What is the best armor in terraria?

Though it is true they all have lower armor value (with the exception of Adamantite) and don't have fancy effects, they often give better, more class-specific bonuses (e.g. Cobalt Melee Set is still the second best melee speed armor only bested by the Hallowed Melee Set). read more

Pieces of Armor are items that reduce the amount of damage a player takes by increasing the player's defense. All armor is either crafted at a Workbench, at an Anvil, purchased from NPCs or dropped from monsters. read more

In addition to the defense provided by individual Armor pieces, most Armor types provide a 'Set Bonus' when all three pieces of the same Armor type are worn simultaneously. For the basic pre-Hardmode Ore armors (Copper, Iron, Silver, Gold, Tin, Lead, Tungsten and Platinum), this is an additional defense bonus. read more

The Stardust armor is the best it is like 74 ish defense, The stardust weapons/tools are the pickaxe, hamaxe, the stardust dragon <----(Summon Thing) and meowmere. The Stardust stuff is for if you want to be the necromancer/summoner so you should get the summoning accesories. read more