moonlord is the worst boss in the game and heres why

[jellbot]

ok first things first dont tell me to get good because i can beat him in expert, im not complaining about not being able to beat the boss

ok reason 1: the entire battle is like 80% tank or bust. i mean there is literally no way to avoid his tongue and the amount of projectiles on screen is preposterous. not to mention it's hard to see any of them due to moonlord and his projectiles having the same color palette. at least when the eyes are out, it provide a somewhat-fair challenge due to you actually being able to dodge the attacks.

reason 2: the grind to fight him over and over is ridiculous. until you find that one run where you barely survive long enough to beat the boss, every time you fail you have to beat a DIFFERENT boss and then beat a 20+ minute long event. im well aware of the summon item but in my opinion it should be non-consumable. it would make trying the boss over and over again much less frustrating.

reason 3: the freaking drop rates. i know that every item is like a 1/9 chance or whatever but there should really be a pity system in place for bosses that take ages to beat like this one. i dont want to go through the whole rigamarole of beating the boss only to have it drop another freaking ____ (fill in the blank for whichever applies to you.) just add it to the collection.

reason 4: the fight just isnt fun. i mean come on devs. i thought it was cheap when you let an elite enemy turn invincible for a bit, but a boss? i've had more than enough runs where the final eye will just refuse to open, which is extremely rage-inducing. the whole battle is heavily RNG, and only a few of the attacks have any easily-noticeable giveaways so you can dodge them. you know the final boss is an issue when people have an easier time herding green slimes into a pit full of honey next to a nurse with a chair in the middle then just fighting the boss the intended way

reason 5: post-moonlord gear isnt any good unless you got the 1/5 chance that the loot dropped is actually applicable to your class. he doesn't drop enough luminite for you to craft a full set of armor, so guess what you have to do? fight the final boss twice. yay.

this isnt a post thats angry at terraria, i love the game and honestly think that almost every boss is really well designed. i really enjoy the lunatic cultist boss fight and empress of light, because their difficulty isnt artificial. you actually get better at the boss fights, and you can learn to dodge attacks. honestly, any boss fight that guarantees damage is probably not that great, but they really dropped the ball for the last boss. idk why im making this post rn i was just thinking about how much it sucks, feel free to tell me any opinions you have on this. screw moonlord.

[Eighteen-Counts Trevor]

Are you sure you're doing it right? I believe you're supposed to run away from the boss while shooting the weak spots and dodging

[MyIron]

if you search up attack patterns its not that bad I just beat him master mode no potions (by mistake but still) and with beetle armor I was struggling with him but I searched it up and did that first try

[TaterTot]

If you understand how to fight him hes a cake walk. Just need to learn the patterns of his attacks and never stop moving.

[Celator]

I think you're exaggerating a little but I agree for the most part. I think for the upcoming update the devs mentioned they wanted to tweak him a bit since this is a common complaint.

Personally, I find the fight a lot more fun if you get Soaring Insignia and play it like a bullet hell by staying close to him and dodging everything, but obviously you can only do this on expert mode. Not to mention, it's less effective than just running away and shooting back at him, which is much more boring but a lot safer.

[Mr. Unregistered]

I only agree with you in the reason 1 because you're right, even knowing the pattern is a chaos of projectiles and also adding that I play with resolution 1366x768 (I like this way) is sometimes hard to not get hit. Talking about farming isn't a big problem for me, I find super fun killing enemies for hours, collecting materials for potions or fishing for days. Also killing the same boss dozens of times shouldn't a problem if you like this kind of games.

[Keekdaclapper]

Rod of Discord and asphalt blocks, use the U.F.O. mount to fly above the laser and teleport beneath it. Otherwise dodge as normal.

[Azure ☾ ⋆]

Originally posted by Keekdaclapper:

Rod of Discord and asphalt blocks, use the U.F.O. mount to fly above the laser and teleport beneath it. Otherwise dodge as normal.

Witch's broom is better and you can get it sooner

[Spookypizza]

use the nurse cheese lol, and use shrimpy truffle mount when it's raining. also remember chlorophyte bullets + vortex beater can beat the boss from a distance relatively easily making it much easier to dodge attacks.

[Azure ☾ ⋆]

Originally posted by spookypizza:

use the nurse cheese lol, and use shrimpy truffle mount when it's raining. also remember chlorophyte bullets + vortex beater can beat the boss from a distance relatively easily making it much easier to dodge attacks.

too overrated aside from using nurse, I support