Cant deicde what to replace with my magic cuffs

[casual]

im not sure wether to replace my philosipers stone or star viel with my magic cuffs, the other stuff is just to essential

[CactusFkr]

Well your useing magic cuffs so that must mean your a mage type. What is your armor currently?

[casual]

Originally posted by ToxicMan:

Well your useing magic cuffs so that must mean your a mage type. What is your armor currently?

41 with full titanium (head gear), i have some armor giving acceories, out of the 2 i mention the philospers stone gives 3 and the star veil none

[prpl_mage]

I wouldn't use the cuffs, 1 or 2 star statues wired up works well enough. unless you are too lazy to go fetch the mana stars that is.

[casual]

Originally posted by prpl_mage:

I wouldn't use the cuffs, 1 or 2 star statues wired up works well enough. unless you are too lazy to go fetch the mana stars that is.

whats not what i asked, and besides im going to get hit, so i wana take advantage of that, and aswell im going to evtualy upgrade to celestial cuffs

[Dashiell]

There's only one fight where philosophers stone is ok to use and only 2 for star veil.
Celestial Emblem, Mana Flower, Wings, Boots, Ankh Shield all manacing would be standard.
Defence outside of Expert mode becomes meh quite fast. Intentionally taking dmg from later hard mode monsters to get some mana will kill you, spectre hood won't manage to outheal that dmg.

[casual]

Originally posted by Dashiell:

There's only one fight where philosophers stone is ok to use and only 2 for star veil.
Celestial Emblem, Mana Flower, Wings, Boots, Ankh Shield all manacing would be standard.
Defence outside of Expert mode becomes meh quite fast. Intentionally taking dmg from later hard mode monsters to get some mana will kill you, spectre hood won't manage to outheal that dmg.

i wont be intentialy taking damage, its just i WILL get hit, especialy since im not that good at doging. so i want to take advantage of that

[BoiledTeaBag]

Lets see how much mana those cuffs can give to a lifeless corpse after being disitigrated by the moon lord.

(if you still dont get what people are trying to jam into your thick skull its that the cuffs are ♥♥♥♥)

Get a mana flower and stock up on mana potions.

[casual]

Originally posted by YordlePhobia:

Lets see how much mana those cuffs can give to a lifeless corpse after being disitigrated by the moon lord.

i dont plan on fighting the moon lord ANYTIME SOON.

[Dashiell]

Yes you will but mana gain is very low for the speed at which it's used and the further into game the less you want to get hit as for example getting hit by saucer's death ray is GG for mage.
And I played with accessories quite a bit because at first I also took advice of using cuffs but they're ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Celestial Embles both gathers stars from afar and gives 15% dmg bonus, Mana Flower ensures that you always have mana, this is even more crucial if you use wind up gear like Martian Suff or Last Prism, I know that you might be far from it but other way is constantly looking at mana pool and spamming hotkey.
Later with Ufo mount you can get rid of Wings/Boots for more dmg accessories but these still aren't cuffs.

[casual]

Originally posted by Dashiell:

Yes you will but mana gain is very low for the speed at which it's used and further into game the less you want to get hit as for example getting hit by saucer's death ray is GG for mage.
And I played with accessories quite a bit because at frst I also took advice of using cuffs but they're ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Celestial Embles both gathers stars from afar and gives 15% dmg bonus, Mana Flower ensures that you always have mana, this is even more crucial if you use wind up gear like Martian Suff or Last Prism, I know that you might be far from it but other way is constantly looking at mana pool and spamming hotkey.
Later with Ufo mount you can get rid of Wings/Boots for more dmg accessories but these still aren't cuffs.

note to self : stop using them after the three mechanical bosses, that still dosent solve now though.

[Dashiell]

Pre mecha bosses I'd use:
Boots
Wings
Ankh Shield (yes I like to farm that as early as possible because it's simply great)
Emblem
Mana Flower
Expert - Frozen Turtle Shell or Star Veil or Charm of Myths.
All Manacing (Warding - Expert)
Yes, it's not much different because it's simply working great setup for mage that never left me defeated.

[serker31]

Philosopher's Stone is way too weak, 10s off cooldown won't save your day. I suggest upgrading your magic cuffs to celestial cuffs, it will make pickip up stars easier.
Also, dropping boots when you get good enough wings may be good idea. You will fly a bit faster than walk.

[blackshadowwind]

In expert mode warding is not that useful imo because defense is flat reduction and expert mode enemies do so much dmg e.g. full warding set reduces damage by 18 in expert which makes very little difference when enemies easily hit 100-200+ dmg. It's better to go with damage prefix so you can kill them faster.