what to do after titanium armor

[moose]

im doing my first expert playthrough and I don't know what to do after getting titanium armor. My drops have been SUPER lucky so far and I got the rod of discord in the first 30 chaos elemntals that i killed, and i also got the lava charm (now crafted into terraspark boots) before beating the WOF. I'm mage class with shadowflam hex doll as my main weapon. Now, I've beaten Queen Slime multiple times and i don't know where to go from here. I've attempted all 3 mechanical bosses with this loot, and gotten absolutely destroyed by all of them except destroyer. someone give guidance PLEASE AND THANKS

[NARbluebear]

You don't seem to have provided much detail, but I'll try to help where I can.
First, weapons. You said you've killed Queen Slime multiple times, so I assume you have the Blade Staff summon to deal extra damage (if you're not strictly running Mage). Based on this, you might also have the Gelatinous Pillion, which is just a better Slimy Saddle mount with wings. These two, while not being particularly strong, can help you drain the Twins' and Skeletron Prime's health bars and escape from attacks. You can also use the Rod of Discord in a pinch. For accessories, the wiki lists the Celestial Cuffs, Sorcerer Emblem, Magnet Flower, and Mana Cloak as being valuable items at your stage. The cuffs help a lot for mana conservation, the emblem provides a damage bonus (which you should keep until pre-Plantera), the Magnet Flower does some of the same stuff the cuffs do but with auto-consumption for Mana Potions, and the Mana Cloak reduces mana cost, auto-consumes Mana Potions, causes stars to fall after taking damage, and makes said stars restore up to 50 Mana per star. Furthermore, the Orange Zapinator can theoretically deal a lot of damage, and it's actually recommended for Plantera. While not recommended, you can also pair the Zapinators with Meteorite Armor to negate their mana cost. If you can farm for enough Hallowed Bars, you can additionally craft the Hallowed Armor (with the Hallowed Headgear). This will cost 54 Hallowed Bars, though, so you might need to start grinding for them. Sadly, there's not really a Hallowed Mage weapon. As for buffs, I'd primarily recommend stacking up on Mana Regen and Magic Power potions in addition to the usual buff potions people normally use (Inferno, Lifeforce, Ironskin, etc.) Oh, and before I forget, you should get a Crystal Ball as soon as possible for its buff. Hope all this helps!

[Sound]

One thing that many people underestimate is a good arena. Having a large open space with platforms and all the available buff stations (heart lantern, campfire, bast statue, etc) will make fights a lot easier. Of course the arena won’t be helpful unless you also have good mobility. Hopefully you got one of the good early pairs of wings (flame, frozen, pixie, etc).

Another thing you can work towards are potions - wrath/rage, endurance and life force are all very powerful hardmode potions that you should use.

[TaterTot]

Use the Wiki's Class set up page.

Wiki has all the information you need to play and beat this game.

[randomguy]

frozen armor better lol

[MaxBlue001]

Originally posted by randomguy:

frozen armor better lol

isn't frozen armor made for melee users? Wasn't the forbidden armor more suitted for mages?

[BobTheGamerBoi]

go for zenith