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[Archem]

The hard mode bosses all **** me up. I can't solo any of them.

I guess I just suck.

[Cerebus]

Potions, buffs and Heart Statue.
Also, I recommend building a... skybridge, I think they call it. Basically, a long horizontal line in the air of whatever material you want, except the ones affected by gravity of course.
On it, you put the Heart Statue with either a mechanism or timer. Unfortunately, it can only be activated every few seconds. But trust me, it helps. I was lucky enough to have two of them

By having a straight line to fight on, you won't have to constantly jump or stuff due to uneven terrain when you're trying to remain on ground. However, I recommend trying to stay in the air as much as possible while staying above your skybridge for when your wings effect cease. Ranged weapons are recommended. Megashark is awesome for this, although you may run out of ammo before they're dead, but they'll have much fewer health left when you're forced to melee them.

If possible, try to get as much defense as possible, too. If not through armour set, from accessories enchant. However, it's really expensive... so hope for the best if you attempt that.

Also, you could try Gravity Potion instead of skybridge+Wings. But make sure you have a lot, because it's still a long fight.

If I can, you can! If not... you can always bring a friend or two.

[Prpl_Mage]

Okay, so my defense is 57 with the melee helmet, a bit less with the caster mask thingy.

Got the angel wings with defense, regeneration band with defense, obsidian shield with defense, feral claws with additional melee speed (I swap that one for my newly collected sorc emblem) and spectre boots with melee speed.
Usually swap the spectre boots with the philosophers stone (with a 4% damage bonus) for bosses, can't keep my health up otherwise.

So I don't have a skybridge although it is a bit temping to build one, just afraid it might attract those pesky wyverns. I got two star statues and a heart statue that I had connected to pressure plates. I step on them, they heal me up. Then someone mentioned timers and I couldn't find them at the mechanic, then I finally noticed them when guiding the wire.
I came to the conclusion that a 5sec timer works better than a 3sec timer. Got more stars out of it when testing. So they are kinda useful, especially the stars so I can keep shooting my laser rifle. Hearts, not so much. They heal 20 each when the boss hits me so much more. Been thinking about moving the nurse to a shelter nearby my battleground for quick healing. But I'm afraid she would die.
Speaking of dead NPCs, my wizard still haven't returned. Been sacrificing my guide 3 times and he returns but not the wizzard.

So right, Cerebus mentioned accessories from the wall of flesh. So I killed it again, went much better this time when I had covered all the lava in hell and dropped the doll in the far right "corner. Got a sorcerer emblem that gives a bonus to magical damage, that was awesome.
Then I got the laser rifle again and the third time I got the breaker blade. Hilarious to use but kinda worthless. The knockback is serious and keeps pretty much anything at bay, but the damage and speed is kinda bad.

Fought the twins again, managed to survive this time with ironskin potions and restoration potions and some heavier potions that heals more. Also the alchemist stone. But then morning arrived and they left... Didn't deal nearly enough damage.

So I've been collecting dungeon bricks and dart traps. Got a plan to set up a barrage in the sky to hit those bastards and then buy a bunch of dynamites that I can throw onto a cup(platform) of dungeon bricks when they pass it by. Hopefully the dynamite hurts them as much as the hurt me.
Been thinking about using lava and some active stone blocks as well but I fear that a rain of lava won't hurt them, also, it might hit me.... So yeah.

Quick question, can you connect one "switch" to several devices? Or is it just some objects or do I simply suck at this?
Skip that question, just realized what I did wrong. Forgot to right click on the timer.

Also, my friends are still kinda in the pre hardmode-mode. And when we play they don't want me using my cool character. And they seem hell bent on digging a straight hole down to hell on a large map every 30 minutes or something so progress is kinda bad.
Also, they are busy playing every other game they bought on the steam sale like torchlight 2. So to derail my own topic: anyone knows how to make the LAN work with hamachi? can't find each others.

EDIT:

****.

So another blood moon arrived, yay, tiem to be harassed by phantom armors and large eyes! Also to see wraiths kill off my npcs.
But no, what's this? A yellow ball with a smiley face? Wait, why is there a hole in my wall and lava seeping through it killing all the npcs and objects in the progress? Why is stuff blowing up???!

Hrrhm... So apparently there's this clown enemy, and it sucks. Who designed that ****? In the aftermath of the blood moon I had to take a tour to the dungeon to harvest it of pink bricks. I remember not being able to blow those up with neither bombs nor dynamites. So they should work. So now my entire "town" is made out of pink bricks...

[greenraven]

[fruckert]

Congratulations, you died.

[Apex]

July came and went with no update.

[Prpl_Mage]

As Fruckert suggested, I began fighting the Destroyer. And yes, it is a lot easier. Although I went there all geared up for magic combat. It was pretty huge and kept ramming me. I died.

Kept killing the wall of flesh (because it's pretty much free) and got a warrior emblem. That thing is the boss. Also realized that the phaseblade I've been carrying around for all this time actually deals more damage than my mythril sword... Go figure.

Can't find any structure.... Let's try that again.


I got the warrior emblem and also swapped my mythril sword for my phasesabre(that actually dealt more damage) then I started to pile up wooden bridges above my battlefield, I placed my 9 dart traps so that they would all be on the height above me while standing there. Also moved my 2 star statues and my 1 heart statue up there. Wooden platforms are useful 'cuz you can also shoot stuff under it unlike blocks.

So I swapped my cobalt shield for the warriors emblem 'cuz I figured that I don't need to be immune to knockback. It wasn't entirely true. But I can get immobile by using the grappling hook(see ivy hook), which is kinda useful.
Then went into hell sometimes after failing with the destroyer and remembered (the hard way) that without the cobalt shield I take damage from hellstone once again. Then I realized that with my 57 defense. The hellstone only damage me for like 1.

This gave me an idea. So I swapped the blocks my two timers were standing at (on my "skybridge") and put some meteorite there instead. while standing there I took a pretty constant damage of 1 every second or so. But there's this slight invulnerably time that makes it pretty nifty. And with the heart statue nearby that gives me like 20hp every 10 seconds - it's not that bad.
But why did I do this? Well, basically, I might get lucky and take that damage of 1 instead of the boss's damage of 40. Problem is, once again. That I'm rendered imobile, standing next to a heart statue and two star statues. Mix this with my philosophers stone. And I can pretty much save myself from utter defeat.

And it worked. Thanks to the Destroyer's pretty simple pattern it kinda tangled itself up all over me and I could slap it around in many places at the same time. Those probes were probably the worst part of the battle. Flying away from me or being just outside my slashing range while shooting lasers. I drank some soup and popped my ironskin potion and kept potting up every time my health dropped below 200 or so. Which happened a lot more often than I'd like to admit.
Oh yeah, the destroyer kinda killed most of my townpeople.... Yeah. not really a good place to fight him I realized.
But I won! And got some free greater healing pots and 24 souls of might. Enough to either make the hallowed armor, the megashark or Excalibur. So I made Excalibur and it's awesome. I kinda got annoyed with the fact that I'm kinda moonwalking once I start attacking but found it immensely usefull when fighting the wall of flesh.

Speaking of the wall of flesh. So far I've gotten the laser rifle, the clockwork rifle, the breaker blade, the warrior emblem and the sorcerer emblem. Is there anything else I can get out of that thing? 'cuz I kinda farm him just to get stuff that I can sell. Also whenever I need room to move about my NPCs by killing the guide.
Speaking of NPCs. After remaking his old house completely, the wizard returned. Not sure what made it better but it worked. Then after the destroyer pretty much everyone died and the gunsmith person wouldn't return. That guy just took some nights to re spawn though, nothing wrong with the house.

So what magic do you guys suggest? I'm still using that laser rifle but it kinda feels like there might be something better out there.

[Cerebus]

First, I know there's a ranged weapon equivalent Emblem from the Wall of Flesh. Second... I never used magic myself, so I don't know. Yeah, not really useful info, actually...

I think there is an item that increases the "invulnerable timer" somewhere. Unless I'm mistaken with another game... which is actually highly possible. Uhm...

Excalibur is currently the best sword, by the way. If you can get the "Legendary" enchant on it, you'll have the best melee weapon. I think. Some people prefer Gungnir, too. Or however you spell that. But yeah, Legendary.
It's also useful because of the light that emanates from it when you swing it, assuming you still go to unlit areas. I also like it because I don't tire my finger from constant clicking with this one.

When you can, craft the Megashark. That's what I used for the other two bosses. That and Excalibur when I ran out of ammo. This part becomes a tad bit risky, though, due to their high damage. But if you can farm the Destroyer, you'll also be able to craft the Hallowed armour for more defense. By the way, if I recall, the damage reduction is half of your defense. So 80 Defense means 40 less damage. 81 means 41. 82 also means 82. But 80 isn't possible at the moment.
Also, I recommend crafting each type of helm; that is, melee, spell and ranged. Or at least the two you use the most. The set bonus depends on your helm, and you'll find the, say, ranged bonus much better while using Megashark than the melee one. Then you switch to the other helm when going melee. Unless of course you prioritize defense, in which case the melee one offers the most, and the magic one offers the least.

[greenraven]

Congratulations, you died.

Yes but what a view. XD

[Archem]

Get a Crystal Storm. Get a Mana Flower. Get a mountain of Greater Mana Potions (or restoration Potions if you wish). Build a relatively enclosed place to fight in.

All shall perish before your might.

[Prpl_Mage]

First, I know there's a ranged weapon equivalent Emblem from the Wall of Flesh.

Then I better keep on killing that fleshy wall.

I think there is an item that increases the "invulnerable timer" somewhere. Unless I'm mistaken with another game... which is actually highly possible. Uhm...

That would be useful if this tactics work for all the other bosses as well. But I'm gonna need a good ranged weapon to deal with the twins me thinks. 'cuz standing around in meteorite don't really let you slash a lot of things.

Excalibur is currently the best sword, by the way. If you can get the "Legendary" enchant on it

That explains why it rocks. Expected that there would be some sort of hidden recipe for a sword that needed like 20 of all types of souls or something that would be even better. But maybe that's too much to ask.

When you can, craft the Megashark. That's what I used for the other two bosses. That and Excalibur when I ran out of ammo. This part becomes a tad bit risky, though, due to their high damage.

Yeah that's the plan. Megashark seemed like the most solid option. Also, should I go with crystal ammo or corrupted flame ammo?

But if you can farm the Destroyer, you'll also be able to craft the Hallowed armour for more defense.

Just the chest piece though, and it only rewards me with 1 more armor so it's kinda useless without the other two parts. I made it though, killed the destroyer once more and earned another 20 souls of might.

Also, I recommend crafting each type of helm; that is, melee, spell and ranged. Or at least the two you use the most.

Yeah I got a melee and magic helm so far. Although the defense of the magic helm is a pure joke. Gonna make it into a hallowed mask later though when I can farm the twins efficiently.

Get a Crystal Storm. Get a Mana Flower. Get a mountain of Greater Mana Potions (or restoration Potions if you wish). Build a relatively enclosed place to fight in.

All shall perish before your might.

I think I have a crystal storm. Could finally make one when my wizard return, also corrupted flame. Seemed cool.
But having restoration potions is not a good idea btw, because they go on and trigger the cooldown of the health potions also. How do that mana flower decide what potion to pop btw? I assumed it would go from highest to lowest or something but it used up my greater mana and then my restoration potions and that became a dissaster.

[Archem]

All I know is that you can choose to use Restoration Potions, but I use Greater Mana Potions. Get a good enchantment on your Crystal Storm, and it's on. The ricochet makes it lethal in close quarters (and even more lethal to the multi-part Destroyer), it's as fast as a Mini/Megashark, it's base damage is stronger than a Megashark, and if you have the mana (and magic) to back it up, it's hard to beat.

[Cerebus]

Yeah that's the plan. Megashark seemed like the most solid option. Also, should I go with crystal ammo or corrupted flame ammo?

That's... a good question. I honestly don't remember which one I used. I might have used the Crystal one, since I don't recall having fire bullets.

Just the chest piece though, and it only rewards me with 1 more armor so it's kinda useless without the other two parts. I made it though, killed the destroyer once more and earned another 20 souls of might.

Ah, yeah, I forgot every piece of the set requires a different Soul type. And yeah, having only one piece is completely useless.

Yeah I got a melee and magic helm so far. Although the defense of the magic helm is a pure joke. Gonna make it into a hallowed mask later though when I can farm the twins efficiently.

I personally used the ranged helm. It has more defense, and I just prefer ranged over spells. But I suppose Archem's suggestion is a good one.
It's up to you to decide who's suggestion you'll take. Just remember that only one of us managed to solo the hard-mode bosses. *winks*

[Prpl_Mage]

Just remember that only one of us managed to solo the hard-mode bosses. *winks*

Oh burn!

But yeah, I kinda had a bow and it was okay, then I got the laser rifle from the wall of flesh and it was so much better and didn't need any ammo so it was cost efficient. Also, it fires lasers. I don't spend a lot of time shooting anyway, usually just slash everything that bothers me. Although it really helped to lower the annoyance in the jungle and hell. Also bosses like the wall of flesh.

The corrupted flame ammo deals more damage but the crystal ammo is supposed to shatter on hit. Shattering seems like a nice idea when the bosses are pretty big.

Also, what prefix are you aiming for when it comes to guns and spells?

Managed to get my excalibur to "Godly" but that cost me like 80gold or something so I'm poor again. Especially since I bought the illegal gun parts in preparation for my megashark.

Also, got the magic dagger and cross necklace from the mimics (the cross necklace is the invulnerability frame thingy). I set out to farm those since they usually just drop philosophers stone that I can sell for 2gold minimum, or star cloaks or something else. So yeah me! Still not range emblem from the wall of flesh though.

[Prpl_Mage]

Double post.

So I got a ranged emblem, reforged it to 4% damage, killed the destroyer again for a megashark, crafted 1500 crystal bullets and made myself a fancy range hat.
To simplify, the megashark is total win.  Poor twins didn't stand a chance.

I improved upon my battlefield and now have 28(14 on each side) dart traps swatting everything above my head. Also stopped using thorns potions and started using regeneration potions. Also created a wall of activated stoneblocks to surround me when necessary, it is not useful against bosses though. They just pass through it.
So yeah, the megashark is awesome, chance to not use bullets which is praised since it shoots so friggin fast. Damage is good as well, and I donno but I think the crystal ammo is useful, it shoots so quick that I can't tell if they are damage by new bullets or shrapnel.

Anwyay, the whole "latch yourself to a meteorite block" worked really well against those. But it didn't work against skeletron prime at all. That guy just planted a chainsaw on my face that hurts. Like, a lot.
Killed the twins enough to be able to make all the helms when I finally manage to make the hallowed boots. Is the magical harp and the golden bell worth crafting by the way? That's the like the only other useful area that soul of sight have.

Also had to start growing dayblooms, mainly because everything around me is either snow, desert, corruption or hallow; But also because I didn't realize they were in any other type of potion than regeneration potion and maxed them out. All these boss runs are kinda depleting my storage of goldfish, mushrooms and iron ore. But I'm gonna need something more to beat skeletron.

Also, is there like a hard mode version of the wall of flesh as the final final boss or something? Throw 99 goldfish and 250 crystal shards into the lava?

Edit:

Okay so I spent like 1 platinum and 80 gold until I got Unreal on my megashark and that seemed like the best thing out there. Also scraped up until I could get legendary on excalibur. Turned off my dart trap walls and stocked up on greater healing pots and the other kinds. And then I spent the entire battle against skeletron prime flying in circles around him. Realized that he hurts a lot while spinning and that his laser and cannon didn't really do anything. Also, problem with ranged weapons is that that they do not pierce stuff unlike magic. Anyway, got rid of the laser first, it barely had any health, then the saw because it's annoying as sin and then the cannon and claw. Let's just say that skeletron prime without arms is just as pathetic as normal skeletron without arms. Poor thing just moves away and then comes in spinning hoping that I'll die of dizzyness or something.

So I have my full hallowed set now and all 3 types of helms for it. Might kill the twins some more to craft those items and the rainbow rod and some other stuff.
Anyway, where is the end game? Seeing how the game didn't tell me when I entered "hard mode" I doubt they're gonna pinpoint me in any direction.