Crystal Assassin armor

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Crystal Assassin armor

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Statistics

Type	ArmorSet
Defense	36 (set)
Set Bonus	Allows the ability to dash 10% increased damage and critical strike chance
Rarity	05*
Sell	6 (set)

See also: Ninja armor, dropped by the King Slime.

Crystal Assassin armor is an armor set which consists of the Crystal Assassin Hood, Crystal Assassin Shirt, and the Crystal Assassin Pants. The armor set applies non-class specific bonuses, useful for those who do not want to play a single class.

Each piece has a 33.33*1/3 (33.33%) chance of being dropped by Queen Slime, two are dropped on Expert Mode.

A full set of Crystal Assassin armor provides the following benefits:

• +36 defense
• +15% damage
• +15% critical chance
• +20% movement speed
• +10% Mana Usage decrease
• +20% Ammo Usage decrease
• +10% Melee Speed increase
• Ability to dash

Set

Crystal Assassin Hood

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	12
Body slot	Helmet
Tooltip	5% increased critical strike chance Reduces mana usage by 10%
Rarity	05*
Sell	2
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 4982
• Internal Armor ID: 261

Crystal Assassin Shirt

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	14
Body slot	Shirt
Tooltip	5% increased damage Reduces ammo usage by 10%
Rarity	05*
Sell	2
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 4983
• Internal Armor ID: 230

Crystal Assassin Pants

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Statistics

Type	Armor
Defense	10
Body slot	Pants
Tooltip	20% increased movement speed 10% increased melee speed
Rarity	05*
Sell	2
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 4984
• Internal Armor ID: 213

Notes

• Despite what the tooltip states, the Crystal Assassin Shirt grants a +20% boost to ammo conservation.

Tips

• Due to the respectable defense and stat boosts this set gives, as well as the fact that the armor set is relatively easy to obtain at the beginning of Hardmode, this is a viable alternative to Hardmode ore sets.

Trivia

• This set has bonuses similar to Mythril armor with the Mythril helmet (which provides 37 defense, 13% melee crit chance, and 15% melee damage, no bonuses to movement speed), except its modifiers apply to all types of damage. Compared to the other Mythril headgear, it provides generally better DPS with much better defense.
  • This makes the Crystal Assassin armor essentially have the major benefits of all Mythril armor sets at once, in addition to faster movement speed.
  • The Adamantite armor and Titanium armor sets all have better DPS in their class and defense close to or higher than the Crystal Assassin armor.
• The curved horns featured on the helmet resemble the horns of some types of Kabuto, commonly known as samurai helmets.
• This is the last set of armor that is only obtainable through a certain boss or enemies. This trait is shared with Ninja armor, Ancient Cobalt armor, Ancient Shadow armor.
  • It's also the only hardmode armor with this trait. Frost armor was once made available through the Ice Golem, before Frost Cores were introduced.
• The helmet and set bonus have the only tooltips in the game that refer to a critical hit as a "crit" rather than a "critical strike".

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Added 10% Mana Cost reduction to the Hood.
  • Added 20% Ammo Cost reduction to the Shirt.
  • Added 10% Melee Speed increase to the Pants.
  • Removed the 15% Movement Speed increase Set Bonus, but increased the Movement bonus on the boots from 10% to 20% (only 5% loss).
  • New Set Bonus: Players wearing the full Crystal set can now Dash.
  • Changed "crit" in the tooltip of the shirt and in the set bonus to "critical strike".

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.