Current "best" gear? Preferences as well to see what I missed.

[Accel Lex]

Last played Dec 2022, I think.
I stopped playing after finding out it's server specific characters, meaning friends couldn't join each other's world with their existing characters.
This was a huge deal considering how grindy some of the mutations were, specifically the crit one that required all golden cards unlocked. So gear aside, just having to do all those cards in another world to reach current world's level seemed a dealbreaker.

I think I used the Black Widow dagger, mantis scythe for crit, a staff for aoe I think, bow just in case, an axe for the effect, mabye a hammer.
For armor I switched between a couple so I don't remember for sure. Maybe the Rolly Polly, stamina or crit armors. Or the broodmother poison helmet, as well as other poison ones.

I'd like to know if they added more really good armors that make those look weaker, or if they're about the same depending on effects.

[happygiggi]

All tiered armor have same armor value so it's more the bonus that make fit into a role.

DPS: broodmother, fire ant, mantis. Black window. (black widow armor is reworked, MUCH stronger now).
Ranged: moth armor
Bowmen: wasp armor

(tho you should stick to wizard hat/crow cap for huge damage boost too).

Tank/block lover: Roly poly
Summoner: queen ant armor
Puncher: infected broodmother armor (fury trinket do explosive damage, allowing to stack quickly).
Support: Black ox.

[Humpenstilzchen]

The ladybug armor is also very strong ever since they changed the amount of healing it provides and the the amount of health that is restored per smoothie.

The thing is the ladybug armor improves all sources of healing, which not only means smoothies but also any other kind of healing like lifesteal, trickle regen ect.

I tested it on a black widow and I was able to easily outheal its damage with the tick sword which is great because even if you are good at parrying sometimes you miss the parryframe especially on the new super fast attacking black widows and this armor in combination with a lifesteal weapon plus bandage and trickle regen literally makes you invincible.

Great for people who are still working on their perfect parry skill since you are not immmediately screwed if you mess up the parry timings.

[Accel Lex]

Originally posted by happygiggi:

All tiered armor have same armor value so it's more the bonus that make fit into a role.

DPS: broodmother, fire ant, mantis. Black window. (black widow armor is reworked, MUCH stronger now).
Ranged: moth armor
Bowmen: wasp armor

(tho you should stick to wizard hat/crow cap for huge damage boost too).

Tank/block lover: Roly poly
Summoner: queen ant armor
Puncher: infected broodmother armor (fury trinket do explosive damage, allowing to stack quickly).
Support: Black ox.

Better black widow armor? :O I'll have to see this. Thank you! I think I used Broodmother helmet for extra poison damage and aesthetics.
I also remember using the rolly polly one for looks and defense.

I do not remember the summoner armor, and queen ants are a feature I never explored, but I remember reading up on it and think it'd be cool to see, but am worried I'll do anything to permanently ruin my map by picking the wrong side or angering one beyond fix.

[Accel Lex]

Originally posted by Humpenstilzchen:

The ladybug armor is also very strong ever since they changed the amount of healing it provides and the the amount of health that is restored per smoothie.

The thing is the ladybug armor improves all sources of healing, which not only means smoothies but also any other kind of healing like lifesteal, trickle regen ect.

I tested it on a black widow and I was able to easily outheal its damage with the tick sword which is great because even if you are good at parrying sometimes you miss the parryframe especially on the new super fast attacking black widows and this armor in combination with a lifesteal weapon plus bandage and trickle regen literally makes you invincible.

Great for people who are still working on their perfect parry skill since you are not immmediately screwed if you mess up the parry timings.

Originally posted by Humpenstilzchen:

The ladybug armor is also very strong ever since they changed the amount of healing it provides and the the amount of health that is restored per smoothie.

The thing is the ladybug armor improves all sources of healing, which not only means smoothies but also any other kind of healing like lifesteal, trickle regen ect.

I tested it on a black widow and I was able to easily outheal its damage with the tick sword which is great because even if you are good at parrying sometimes you miss the parryframe especially on the new super fast attacking black widows and this armor in combination with a lifesteal weapon plus bandage and trickle regen literally makes you invincible.

Great for people who are still working on their perfect parry skill since you are not immmediately screwed if you mess up the parry timings.

I remember using the Ladybug armor. Nice defense, healing seemed eh but appreciated. So if they increased it and added it to all sources of healing, wow. Definitely worth returning to.

Thanks! My main weapon was the strongest 1h axe I think for damage and debuff, since I like fast/hard swings, and it seemed to be the balance between fast daggers and hard-hitting hammers.
Tick sword was great, but the healing seemed eh, so I put it away. I'll try to look back into it. The spear for health drain was good too, I think.

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by Accel Lex:

Tick sword was great, but the healing seemed eh, so I put it away. I'll try to look back into it. The spear for health drain was good too, I think.

Yeah I´m usually not a fan of this sword either. I crafted an sour infused one specifically to test if I could maange to outheal the damage of the black widow when using this in combination with the lady bug armor and it worked pretty well.

[Accel Lex]

Originally posted by Humpenstilzchen:

Originally posted by Accel Lex:

Tick sword was great, but the healing seemed eh, so I put it away. I'll try to look back into it. The spear for health drain was good too, I think.

Yeah I´m usually not a fan of this sword either. I crafted an sour infused one specifically to test if I could maange to outheal the damage of the black widow when using this in combination with the lady bug armor and it worked pretty well.

That may be it. I remember only going for raw damage infusions since I liked general use weapons better, with the exception of one I can't remember, but considered specialty weapons for bosses. I just never went ahead with it.