the destroyer

[adam56985]

i need help i cant seem to beat the destroyer i have decent gear and decent weapons yet i cant seem to beat him i can kill skeletron prime but not the destroyer if someone wants to help me plz do but i cant host a server and i do not have hamachi

[Dr. McWeazel]

Originally posted by tneck64:

i can kill skeletron prime but not the destroyer

Get some Iron/Lead together with the Souls of Fright and the Ilegal Gun Parts, and then make a Flamethrower. It's the perfect ranged weapon for taking down the Destroyer.

Just one question: Can you beat Skeletron Prime consistently, yes or no?

[Orangebacon1]

If you want to beat the Destroyer, I recommend you temporarily begin using a melee build if you're not already. Farm Skeletron Prime until you get 66 Hallowed Bars. Make Excalibur, Hallowed Plate Mail, Hallowed Greaves, and the Hallowed Mask. If you have the Goblin, (hopefully you do), Reforge your accessories to Menacing or Warding. After that, you could get a bow or some kind of piercing magic weapon (Shadowbeam Staff, Inferno Fork, and Magnet Sphere work well.). After that, make an area of a style that I can't really help you with (because with my incredibly end-game build I just wreck the Destroyer and don't need an arena). Place Campfires and Heart Lanterns (if you have them, don't know where you get them) around the arena, and own dat metal bastard.

[HickDertz702]

Yeah what orange said

[Dr. McWeazel]

Originally posted by Orangebacon1:

After that, you could get a bow or some kind of piercing magic weapon (Shadowbeam Staff, Inferno Fork, and Magnet Sphere work well.).

WOAH, HEY! Hold on a minute!

How is he supposed to get into the Post-Plantera dungeon when he can't even fight Plantera yet?

[adam56985]

i have only beaten prime once and havent tried again although i am about now and i cant get shadowbeam or magnet sphere cause u have to kill plantera and if i cant kill the destroyer i dont even wanna try her

[Dr. McWeazel]

Originally posted by tneck64:

i have only beaten prime once and havent tried again although i am about now and i cant get shadowbeam or magnet sphere cause u have to kill plantera and if i cant kill the destroyer i dont even wanna try her

You can't even fight Plantera until the Destroyer, Skeletron Prime, and The Twins have all been defeated at least once each.

I'd imagine there's a damn good reason for that.

[Orangebacon1]

Originally posted by Dr. McWeazel, PhD:

Originally posted by Orangebacon1:

After that, you could get a bow or some kind of piercing magic weapon (Shadowbeam Staff, Inferno Fork, and Magnet Sphere work well.).

WOAH, HEY! Hold on a minute!

How is he supposed to get into the Post-Plantera dungeon when he can't even fight Plantera yet?

WAIT A SEC, WAIT A SEC! Since when are those items Post-Plantera? ... SINCE WHEN!? I got a Shadowbeam Staff right after the update it came out... No defeating Plantera... Inferno Fork is from the same place, at the same time, right..? Magnet Sphere I can believe is Post-Plantera because dat stuffs is OP! (IMO best magic weapon in the game since Shadowbeam got nerfed. RIP Shadowbeam Staff of Death and Mass-Destruction D: )

[adam56985]

true i just dont understand i use to play a while back and i didnt have trouble i use to just stand there in adamantite armour can own him but now i cant even get him below 20k health ive tried multiple times to beat him using the new armours sets palladium,the pinksh purple armour(not gonna try and spell it cause ill butcher it and titantium and non of them seem to work. i also have an arena full of campfires and heart lanterns

[Dr. McWeazel]

Originally posted by Orangebacon1:

Originally posted by Dr. McWeazel, PhD:

WOAH, HEY! Hold on a minute!

How is he supposed to get into the Post-Plantera dungeon when he can't even fight Plantera yet?

WAIT A SEC, WAIT A SEC! Since when are those items Post-Plantera? ... SINCE WHEN!? I got a Shadowbeam Staff right after the update it came out... No defeating Plantera... Inferno Fork is from the same place, at the same time, right..? Magnet Sphere I can believe is Post-Plantera because dat stuffs is OP! (IMO best magic weapon in the game since Shadowbeam got nerfed. RIP Shadowbeam Staff of Death and Mass-Destruction D: )

The Magnet Sphere drops from any given Armored Bone in the Dungeon at a low rate. These are not to be confused with the Angry Bones that spawn before Plantera bites it.

The Shadowbeam Staff, the Inferno Fork, and the Spectre Staff drop from Necromancers, Diabolists, and Ragged Casters, respectively. None of these enemies will spawn in the Dungeon until after Plantera is has been beaten at least once.

Further, there are other weapons now that completely outclass any of the Post-Plantera dungeon weapons, chief amongst them being the Flairon, the Bubble Gun, the Blizzard Staff, the Razorpine, and the Razorblade Typhoon.

Originally posted by tneck64:

true i just dont understand i use to play a while back and i didnt have trouble i use to just stand there in adamantite armour can own him but now i cant even get him below 20k health ive tried multiple times to beat him using the new armours sets palladium,the pinksh purple armour(not gonna try and spell it cause ill butcher it and titantium and non of them seem to work. i also have an arena full of campfires and heart lanterns

The three Mech bosses all recieved an enormous buff in 1.2.3, mostly due to complaints that the 1.2 update had made them much easier than they should've been. The Destroyer, for example, had his total HP reduced from 80,000 to 60,000, and now it's gone back up to what it was before. However, his other stats have gotten buffed compared to where they were just before the 1.2 update, which makes it a much harder fight than veterans to the game will remember.

[Orangebacon1]

Originally posted by Dr. McWeazel, PhD:

Originally posted by Orangebacon1:

-snip because long quote is long-

Well, then. I was unaware of this.

[Dr. McWeazel]

Originally posted by Orangebacon1:

Well, then. I was unaware of this.

You seem to have snipped my "[]" while you were at it.

[adam56985]

so what should i do cause i want to beat the destroyer and get the mega shark but hes so much more difficult then i remember and ive tried all styles of combat mage,range and melee but non of them seem to do anything although i made an excalibur from the hallowed bars i got from prime and that was the lowest id gotten him health wise that is

[Dr. McWeazel]

Build a flamethrower, get a bunch of gel together, and just burn the ♥♥♥♥ out of it.

Also set up a bunch of Heart Lanterns, Campfires, and layers of Wooden Platforms. The regen you get should help to mitigate the damage you take, and the Wooden Platforms will give you more vertical mobility, so you can dodge more easily.

[Orangebacon1]

Originally posted by Dr. McWeazel, PhD:

Originally posted by Orangebacon1:

Well, then. I was unaware of this.

You seem to have snipped my "[]" while you were at it.

Indeed!

It seems that my advise is outdated, and for that I apologize. I haven't done a new playthrough since he was buffed, so I've only fought him with my end-game gear. I merely assumed that he would be easy enough to fight with Hallowed gear...

[Dr. McWeazel]

Originally posted by Orangebacon1:

Originally posted by Dr. McWeazel, PhD:

You seem to have snipped my "[]" while you were at it.

Indeed!

It seems that my advise is outdated, and for that I apologize. I haven't done a new playthrough since he was buffed, so I've only fought him with my end-game gear. I merely assumed that he would be easy enough to fight with Hallowed gear...

Oh, yeah, definitely. It's plenty easy to totally job the Destroyer in Hallowed Gear, especially Hallowed Melee w/ Excalibur or better.

If you ask me, the Destroyer and the other two Mech Bosses desperately needed that buff. Might even go so far as to say that the Destroyer needs another one.