User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Freedom Unite Armor Sets/@comment-1653324-20120624033648

Hermitaur Z is incredibly good for a G starter armor. It can be easily gemmed to have AuL Guard +1 & Guts, or AuM, Gurad +2, & Guts.

The Elder dragon sets were freaking hard to get if you're unlucky with rare carves (with the exception of Chameleos Gunner, which didn't require a BigEDragonJwl). Chameleos was a great defensive armor (HGE & Dragon Wind Breaker at the same armor, though usually you won't fully utilize both). Daora has Evade +2, Sharpsword, Fire Res +10, & TDN ; meh, Focus was gone. Teostra was great for farming Raths, with the fire resistance, poison immunity, great offensive skill. And all of them were tailor made to combat the other elder dragons.

However, I believe the crown goes to Crimson Fatalis (Fatalis Z). 2 Defensive skills (Guts & Evade) and 2 Offensive skills (Sharpness +1 & Adrenaline). Plus a decent number of slots. you had to farm Tigrex, Gravios, Black Gravios, and Nargacuga though.