User blog comment:ErrorZip/Preps for hardmode?/@comment-4755311-20120116053610

my advice is to have a blast ready for him. you can have everything else ready for you, but if you want the fight to end quickly, you should spend a bit of gold, probably about 60, on dynamite, and make it into explosives. after that, wire up a stationary grid, probably vertical, of those explosives, and have the trigger as a nearby lever. each explosive does heavy damage, so as long as you're smart with your timing and placement, it could well save your life. for after the fight, be sure to have a good sturdy house, or you will die. I'd keep dart traps embedded into your outer walls.