Hardmode bosses Tips and Tricks?

[Kitty the Cat]

Hi
I'm trying to defeat the hardmode bosses but the first one already kills me in one hit.
Are these bosses ment to defeat me in 1 hit?
I got the i think is the best armor i can get now even upgraded at the Portal Knights castle.
Here are my Attributes, Talents, Weapon and Armor.
Also i am a ranger.

Attributes
50 CON (1180)
10 STR (68)
68 AGI (112)
115 DEX (173)
10 WIS (780)
10 INT (68)

Talents
Bow Specialization
Sentry Stance
Dodge Chance
Potion Mastery
Orb Thief
In the Face of Evil
Survival Instincts

Weapon
The Coasts of Mosakola
Leech Chance +20%
Leech +25%
Finishing Blow +30%

Armor
Renowed Marksmith Helmet
Defence 149
Critical Strike chance +8%
Critical Strike Damage +5%

Renowed Marksmith Platemail
Defence 298
Health +100
Mana +100

Renowed Marksmith Gauntlets
Defence 74
Spriritualist (Restores 30 mana after defeating a enemy)

Renowed Marksmith Greaves
Defence 223
Mechanic (5% chance to restore 24 durability when inflicting damage)

Standard of the Righteous King (Cloak)
Defence 51
Health Regeneration +17

King of the Devine Protection (Ring)
Defence 100
Light Damage Resistance +10%
Additional Strikes +1
Multi-Strike Chance +4%

Total Defence 895

Thanks for reading all tips and tricks are welcome

[Karvlok]

get your crystal armor from Curse of C'Thiris, bring max potions, scrolls, and minimum 2 players who know what they're doing and have beat them before or min 3 who are just good

[TKzip]

Originally posted by Karvlok:

get your crystal armor from Curse of C'Thiris, bring max potions, scrolls, and minimum 2 players who know what they're doing and have beat them before or min 3 who are just good

First, I'm no expert but I've manage to beat 1 hm boss solo (electro worm), and the other 2 with at least me and one other player. One thing to be aware of is that one player should remain alive until the boss is dead. If at any point, all players die, the boss resets and you're back to square one. So, my advice to add is if you're going with just 2 players, one of them should either be a bit on the "tanky" side, or a very skilled player. I tried facing the ice dragon with a high DPS build with just 1 other player and while we managed to kill her, it was mainly due to my friend's dodging ability while I made my way back to the arena after dying (about 8-10 times ).

On a related note, I leveled up a 2nd warrior to 30 with different stats/armor to use specifically for hm bosses. (No more crafting potion of void to respec based on my objectives.)

[Sayaches]

First, I apologies, english is not my native language

Here's how I solo 1st and 3rd HM bosses with my ranger :
Attributes : EVERYTHING in Dex (no use to buff constit because you'll still be one-shoted by HM bosses)

Skills : Crossbow, Stance, Dodge, (potions), Orb thief, Avoid death, Combo Strike

Gear : Titanium crossbow (or Throwing knives against king of light)
Head : Plunderer's helm (+5% multistrike chance, +2 strikes)
Torso : Avenger (?) platemail (+67HP when crits, craft on anvil IV)
Arms : Unbreakable Gauntlets (+12% dodge, +20HP regen, +5% dark resistance)
Legs : Ceaseless champion (Double Jump, +23% leech chance, +19% leech, +5% dark resistance)
OR
Legs : Champions Gladiator (+4% Multistrike chance, +1 strike)
Cloak : Winged Cape (you can use a crit boosting one, mana regen ou HP regen instead)
Ring : Divine protection (+100 resistance, +1 strike, +4% multistrike chance)

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Now, the method is basicly the same for both :
- If you died, think that it's because you should have dodge instead of attacking, learn from your mistakes.
- TAKE YOUR TIME. Don't rush blindly, they are NOT the same as the basic bosses, they are not just "hard mode" bosses. They're HARDCORE mod bosses. If your first win takes you 20 minutes (without counting dying time), it's normal !
- Don't think you can kill'em in one turn. If you deal them only 1% each time they fall, don't worry ! It's more important to STAY ALIVE than been a killing machine.
- Forget about stuff resistance, it's only versus physical damage and you're a RANGER. You're not supposed to be in the center of the battle field. Stay far, DODGE alot, shoot a bolt, dodge again, then dodge more again.

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Some other tips : multistrike deal A LOT more damage than anything else.
Look for the "ledge trick" on google to know how to easily deal with the electroworm and don't forget to take plenty of sharpening stones. Potions can be useful, but not so much as it's a win-or-die method I use.

With all of this, if you still struggle, come on the public server, HM bosses are often open and you may find people to help.