Metal Armour vs lightning strikes?

So I'm thinking about having my race of lightning wielding rabbits wear metal armour. The first one that came to mind was gold. And then a quick Google search later told me gold is one of the best conductors of electricity in the world. I have also read some novels where they say that metal armour were usually enchanted with lightning resistance so that their wearers wouldn't be paralyzed or something.but then I saw a Reddit post saying that conversely, wearing armor and getting struck by lightning would actually save you because I assume the current travels to the earth and not through you so you will live to tell the tale.

So first of all, would a good conductor of electricity or a metal that has a really poor conductivity be a better defense against lightning strikes or shocks so that the wearer would not be affected/harmed by the voltage/amperes? [disregarding the fact that the poor rabbit would be toasted if lightning did strike it]

Afterwards, does metal armour really protect you from lightning/electricity when you are wearing full body suit of armour or when wearing just certain parts like the breastplate, greaves and gauntlets?

So if it's even possible at all, what metal can be used to make the Anti lightning armour?

I don't know what tags to put but no fantasy metals

posted almost 8 years ago

Skye‭

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