Turtle armor, worth it?

[Pooki]

Im doing a ranged playthrough and im prepping for plantera, should I use turtle armor or stick to clorophyte. Im not sure whats better, damage (clorophyte) or defense (turtle). Thanks in advance!

[Darth Cannabis]

Neither. As ranged, you should take chlorophyte and glowing mushroom to make shroomite bars.

Then build that into shroomite set. Which helm you use on it, depends on specific type of range. One is for bow, one for gun, and 3rd is for explosives (rockets).

[Pooki]

Alrighty, but how the heck do I get the autohammer if im pre-plantera?

[stabby stabbo]

oh, then get frost armor. good for both melee and ranged.

[Pooki]

Alright, Thanks!

[Jumbod]

I think TURTLE is best for now ... good luck

[Coleyohley!]

Originally posted by Jumbod:

I think TURTLE is best for now ... good luck

Turtle is only good if you're playing melee. other than that it's not great. Chlorophyte outclasses turtle armor when playing any class except for melee.

[MegaHunts]

Turtle seems more of for melee classes as you wont really do much more damage since the bonuses are for melee attacks. Sure the defense is good and all but is it enough to survive and kill a boss with range weapons.
Go for what Darth Cannabis has said above. Stick with your range sets, youll do a lot more damage and be able to kill more quickly before they kill you

[Pooki]

Ok, im tied between Cloropyte and frost. what has better set bonuses?

[Jumbod]

Ya, true ... I forgot ... I mosly play melee ... cheers.

[MegaHunts]

Originally posted by Ayy lmao:

Ok, im tied between Cloropyte and frost. what has better set bonuses?

Frost can make your bullets have a frostburn affect, while the chlorpyte armor onyl gives you a crystal that has a projectile attack.

So Frost (litterally theres only 1 Defense different between the chloro and forst)

[Coleyohley!]

Originally posted by Ayy lmao:

Ok, im tied between Cloropyte and frost. what has better set bonuses?

Frost has a phenomenal set bonus... The leaf is all right, but not very useful. In terms of set bonus, Frost takes the cake.

However, set bonus does not an armor set make. Chlorophyte provides great boosts to damage and crit, and while frost might not have as great of benefits, the extra DOT helps a lot.

[Jumbod]

Let the wiki be your guide ...

[Pooki]

Alright. Im decided, frost it is! Thanks guys!

[Coleyohley!]

Originally posted by Ayy lmao:

Alright. Im decided, frost it is! Thanks guys!

No problem!