How do rangers crowd control?

[Sizzlor]

Outside of jester arrows is there anything that hits multiple targets at once? I just entered hard mode and managed to take down the destroyer. I have mythril armor, an onyx blaster, mega shark and the storm bow. Im burning through ammo and I still get swarmed. Im not even on expert and im dying way too much. Its reaching the point where I can't afford ammo.

[-GoV- Ghost Kawanat]

Originally posted by Sizzlor:

Outside of jester arrows is there anything that hits multiple targets at once? I just entered hard mode and managed to take down the destroyer. I have mythril armor, an onyx blaster, mega shark and the storm bow. Im burning through ammo and I still get swarmed. Im not even on expert and im dying way too much. Its reaching the point where I can't afford ammo.

I think there's a few ammo's that pierce but that's the main flaw of ranger, every class has their flaws. The benefit of ranger is high crit chance and rate of fire, but very little pierce as far as ammo goes. For the destroyed use a Storm bow but instead of jester arrows, use holy arrows. Because for every one arrow that lands, a fallen star comes. Which is what really racks up the damage.

[Dondo]

use rockets or holy arrows and or explosive ammo

[-GoV- Ghost Kawanat]

Originally posted by Dondo5507:

use rockets or holy arrows and or explosive ammo

He can't get a rocket launcher yet. He's pre-mechanical. And it sounds like he's looking for a piercing ammo. Not an AoE ammo.

[RainButDry]

unholy arrows from corruption worms ( 1 worm tooth + wooden arrows)
meteorite shots for guns ( 1 meteorite bar + 70 musket balls)

[-GoV- Ghost Kawanat]

Originally posted by ImagineWagons:

unholy arrows from corruption worms ( 1 worm tooth + wooden arrows)
meteorite shots for guns ( 1 meteorite bar + 70 musket balls)

Those are a bit to early game for fighting the destroyer.

[Sizzlor]

Im mainly looking for how Rangers deal with swarms of mobs and invasion events. Got killed three times trying to deal with pirates and old ones army tier 2 just slaughters me. Trying to scrape up enough stuff to beat skeletron prime for the flame thrower but that feels like a bandaid solution. I had a similar problem with Mage. Crowd control options feel rather limited.

[Saver Sigonith]

Really? Mage too? But there's all sorts of AoE magic weapons.
An early hardmode Pirate Invasion is a pain regardless what you're playing, so don't think much of that.

[IblisFlare]

Originally posted by Sizzlor:

Im mainly looking for how Rangers deal with swarms of mobs and invasion events. Got killed three times trying to deal with pirates and old ones army tier 2 just slaughters me. Trying to scrape up enough stuff to beat skeletron prime for the flame thrower but that feels like a bandaid solution. I had a similar problem with Mage. Crowd control options feel rather limited.

Hellfire arrows have an AoE to them and pretty good knockback on top of that. Holy arrows are also good, especially if you pair them with a bow that fires multiple arrows in one shot. Holy arrows are particularly OP with the Daedalus Stormbow. Explosive bullets have AoE and they also have pretty good knockback. Just gotta watch the self damage they have.

[alicerinz]

Daedalus with holy arrows annihilates everything above surface. It can be gotten right after wof and it stays viable all the way until phantasm rolls around.

[𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐚]

farm hallowed mimics for the stormbow, as mentioned above by Soroka.

[Blueberry]

Originally posted by AnArtBlob:

Originally posted by ImagineWagons:

unholy arrows from corruption worms ( 1 worm tooth + wooden arrows)
meteorite shots for guns ( 1 meteorite bar + 70 musket balls)

Those are a bit to early game for fighting the destroyer.

well, considering that people tend to defeat most bosses they encounter with only the bullets from the endless bullet pouch/ arrow quiver, using meteor shots and unholy arrows doesn't sound that bad, meteor shots are even fitting for hardmode due to their damage and them being better than silver bullets.

also, AoE ammo is pretty usable agains't destroyer,

Originally posted by Sizzlor:

Outside of jester arrows is there anything that hits multiple targets at once? I just entered hard mode and managed to take down the destroyer. I have mythril armor, an onyx blaster, mega shark and the storm bow. Im burning through ammo and I still get swarmed. Im not even on expert and im dying way too much. Its reaching the point where I can't afford ammo.

you should consider using crystal bullets, as they have a good multi-enemy effect, but rather than that, meteor shots and unholy arrows are the way to go. maybe you can go with holy arrows too, since the falling stars are actually area explosions and can hit hordes on places without a low ceiling.

star cannon can also shot multiple enemies by piercing while dealing good damage (52 default damage) and is one of the most powerful alternatives, but consider that the damage of it will be lower than most hardmode weapons loaded with unholy arrows/meteor shots, even with armor buff.

one of the best alternatives I have to suggest is using crystal darts, since they pierce up to 6 enemies and bounces aswell. oh, and also Cursed Darts! they can deal damage to a whole raid in events with its cursed fire trail, but not that useful agains't bosses, though. if you want to use darts agains't bosses, I'd go with ichor darts for sure.

rather than ammo, there are some weapons designed specially for Crownd Control:

Daedalus Stormbow: Controls crownd extremely well with explosive ammo, since it rains arrows down from the sky!

Hellwing Bow: turns arrows into flaming bats that pierces enemies, but has terrible precision.

that's pretty much all the ammo for crownd control for pre-mechanical bosses I know, hope it helps!

Edit: I decided to post the link of the official wiki pages for all the ammos and weapons I mentioned here so you can get a better understanding on how they work:

Star Cannon: https://terraria.gamepedia.com/Star_Cannon

Daedalus Stormbow: https://terraria.gamepedia.com/Daedalus_Stormbow

Hellwing bow: https://terraria.gamepedia.com/Hellwing_Bow

Crystal Dart: https://terraria.gamepedia.com/Crystal_Dart

Cursed Dart: https://terraria.gamepedia.com/Cursed_Dart

Ichor Dart: https://terraria.gamepedia.com/Ichor_Dart

Unholy Arrows: https://terraria.gamepedia.com/Unholy_Arrow

Holy Arrow: https://terraria.gamepedia.com/Holy_Arrow

Meteor Shot: https://terraria.gamepedia.com/Meteor_Shot

Crystal Bullet: https://terraria.gamepedia.com/Crystal_Bullet

[Sizzlor]

I have the storm bow. Its how I killed the destroyer. I personally do not like it. Its highly inaccurate. Works great on the destroyer, but its not that great on invasions like the old ones army. The Velocity on the bows is also not the best. Guess I could just carry around a clorophyte shot bow and jester arrows. My main concern are invasions like the old ones army, pirates, pumpkin and frost moons and the lunar event. Bosses are easy. Just beat plantera and am moving up to shroomite. out of curiosity what is better the onyx blaster or the tactical shot gun? Im going to need to experiment with more ammo types I guess.

Apparently Meteor shot pierces enemies. Thought it only bounced.

[IblisFlare]

Originally posted by Sizzlor:

I have the storm bow. Its how I killed the destroyer. I personally do not like it. Its highly inaccurate. Works great on the destroyer, but its not that great on invasions like the old ones army. The Velocity on the bows is also not the best. Guess I could just carry around a clorophyte shot bow and jester arrows. My main concern are invasions like the old ones army, pirates, pumpkin and frost moons and the lunar event. Bosses are easy. Just beat plantera and am moving up to shroomite. out of curiosity what is better the onyx blaster or the tactical shot gun? Im going to need to experiment with more ammo types I guess.

Apparently Meteor shot pierces enemies. Thought it only bounced.

I prefer the Onyx Blaster thanks to the special projectile it fires. Meteor shot can bounce or pierce one enemy. Note the "or" there. It can do one or the other.

[Sizzlor]

I have shroomite and I beat golem. I am not strong enough to fight the cultist and I doubt I can handle the frost or pumpkin moons. The shroomite armor bonus feels really counter intuitive for solo play. Im not really sure what Im missing in terms of fire power, but Im due for an upgrade. Is the chain gun worth it?

[-GoV- Ghost Kawanat]

Originally posted by Sizzlor:

I have shroomite and I beat golem. I am not strong enough to fight the cultist and I doubt I can handle the frost or pumpkin moons. The shroomite armor bonus feels really counter intuitive for solo play. Im not really sure what Im missing in terms of fire power, but Im due for an upgrade. Is the chain gun worth it?

Yes, get chain gun with chrolyphyte bullets for the cultist