Talk:Molten Armor/@comment-4534947-20111018075546

I'm not sure if there's Terraria theorycrafters out there but... Has anyone figured out which is better--Shadow Armor or Molten Armor? I'm not sure how the 17% increased melee damage from Molten compares to the 21% increased melee attack speed from Shadow Armor. The way I see it, if the monster has 100 health, your Night's Edge will require x3 hits with both sets (49, 49, 49 w/ Molten, 42, 42, 42 w/ Shadow assuming no armor and lucky hits). The difference will be that the Shadow armor will have done it more quickly--granted I'm not sure how much 21% melee attack speed is noticed.

That being said, there could be situations where the Molten Armor set damage allows for one less swing to defeat enemies. If the cases presented themselves where the faster swings and times where you needed one less melee swing to defeat things evened out. Would the added defense be the deciding factor? Or--could one justify--that the Shadow set's increased movement speed allow for better attack avoidance? Perhaps I'm looking too far into the issue here...