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)

Not to be confused with the 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 in Expert Mode.

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

• +36 defense
• +15% damage
• +15% critical strike chance
• +20% / +25% movement speed
• -10% mana cost
• +20% ammo conservation
• +10% melee speed
• 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

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.
• In Expert Mode, the dash may be used as a replacement for the Shield of Cthulhu, or even the Master Ninja Gear's dash, thus effectively saving up an accessory slot which could be used to boost DPS above the levels of even Hallowed armor or any other purposes.
• This set has bonuses similar to Mythril armor with the Mythril Helmet (which provides 37 defense, 13% melee critical strike 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. This being said, in Expert Mode, the dash may be used as a replacement for the Shield of Cthulhu, or even the Master Ninja Gear's dash, thus effectively saving up an accessory slot which could be used to boost DPS above the levels of even Hallowed armor or any other purposes.

Trivia

• 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 dropped directly by a certain boss or enemies. This trait is shared with the Ninja armor, Ancient Cobalt armor and Ancient Shadow armor.
  • It is 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 1.4.1.2: Reduced ammo conservation of the shirt from 20% to 10%.

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Added 10% mana cost reduction to the hood.
  • Added 20% ammo cost reduction to the shirt. The tooltip states that the bonus is 10%.
  • Added 10% melee speed increase to the pants.
  • Removed the 15% movement speed increase set bonus, but increased the movement bonus on the pants from 10% to 20% (5% less in total).
  • New set bonus: Players wearing the full 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.