Does adamantine armor negate the auto hit?

Yes, the attack still hits
any critical hit against you becomes a normal hit. Improved critical hits are critical hits. Adamantine Armor turns critical hits into normal hits explicitly; not into misses. Just to be explicit, so adamantine armor does not prevent autohits of criticals themselves, only the extra damage?
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How does adamantine armor work?

Adamantine Armor in DnD 5e

By reinforcing a suit of armor with adamantine (noted to be one of the hardest substances in existence), the wearer treats any critical hit against them as a normal hit.
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What does adamantine armor do in 5e?

This suit of armor is reinforced with adamantine, one of the hardest substances in existence. While you're wearing it, any critical hit against you becomes a normal hit.
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How good is adamantine armor?

Adamantite armor is a decent choice for magic users, who might appreciate the full set's defense and mana cost reduction. Those who are more confident in their dodging skills can maximize their offense with a set consisting of Adamantite Headgear, Mystic Robe, and Forbidden Treads.
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Does a nat 20 automatically hit?

Contrary to popular belief, a natural 20 is not an automatic success on skill checks or ability checks in D&D 3rd, 4th, or 5th edition. It is not an automatic success on saving throws in D&D 5th edition.
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Does a Nat 20 always hit adamantine?

Yes, the natural 20 is still an automatic hit

If the d20 roll for an attack is a 20, the attack hits regardless of any modifiers or the target's AC.
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Can shield block a natural 20?

If the attack does not have to deal with your armor class, then the attempt to do damage to you is not blocked by shield. Some attacks that call for an attack roll will hit you even if shield is up, such as any attack roll of a natural 20 on the d20, or any roll that is equal to or greater than your armor class.
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Is Adamantite or forbidden armor better?

Forbidden can be seen as frost, but buffing mage and summoner instead of melee and ranged. While adamantite may be better on raw stats, these bring more flexibility as you can use 2 different types of weapons without one being much weaker, and also bring a unique set bonus as well.
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Is Adamantite better than hollow?

Hallowed is better, of course. Adamantite is available as soon as you get to Hardmode, Hallowed requires you to kill Mechanical bosses.
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Is adamantine Unbreakable 5e?

Adamantine armor is supremely resistant against damage, and virtually unbreakable.
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Is adamantine armor magical 5e?

Adamantine armor is a magic item. It follows the rules for such items, including the text in antimagic field on magic items.
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How much Adamantite do I need for a full set of armor?

A total of 54 Adamantite Bars are required for one full set (78 bars or 390 Adamantite Ore for the full set including all helmets).
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Do adamantine weapons crit on constructs?

XGTE Adamantine Weapons Always Crit on Objects

So they don't "always crit," they "always crit when they hit an Object."
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Is adamantine a real metal?

Arguably the most popular fictional metal would be adamantium. The substance, which is best known as being bonded to Wolverine's skeleton and claws is commonly known for being virtually indestructible.
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Is frost better than Adamantite?

If someone wishes to use Frost Armor, then they would also lose out on a few damaging bonuses for ranged, Adamantite and Titanium armor both give better ranged bonuses if using the Ranged helmet and also arguably have a better and less situational set bonus to boast.
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Is Chlorophyte better than hallowed?

Weapons: Chlorophyte > Hallowed. In each case that Chlorophyte and Hallowed both have the same type of weapons, Chlorophyte is always better.
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What is the best armor in Terraria?

Titanium or Adamantite Armor: Crafted using titanium/adamantite bars, and paired with a titanium/adamantite mask, this is the best Terraria armor you'll get at this stage, with both sets granting high defense bonuses.
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Is Crystal assassin armor better than Titanium?

If this slot is used for an offensive accessory like an emblem, Crystal Assassin armor effectively provides higher offensive bonuses than Adamantite or Titanium armor, which cannot achieve the same level of offense without sacrificing the dash.
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Is Shroomite armor better than hallowed armor?

The Hallowed Armor set is one of the strongest sets of armor in the game in terms of defensive power, inferior only to the Shroomite Armor, Chlorophyte Armor, Turtle Armor, Beetle Armor, Solar Flare Armor, and Dragon Armor.
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Is Tavernkeep armor good?

yes the tavern keeper actually sells the very best armor set in the game contrary to popularity. the valhalla armor is a sentry style summon set that allows the placement of 4 sentries when the entire set is worn.
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Does shield stop magic missile?

Shield doesn't stop ANY of the missiles. You don't roll to hit for MM, they hit automatically, so shield would make no difference.
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Does shield work against a crit?

Damage shields cannot be crit and they have 0 resistances so penetration doesn't do anything against them either.
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Does shield work against magic?

Yes, Shield protects against Magic Missile regardless of the spell level.
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