Talk:The Twins/@comment-26219691-20150817144822/@comment-4511886-20150817174647

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The Twins are no doubt the simplest (note the difference between simple and easy) of the mechanical bosses since the fight is at its core just two Eyes of Cthulhu that are fought at the same time with slightly different second forms.

Spazmatism is pretty much just the second phase of EoC with more range on its attacks and Cursed Inferno, while Retinazer is pretty much phase one 2.0.

If you have high single-target DPS weapons like the Clockwork Assault Rifle, Phoenix Blaster or a Repeater, you can usually make use of long flat areas and the Hermes Boots (or any of its upgrades) to outrun their attacks while keeping a high damage output. (Just be sure to stay close enough to them so neither despawns.)

It's up to preference when you should focus on which eye, but I personally tend to damage both until one is in its second phase, after a while I then put the other into its second phase so that it's momentarily stunned, allowing me to purely focus on finishing the more injured one off for a few seconds, which is often enough to kill it before they can gang up on me.

The Destroyer, despite being much more complicated, might still be easier, depending on your gear.

Unlike both the Twins and Skeletron Prime, the Destroyer is vastly different from its pre-hardmode variant, the Eater of Worlds. The most obvious change is that he doesn't actually split up. This has both pros and cons, as you don't have to worry about splitting it into multiple enemies, but you also can't stunlock it by destroying the head over and over, like one can with EoW. It also shoots lasers from the center of each segment, and once it's taken enough damage, segments will stop shooting lasers and instead release a relatively weak Probe.

One can very easily capitalize on the fact that it's made up of segments, much like the Eater of Worlds or almost any worm-type enemy. If you've got something along the lines of a Dao of Pow, Golden Shower or maybe even the Seedler, you can deal massive damage to both the Destroyer itself and its Probes. Since the Probes always drop a heart; you can keep your health fairly high even without Greater Healing Potions or the Philosopher's Stone, (although they're still recommended, for obvious reasons) if you can avoid taking too much damage from the body.

Skeletron Prime should really only be considered if you, for whatever reason, had trouble fighting EoC and EoW but Skeletron was a cakewalk. Something I highly doubt applies to the average player.

There really isn't anything to add that doesn't already apply to Skeletron outside of the obvious. Just remember that it has ranged attacks and that you really don't want to get caught in his spin attack for more than one hit.