List — an expert-seeded baseline with no player votes yet. Every vote re-ranks the board live.
Patch 1.2.0 just dropped and the ballot reset — weekly movers pause while the new meta settles. See how the community re-voted →
📈 Patch 1.2.0 winners & losers — how the community re-voted the meta →
Armor picks are an economy question as much as a protection one: plate availability, repair costs and the ammo meta decide whether a class 5 carrier is a bargain or a coffin. Every ammo rebalance quietly rewrites this list.
This board ranks the class 4-6 body armor PvP kits are actually built around, as voted by the community. If your go-to rig is criminally underrated here, that's what the vote buttons are for.
One vote per entry (change anytime), recency-weighted so the list tracks the current patch, minimum votes before ranking, re-tabulated live. New boards start from a clearly-labeled expert baseline until real votes take over — displayed counts only ever include player votes. No win-rate scraping, no single expert. Full methodology →
As of Oct 7, 2026 (Patch 1.2.0), Slick, 6B43 sit at the top of this board — an expert-seeded baseline with no player votes yet. Cast a vote to make it the community's answer.
As of Oct 7, 2026 (Patch 1.2.0), this board's S tier holds Slick, 6B43 — an expert-seeded baseline with no player votes yet. Every vote re-ranks it live.
New boards start from a clearly-labeled expert baseline; from there every player vote re-ranks the list live: roughly one vote per entry per person (changeable anytime), recency-weighted so the list tracks the current patch, with a minimum of votes before an entry is ranked. Displayed counts only ever include real player votes.
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