Which armor? (answered)

[Ice Spectre]

I have 300 health, and Im thinking weither to have crimson or platinum armor to fight skeletron, which armor should I use?

[Felix Joestar]

Crimson Armor has better defense, and its set bonus increases your life regeneration, so that's what you'd want to stick with. Anyway, good luck on fighting Skeletron! I'd suggest using a Minishark with Meteor Shots on him.

[Ice Spectre]

Last time I checked the platinum armor was 20 defense and crimson was 19

[Ice Spectre]

and Im saving up for a minishark C:

[Felix Joestar]

Originally posted by Wolficeknight:

Last time I checked the platinum armor was 20 defense and crimson was 19

Oh, I might be wrong about the defense, (been a while since I have Crimson Armor .-.) but it still gives a +6% damage bonus, plus increased life generation.

[Felix Joestar]

Originally posted by Wolficeknight:

and Im saving up for a minishark C:

Alright! A good method of grinding gold coins is to sell things that you don't need to an NPC, or to farm bosses for their loot!

[FrodoBagginses]

The Brain is good for this due to not needing much supplies to spawn.

[♥ Danny Hollow ♥]

Crimson is works just fine, but try to get meteor shots, they can work very well against skeletron

[Doomy4Life]

Crimson and plant some camp fires. Beat him with that armor using tendon bow and jester arrows. I had something like 140hp, 25def (19 from the armor and 6 from accesories), and 10% more damage (Thats with the 6 from the armor bonus).

[Ice Spectre]

Originally posted by Kirby4Life:

Crimson and plant some camp fires. Beat him with that armor using tendon bow and jester arrows. I had something like 140hp, 25def (19 from the armor and 6 from accesories), and 10% more damage (Thats with the 6 from the armor bonus).

Wouldn't bows obselete if I get a minishark?

[Pixel Peeper]

Originally posted by Wolficeknight:

Originally posted by Kirby4Life:

Crimson and plant some camp fires. Beat him with that armor using tendon bow and jester arrows. I had something like 140hp, 25def (19 from the armor and 6 from accesories), and 10% more damage (Thats with the 6 from the armor bonus).

Wouldn't bows obselete if I get a minishark?

Not necessarily.

The Minishark's base damage is super low (6). With musket balls it climbs up to 13. Skeletron's head absorbs 5 damage per hit and his hands absorb 7 damage per hit; that's a big percentage of your damage.

The Tendon Bow has a base damage of 19, and Jester's Arrows (which have piercing properties) have a damage of 9 for a total of 28.

Losing 5 or 7 damage from each 28-power hit isn't anywhere as bad as losing 5 or 7 damage on each 13-power hit, and being able to hit multiple parts with each arrow is a good thing.

The bow does only fire one for every 3-4 Minishark shot though, so you'll do just about as much damage with the Minishark just because it fires so quickly.

If you have a surplus of Meteorite, you can make Meteor Shot which will make the Minishark better than the Tendon Bow with Jester's Arrows. It will also gain piercing properties.

Ultimately the Minishark with Meteor Shot is better, but a bow would work just fine.

Personally I just used a mid-power magic gem staff.

[Ice Spectre]

I actually already defeated him and the wall of flesh. (thank you beenades) Anyways, happy 1.2.3 :)

[Grandma Broom]

Go for the crimson it has life regen.