With the summoner class being upgraded a lot in 1.4 and 1.4.1 everyone is now starting summoner playthroughs I may be a little late but for the people still in Pre-Hardmode, I am gonna answer the question: what is the best late Pre-hardmode summoner armor? Well, it's a fight between Obsidian armor VS Bee armor.

Edit: This guide doesn't include whips. It's purely based on minion damage.

Now, let's take a look at the stats. Shall we?

That's some nice stats... Keep in mind that Obsidian armor can be obtained right after the Eater of worlds/Brain of Cthulhu but Bee armor can only be obtained after Queen bee and also may require grinding Queen bee. Now we get to the DPS calculations.

Obsidian armor DPS = 100 × 1.43 × 2 = 286

Bee armor DPS = 100 × 1.23 × 3 = 369

Calculation Overview: let me clear some things up. The summon damage is 100 just so it's easier to calculate. And by default, you have 1 summon because these armors add more summons the amount of summons you have is 1+(The amount of summons the armor adds). It looks like bee armor is the superior armor. Let's try to do the same calculations but with 2 extra summons! (Summoner Potion and Bewitching table.

Obsidian armor DPS = 100 × 1.43 × 4 = 572

Bee armor DPS              = 100 × 1.23 × 5 = 615

Now the DPS difference is closer but Bee armor still wins. The DPS Difference used to be 86 DPS But now it is 43 DPS. Still, The Bees win. After all, It makes sense because Bee armor is obtained later in the game. That's it for today. Man, this took me a long time to make.

P.S. I am also posting this on Steam guides.

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