The best mage armor pre - hardmode, The wizard set

[SkillfulHacks]

EDIT 2023-03-09: This was written for 1.3.5 and most of the data is outdated as of 1.4.1.

The Wizard Hat no longer provides 15% Damage and along side buffs to other armors this set is a bit less optimal. It is still quite good pre-hardmode but no longer as viable after hardmode starts.


The wizard set is the combination of a

Magic hat or

Wizard hat with a robe, usually a

Diamond or

Gypsy robe. You can then add pants with out changing the set bonus.

Now for the base stats of all of these.

Magic hat:

• 2 Defense
• +7% magic damage and critical strike chance.
• Set bonus (with robe) +60 mana.
• Sold by the Traveling Merchant for 3 
  
  .

Wizard hat:

• 2 Defense
• +15% magic damage
• Set bonus (with robe) +10% magic critical strike chance.
• Dropped by (Tim 100% chance).

Gypsy Robe:

• 2 Defense.
• 6% increased magic damage and critical strike chance
• Reduces mana usage by 10%
• Sold by the Traveling Merchant for 3 
  
  50 
  
  .

Diamond robe

• 3 Defense.
• Increases maximum mana by 80.
• Reduces mana usage by 15%.
• Crafted with 1 Robe and 10 Diamond.

Jungle Pants

• 6 Defense.
• 4% increased magic critical strike chance.
• Increases maximum mana by 20.
• Crafted with 8 jungle spores and 2 vines.

Meteor Leggings

• Defense 5
• 7% increased magic damage.
• Crafted with 15 Meteorite Bars.

Molten Greaves

• 8 Defence
• Crafted with 15 Hellstone Bars.

Ok lets get started with the most common combinations.

Balanced wizard. Wizard hat, diamond robe, Jungle pants

• 11 defense.
• 15% increased magic damage.
• 14% increased magic critical strike chance.
• Increases maximum mana by 100.
• reduces mana usage by 15%.
• Has decent stats in all zones

Glass Cannon. Wizard Hat, Gypsy Robe, Meteor Leggings

• 9 Defense
• 28% increased magic damage.
• 16% increased magic critical strike chance.
• reduces mana usage by 10%.
• Trades defense for massive damage boosts

Tank. Magic hat, diamond robe, Molten Greaves

• 13 Defence
• 7% increased magic damage.
• 7% increased magic critical strike chance.
• Increases maximum mana by 140.
• reduces mana usage by 15%.
• Has more mana and Defense at the cost of damage

All these are just a few combinations you could make. you can try your own ideas with these sets get creative.

one last note is i'm very sorry for the bad grammar as my grammar is really bad.

 

[The_FirstPotato]

This is wonderful, thank you!

 

[Impostor]

Huge tip for the wizard hat: If you don’t have one and wear any kind of robe, Tim’s spawn rate is increased to make getting one easier