How do you defeat Duke Fishron post-Golem? [SOLVED]

[DocktorMedic]

[ATTENTION] I have already figured out how to beat him! But you can still use the tips below for yourself! :D


Hiya! Erm,I'm having a bit of trouble as of lately,I need to defeat the Duke (you know who) and I'm a bit worried if I don't have the right armors or weapons. I have Shroomite and Spectre armor,but which is best for a first timer? What are the best weapons? What does Fishron taste like? I need your help! (Yes,I know NOT to leave the ocean :3)

Please help me! :D

[Dr. McWeazel]

When I first went after Fishron back in 1.2.4, I used Beetle Armor w/ Scale Mail (an "interesting"/incredibly stupid choice, I'm told), a Terra Blade (also a bad decision? I'd say not, especially since the people who told me such were the sort that spammed Vampire Knives constantly), a Paladin's Shield, a decent pair of wings (Beetle Wings, but the new Solar Wings are leagues better than the Beetle Wings ever were), a Celestial Stone (Sun Stone + Moon Stone- I hear you can combine it with the Moon Shell now to make some other thing, but I haven't bothered), and Frostspark Boots. There was something else I was using, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. For that, I apologize.

Anyway, if you're worried about arenas, setting up a "floor" of asphalt immediately over the Ocean and then a few Platform layers above that could work. I wouldn't know, because I had the bright idea to use a Portal Gun and make the asphalt extend straight from the beach to nearly the edge of the ocean. Ran through one portal, came out the other, and FISHRON HAD DESPAWNED. FUN, RIGHT? So far, that's the only Truffle Worm I've had since I picked up the game again, and it was wasted. So yeah, no thinking with portals in this fight.

Other than that, I don't know what to tell ya.

[Penguijelly]

get yerself some beetle/spectr/shroomite amor yer gud 2 go

[DocktorMedic]

Originally posted by Dr. McWeazel, PhD:

When I first went after Fishron back in 1.2.4, I used Beetle Armor w/ Scale Mail (an "interesting"/incredibly stupid choice, I'm told), a Terra Blade (also a bad decision? I'd say not, especially since the people who told me such were the sort that spammed Vampire Knives constantly), a Paladin's Shield, a decent pair of wings (Beetle Wings, but the new Solar Wings are leagues better than the Beetle Wings ever were), a Celestial Stone (Sun Stone + Moon Stone- I hear you can combine it with the Moon Shell now to make some other thing, but I haven't bothered), and Frostspark Boots. There was something else I was using, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. For that, I apologize.

Anyway, if you're worried about arenas, setting up a "floor" of asphalt immediately over the Ocean and then a few Platform layers above that could work. I wouldn't know, because I had the bright idea to use a Portal Gun and make the asphalt extend straight from the beach to nearly the edge of the ocean. Ran through one portal, came out the other, and FISHRON HAD DESPAWNED. FUN, RIGHT? So far, that's the only Truffle Worm I've had since I picked up the game again, and it was wasted. So yeah, no thinking with portals in this fight.

Other than that, I don't know what to tell ya.

Thankyou for this! (And sorry about yer Truffle werm :3)

I'll make sure to tell GLaDOS that I won't be using portals for this fight! :)

[Retrolicious]

I would recommend to use melee (beetle tank armor ) as first timer, since their armor and (if you are in crimson world ) the vampire knives make it less punishing if you get hit. Of couse you cant just stand there and try face tank all his attacks. But the additional defense and tankiness will help you analyze the fight and get the feeling on it. Later you can switch to more dps / glass canon builds and pew pew him down. But that required much more dodging and great timing :p

Also if you insist on beeing mage / ranger just grab a veteran friend who can tank for you. Duoing any boss is indeed fun and good to train :D

[Fumo Bnnuy n Frends]

i beat him in 1.2 with only spectre armor that heals and lock on items especially the golden shower
as well as with beetle armor and a terra blade

that was a while back
now i would recommend you do the lunar events first
just the pillars you dont need to kill the moon lord
once you get through the solar pillar you can use the solar fragments to craft a daybreak which deals damage + additional damage over time
since fishron wont disappear or go through solid blocks, provided you fight him in the air, the spears stay
also
the nebular blaze and the spheres help
the spheres alot since you can summon them while he's straffing you then just lead him into them/stand still and the spheres do the rest
i summoned about 30 and as soon as he got into his second phase / stood still he died almost instantly
also helps to have minions (stardust cells or dragon)
as well as some potions such as swiftness potion, defense potions, and maybe the master ninja gear for dashing/chance of dodging attacks

[Daemonologist]

beetle armour (scalemail or shell both works, scalemail will be faster, shell reduces risk) and possessed hatchet (golem drop) with gravitation potions was what I did in 1.2.4 and 1.3 non-expert fishron. Literally just go up and down, staying within the ocean biome region at the edge of the map, and attacking constantly while dodging left and right (and up and down). Optionally a slime mount gives a hefty speed boost on the way down, but you can go so fast that fishron despawns if you're not careful. Teleporters can be useful if you want to make an arena, but if the teleporters are too far apart that risks despawning fishron as well - personally I'm lazy when it comes to making arenas in general so gravitation potions or infinite flight mounts like the UFO are my preferred methods. Fighting in the air in general also helps avoid a lot of damage from sharknadoes and cthulnadoes.

If you don't have the possessed hatchet then any good damage homing weapon will do really (including any high dps gun with chlorophyte bullets) using the grav potion method, and aimed items work fine too when using infinite flight mounts, adjust armour as appropriate to fit your primary weapon choice and whether or not you're going full dps or partially tank gear. Accessories are up to you but some form of fall protection when using grav pots (or slime mount and landing on water - the buoyancy of it will keep you from falling into the water allowing you to quickly turn back around without slowing down due to the water) and some form of mobility item (if not using a mount like the UFO then either lightning/frostspark boots or better yet any high horizontal speed wings like frozen wings - wings also cover fall protection nicely as a bonus) are needed. Knockback immunity is ideal as well - ankh or paladin's for that at this point. Other accessories should generally be offensive, with the celestial shell/stone being top picks due to great offence and great regen/defence at the same time - celestial shell and fighting during the night is especially potent for a single accessory and even stacks fully with the celestial stone. %DR items can be useful if you're bad at dodging too, but it does mean sacrificing dps from emblems and the like if you choose to use them.

This works in expert mode as well, though not quite as effectively thanks to teleporting fishron in the 3rd phase. The biggest thing to keep in mind is to try and dodge by turning quickly every so often (grav potion literally flipping vertical motion works well when combined with moving left and right at a decent speed), don't try to just outrun it, it won't work. The UFO-mount is a less disorientating method, but as it's a bit slower it also relies more heavily on moving in circles or perpendicular to fishron and generally paying attention to where fishron is compared to you to avoid taking hits, thankfully the increased control makes that quite easy once you're used to the fight and fishron's damage isn't buffed nearly as much as most enemies are in expert mode either.

Don't forget to use potions - survival ones like regen, mobility ones like swiftness and dps ones like wrath/rage are all pretty handy to have active.

[DocktorMedic]

Originally posted by newturtlebread3 senpai:

i beat him in 1.2 with only spectre armor that heals and lock on items especially the golden shower
as well as with beetle armor and a terra blade

that was a while back
now i would recommend you do the lunar events first
just the pillars you dont need to kill the moon lord
once you get through the solar pillar you can use the solar fragments to craft a daybreak which deals damage + additional damage over time
since fishron wont disappear or go through solid blocks, provided you fight him in the air, the spears stay
also
the nebular blaze and the spheres help
the spheres alot since you can summon them while he's straffing you then just lead him into them/stand still and the spheres do the rest
i summoned about 30 and as soon as he got into his second phase / stood still he died almost instantly
also helps to have minions (stardust cells or dragon)
as well as some potions such as swiftness potion, defense potions, and maybe the master ninja gear for dashing/chance of dodging attacks

It's sad that a friggin FISH is harder than a lunatic cultist and a buncha aliens,I might try this :)

[Xiarn]

Not just any Fish, a Duke of the mightiest stature. It also helps that you can die repeatedly to the pillars and still make progress, otherwise they'd be much more difficult.

[YBG Don]

hey im looking for some one that can give me armor

[Rin]

Homing Weapons are good against duke. Snowman cannon, chain gun and chlorophyte bullets, etc

[DocktorMedic]

ATTENTION! I have recently defeated Duke Fishron! (Three times!)

The way I did it was simple......skip him and go for the Cultist......erm....yeah :D

So I wanted to thank you all for your help! Thanks! :D