Talk:Mana Flower/@comment-70.59.106.124-20120712183949/@comment-26952072-20150919061934

I realize that I'm joining this conversation much later, but anyway... I have a Mana Flower and came to this page to determine if I need it. Pre-hardmode I made it, thinking I would need it. I never needed magic in pre-hardmode though. I used the Space Gun with the meteorite armor for a little while, but most fights I used bow and arrow.

Anyway, I don't need it in hardmode either. The Celestial Cuffs are far superior to this, and my other 4 slots are also full. One slot is Wings / Bundle of Balloons, while another slot is the Frostspark Boots. Despite my efforts to avoid these items, it's just impossible. My other accessories are the Sorcerer Emblem and the Star Veil / Moon Charm / Lava Waders / Greedy Ring (depending on what I'm doing).

The crystal storm really is terrible! It has the lowest mana cost and a pretty high speed/damage so it seems good, but it sucks compared to the cursed flames and the golden shower. I use both. The cursed flames uses more mana than the golden shower, but it inflicts Cursed Inferno, bounces off the walls/enemies or damages multiple segments of the Destroyer, and it inflicts more damage. The golden shower uses less mana, fires immediately and continuously, pierces everything in its path, and reduces the defense of anything it hits.

I'm no expert though. I've never beaten a single hardmode boss! I really want the magic harp though. I have the basic harp ready, but I don't have the souls of any of the bosses. I've been practicing fighting though, and I have found that I am most comfortable being a mage. I have Titanium armor, so I "become immune after striking an enemy." The cursed flames seems like a nice choice for the destroyer, as long as I start out with the golden shower to lower the defense. Guess I could switch to the Titanium Mask though and use the Dao of Pow. I need the dark shard, that's all I'm missing. I really don't want to fight The Twins. I've come close to killing the Destroyer before, but never the twins.

Once I kill the bosses one time though, I'll be able to do it again easily with the items I get AFTER killing them. Unlike pre-hardmode where you get the best items to kill the boss right before you fight the boss, hardmode gives them to you AFTER you defeat the boss. I'm sure I could win these fights if I ever used a boss summoner (implying that I have made full preparations and have the correct items ready) instead of getting the warning that a boss is about to spawn while I'm in the middle of farming the pirate invasion (for money).

Wow that was a lot of words! I want to defeat these stupid bosses so badly. Oh and the Mana Flower is pretty useless, except for the reduced mana cost which might help. Seems like I could use it as my fifth accessory instead of the Moon Charm.