Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3539474-20130910213054/@comment-17114085-20130917030553

Draevan13 wrote:

Also, Glass Armor gives a 103 armor bonus. Steel Plate only gives 87. Again, check the Wiki page:

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Steel_Plate_Armor

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Glass_Armor_(Skyrim) The Steel Plate set doesn't include a shield, the glass set does. Without a shield the Glass set has base armor of 75. PS: Most elves wouldn't use a shield anyway as they are spellswords.