User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Agnaktor (4th Gen)/@comment-4702773-20170120232557/@comment-26034899-20170122212208

I don't know where you've been looking, but I've seen the 3rd Gen armour get a fair amount of use as it was a near-perfect set for Lancers due to it having the Guard+2 (allows you to block previously unblockable attacks) and Guard Plus (increases the chances of automatically blocking attacks).