Board Thread:Game Discussions/@comment-98.24.161.218-20140504170118/@comment-24424436-20140504224157

When combining the levels of armors do not affect the resulting armor but does affect the resulting armor's level. When you combine armors, the resulting armor's is the average level of the two armors combined. Ex. Level 40 Pestilence Mantle + Level 20 Raiment of Araknos  would always result in a Level 30 armor. The rarity and type of armor you get still varies.