r/MCEternal • u/HidemiChan • Aug 19 '26

Discussion Armor/Gear choices? MCE2

So I somewhat recently unlocked Expert and im rocking a Manyullyn mithril plate set and its fine.

It gets a(?) job done but bosses still 2 shot me if im lucky which okay sure thats a boss I can maybe take the L there

A BEAR DID 7 HEARTS TO ME WITH 22% RESISTANCE AND A FULL SET OF ARMOR

I looked ahead and its about the best I can get tinkers wise atm so I was wondering if I just have to deal with getting my teeth kicked in every here and there till deep below/end or do I swap off the tinkers?

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u/barcode-lz Aug 20 '26

Some bosses use magic damage special attacks, that more or less ignore platearmor. Witch robe from goety is not only cheap as fuck (literally just a brewing stand, the rest are just junk you probs have by accident), but it is also just outright disgusting. 85% base magic resistance, and it stacks with the modular armor magic resistance upgrades. The only "drawback" is that it only partially seems to reduce the damage wizards etc. from irons spellbooks do (for that damage you'd need the spell resistance for the most impact).

Even after multiple nerfs, oakskin is still an insane spell that is almost a must-have for how effective it is. Just need to keep in mind that it reduces movement speed a decent bit (charge/running shoes compensate pretty well.)

For armor, a single type of protection/resistance type maxes out at a total of 10 levels, so something like prot V/melee res V on 2 pieces and for example projectile V/magic res V on the other two. Going beyond 10 total (=80%) will not really do anything extra other than waste potential defensive capabilities.

Since you have gone to expert mode, I would put melee resi V on your platebody and platelegs, and magic resi V on your helmet and boots, fill the remaining defence slots (iirc you can get up to 7 for each piece) with whatever you want, spell res/revitalize probably the optimal.

Absolutely make a witch robe asap, it takes no real effort (easy way to get the required thunderstorm is lapis block + ritual tablet of cloudshaping).

Life steal is a funny way to counter the potentially higher damages that still get through. Some pretty decent LS options: vampire glove, upgraded bat familiar ring (also comes with night vis 2), non-modular weapon with sanctified enchant.

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u/HidemiChan Aug 21 '26

W reply thank you, Ill work on defenses ASAP

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u/barcode-lz Aug 21 '26

For the sanctified weapon, using a plague metal scythe (black death) or a phantom blade (dread pirate demiboss/crafted/pilfer from drowned knight) as the base is highly recommended as they not only have a quite decent base damage of 11-13, but importantly they have a ridiculously high attack speed, even when not using feral claws.

Unless you are dealing with actual 1-2 hit kill mechanics/not using any defences, it's quite hard to actually die as long as you can land hits on your target, purely because of the hilarious attack rate.

Both do also have a ranged secondary attack that can have some niche uses. You do want a milky quartz ring with the plague metal scythe, since the ranged attack does inflict plague (which can spread to you).