is the spectre hood or mask better

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Spectre armor is a Hardmode , post- Plantera armor set that offers magic weapon boosts. The set consists of the Spectre Robe and Spectre Pants , with either the Spectre Hood or Spectre Mask headpiece. Wearing a full set causes small white orbs to manifest whenever the player hits an enemy with a magic weapon. The effect of these orbs depends on the headpiece option chosen: The Spectre Mask causes the orbs to act as homing projectiles, while the Spectre Hood causes the orbs to travel to a player, healing them.

Crafting a full set with one headpiece requires 54 Spectre Bars (27 Ectoplasm and 270 / 324 Chlorophyte Ore ). The full set with both headpieces requires 66 Spectre Bars (33 Ectoplasm and 330 / 396 Chlorophyte Ore).

Crafting a full set with one headpiece requires 54 Chlorophyte Bars (324 Chlorophyte Ore) and 54 Ectoplasm. The full set with both headpieces requires 66 Chlorophyte Bars (396 Chlorophyte Ore) and 66 Ectoplasm.

Spectre Mask set bonus: Homing orb projectiles spawn when dealing magic damage to an enemy, which attack nearby enemies, or the same enemy. The orbs deal 100% / 50% of the damage dealt by the magic weapon fired, before it is doubled by a critical hit (if a critical hit deals 200 damage, the orb will have 100 / 50 base damage).

Spectre Hood set bonus: Life-stealing orbs spawn when dealing magic damage to an enemy, which fly to the player and restore health by 20% / 8% of damage done (e.g. dealing 50 magic damage heals 10 / 4 health). In multiplayer , the player with the lowest health on the team is healed instead. Equipping full set with the Spectre Hood / the Spectre Hood incurs a 40% magic damage decrease.

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• Internal Item ID : 1504
• Internal Armor ID : 66

• Internal Item ID : 1505
• Internal Armor ID : 55

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• Internal Item ID : 2189
• Internal Armor ID : 156

• Internal Item ID : 1503
• Internal Armor ID : 101

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• If an attack does not do at least 3 damage while the Spectre Mask is equipped, a damaging orb will not appear. If an attack does not do at least 5 / 13 damage while the Spectre Hood is equipped, a healing orb will not appear.
• The Spectre Hood's healing is based on a hidden stat, "Life Steal", which recharges by 30 every second, up to a maximum of 80 / 70 . This stat is drained by the amount healed every time damage is dealt, meaning that while in constant combat its healing is capped at 30 health regained per second, with an initial burst of 80 / 70 .
• Since the orb projectiles are able to critically strike, critical strike bonuses will increase this extra DPS further.
• Also, if the player is riding a Minecart , it will also appear semitransparent.
• Dyes are not as visible on a full set of Spectre armor as they are on other armor sets.
• As the rest of the Spectre armor grants a total of 15% increased damage, the total effect of wearing the Spectre Hood is only a 25% magic damage reduction.
• If the player changes their mind, the helmet piece can be shimmered and crafted into the alternative.
• One of the most efficient ways to play with this armor is by owning both the Spectre Hood and the Spectre Mask and switching between them, depending on the situation. This way the player will be able to both keep themselves alive and deal continuous high damage.
• The combined effects of Mana Sickness and the Spectre Hood's damage reduction will render many magic weapons too weak to be effective, so players should find an alternate means of restoring mana.
• Magic Cuffs or Celestial Cuffs synergize well with the Spectre Hood as they capitalize on any damage taken; with a highly-damaging weapon like the Razorpine , it is possible to maintain both health and mana at comfortable levels.
• Spectre armor with the Spectre Hood is widely considered useless against the Moon Lord , whose Moon bite debuff disables lifesteal effects, unless one moves far enough to avoid his tongue to latch on. However, such strategy is usually ineffective since Moon Lord can teleport to the player if they move too far from him. Despite this, the buff may still be very useful, as in classic worlds there is often a time frame while the core is not exposed in which the moon bite debuff is not applied, usually after the Phantasmal Deathray has been used. Homing weapons with fast projectiles, especially the Nightglow, are useful for healing during this brief period, as the projectiles can build up, and heal you the second Moon Bite wears off.

• Spectre is another word for ghost or spirit , alluding to the fact that the Ectoplasm , required for crafting the armor set, is dropped by Dungeon Spirits .

History [ ]

• Spectre Hood's damage decrease is moved to its set bonus.
• Increased Spectre Mask's magic damage/critical chance bonus from 5% to 10%, increased the limit on how much burst damage can be dealt by the set bonus at once from 1000 to 1500, and the recovery rate of projectiles generated over time has increased from 250 to 400.
• Projectiles spawned from the mask now do 100% of the original damage.
• Recovery rate of projectiles generated over time by the mask increased from 150 to 250.
• Desktop 1.3.0.3 : Spectre armor with Spectre Hood no longer heals with the Moon Bite debuff enabled.
• Desktop 1.3.0.1 : Now requires Spectre Bars instead of Ectoplasm and Chlorophyte Bars.
• Desktop 1.2.3.1 : Spectre Hood no longer increases mana usage.
• Spectre Mask introduced.
• Spectre Hood no longer increases maximum mana by 80 and reduces mana usage by 17%. Instead, it now reduces magic damage by 40% and increases mana usage by 20%.
• Life-steal ratio of the Spectre Hood set increased from 8% to 20%.
• Spectre Hood defense increased from 4 to 6.
• Spectre Robe defense increased from 12 to 14.
• Spectre Pants defense increased to from 8 to 10.
• Healing capped at 2 hearts per second.
• Flame traps no longer trigger the set bonus.
• Desktop 1.2.1.2 : Frost Staff will now trigger Spectre's set bonus.
• Life-steal ratio of the set bonus reduced from 10% to 8%.
• Added requirement of Chlorophyte Bars to craft.
• Spectre Hood defense decreased from 6 to 4.
• Spectre Robe defense decreased from 14 to 12.
• Spectre Pants defense decreased from 11 to 8.
• Traps no longer trigger Spectre armor.
• Spectre armor does less healing each time the same projectile deals damage.
• Desktop 1.2.0.2 : Notes from the Magical Harp now count as magic and should trigger the Spectre set bonus.
• Desktop 1.2 : Introduced.

• Console 1.09 : Fixed the Spectre Mask not having a set bonus.
• Console 1.08 : Added Spectre Mask.

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• Thread starter SeplutChaos
• Start date Saturday at 8:25 PM
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SeplutChaos

• Saturday at 8:25 PM

Depressed 0wl

• Saturday at 8:48 PM

Spectrum hood is already really good as is, and does not need a buff.  

• Saturday at 8:50 PM

Was starting to wonder if we were even playing the same game but the calamity suggestion sums it up. I personally don't think the Spectre Hood is either underused nor particularly worse than the Spectre Mask, the reason that you see the Mask used so often is that it can be used in combination with the Hood. A classic strategy is crafting both then putting the Spectre Mask in your vanity slot (or if you've farmed a ton you can use your other loadout slot) and when you're low you swap to the hood to heal. Life Steal is by far one of the most broken mechanics in this game, the fact that they had to disable it (or nerf it) for the Moon Lord fight just shows its power. This set is by no means underpowered and would be the best helmet in the game if it gave you an extra 300 health. Trying to buff vanilla items with Calamity buffs while keeping all of the vanilla changes, doesn't work. A lot of Calamity items are balanced around Calamity, not balanced around vanilla Terraria.  

Big Sammich

Duke fishron.

• Saturday at 9:43 PM

I can't do anything but parrot what's already been said here, but no, the Spectre Mask definitely does not need a buff. The lifesteal you get from it is plenty strong already.  

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Spectre Mask

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• Now uses Spectre Bars to craft.
• Added to the game.
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• 2 Heart Statue
• 3 Reforging