Cursed Flame vs the Destroyer

[wcc]

At the first try on Master difficuculty I wasn't really convinced from the damage output of the Daedalus Bow (with Unholy Arrows) - the night was a bit too short to wear him down. I am wondering whether I could achieve something with the Dart Rifle. Oddly, the wiki claims that The flames left by the [Cursed] dart can be laid horizontally, resulting in great damage against worm-type enemies, including The Destroyer. But shouldn't he be immune to that?

[Brue]

yeh destroyer is immune to all debuffs. I recommend either using the the tome of infinite wisdom if you've already defeated either prime or the twins. If you havent you should replace those unholy arrows with holy arrows. Despite the nerfs, They still do great damage against the destroyer

[Kitsune Dzelda]

Something that big and full of destroyable segments is just begging to be hit with a good trap weapon. Especially one that pops those probes and stays in one place for periods of time. I havent tried it yet, but I bet if you got your hands on an Orange Zapinator from the Traveling Merchant, youll finally be playing with power. It has some decent attack and despite being a single shot weapon it can do pretty much anything when it glitches the projectiles out. Try it, lemme know how it goes if ya find it ^^

[DeeVeeTree]

The 'flames' left by cursed darts from the dart rifle aren't just made to apply the debuff, they sit there and deal continuous damage if something walks or stands over it, which is why it would be extremely effective against the destroyer.

[Twiga]

I would still use the deadalus storm bow with holy arrows it still does massive damage

[wcc]

Originally posted by DeeVeeTree:

The 'flames' left by cursed darts from the dart rifle aren't just made to apply the debuff, they sit there and deal continuous damage if something walks or stands over it, which is why it would be extremely effective against the destroyer.

Ah, that explains it. Thank you!

Thanks also to all others. I think I'll try first how far I can get with holy arrows first.

The Zapinator is a magic weapon, but maybe I'll try that too if I get my hands on one. I wasn't aware that the Traveling Merchants have new items in stock. Not sure how helpful it is here, though, since it does not pierce enemies by default and hasn't any AoE either (which would help against the probes).

[Izzy]

Originally posted by wcc:

Originally posted by DeeVeeTree:

The 'flames' left by cursed darts from the dart rifle aren't just made to apply the debuff, they sit there and deal continuous damage if something walks or stands over it, which is why it would be extremely effective against the destroyer.

Ah, that explains it. Thank you!

Thanks also to all others. I think I'll try first how far I can get with holy arrows first.

The Zapinator is a magic weapon, but maybe I'll try that too if I get my hands on one. I wasn't aware that the Traveling Merchants have new items in stock. Not sure how helpful it is here, though, since it does not pierce enemies by default and hasn't any AoE either (which would help against the probes).

Zapinator is useless against the destroyer, just use the dart rifle instead.

[wcc]

Wow, Holy Arrows really did the trick! I fought him at a multilayered arena and never had to move from there because the arrows shredded him and the probes like nothing.