Board Thread:Player Suggestions/@comment-26480642-20150611022652

I've been seeing a lot of people who think that the Twins are the most difficult mechanical boss. I disagree; they are the first Hardmode boss I beat and I have just defeated them with minimal equipment (I used a full set of Palladium Armor in this fight and never went below 250 HP) and I feel like I should tell everyone my strategy.

YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT:

1. Lightning Boots, Spectre Boots, Hermes Boots or Flurry Boots: These are CRUCIAL. If you can't go fast, you have little to no chance of dodging their attacks, but it becomes startlingly easy once you get up to speed.

2. A skybridge: So you don't have to deal with Wraiths, Possessed Armor, or terrain blocking your way as you try to run and dodge attacks. This would preferably be built low enough that Wyverns won't spawn, as they can be a major nuisance when fighting the boss.

3. Wings or other flight mechanism: These will assist you greatly in dodging their projectile attacks, as well as Spaz's second-form charge attack. I think it might be possible to dodge the charge without them, but it would require more skill than I think reading a guide like this has.(No offense intended, of course.)

4. A ranged weapon and ammo of your choice: Gun, Repeater, or Magic would be the best choices. Melee is a bad choice in any case, as if you can get close enough to hit them, you'll be constantly bombarded with every single attack they have. I personally used an Unreal Mythril Repeater and about 2.5 stacks of Cursed Arrows, but if you have Cursed Flames, Clockwork Assault Rifle or Megashark then by all means use that.

5. A few cheap blocks (~10-20): These are important for blocking off Retinazer's line-of-sight in his second form. Dirt or Stone are easy to work with; basically, whatever you made your skybridge out of is fine. I suppose you could mine out pieces of the skybridge, but why would you want to do that?

6. Additional equipment of your choice: Here is the place to get creative. Armor? Whatever you'd like. Cobalt Shield? Go for it. Potions? Sometimes unnecessary, but highly recommended(I used Regeneration, Thorns, Hunter, Swiftness, and Ironskin, and brought Greater Healing along too). Fishbowl? ...Sure, why not. Deck yourself out in whatever equipment you have that you think will help you win.

7. Mechanical Eye: Duh.

Well, if you have all that, let's get down to business.

STRATEGY:

Stage One: Let's do this. Stand in the middle of your skybridge when you summon the boss. As soon as they show up on screen, use your buff potions if you brought any(The hotkey on PC is B) and begin running in the opposite direction. Spam your ranged weapon, aiming towards Spazmatism. It's fine if you hit Retinazer as well, as long as the majority of your attacks are hitting the one that's shooting fire at you from its eye (If it were me, that would be the one I'd aim for). If you're running fast enough, Retinazer's lasers will almost invariably miss, they'll have to charge at you just to stay on the screen, and you just have to worry about jumping over the FIRE coming at you. You will probably reach the end of your skybridge before this stage is done, but that's fine! Just turn around and go the other way. Before long, Spazmatism will start spinning. Congratulations! You've made it to Stage Two.

Stage Two: Now it gets tricky. You won't have to worry about Spazmatism's fire anymore, since if you're going "fast enough" you'll be about 5 blocks out of range. Which is the good news. The bad news is, his charges are now a lot faster, a lot stronger, and a lot more common. However, you can dodge these too, with a bit of practice. Once Spazmatism charges close to you, start flying up and then let yourself fall down. If timed correctly, both of his last charges will go into the space where you just were. Remember not to stop running or spamming your own attacks at them. Soon, you'll be aiming off the screen where Spazmatism was and suddenly realize he's not there anymore. Well done, you beat Stage Two. It gets a bit easier from here on out.

Stage Three: One down, one to go. Basically a repeat of Stage One, but this time with just one eye following you instead of two.. If you've done things right, Retinazer should stilll be in his first form, and if you've done things just wrong enough, he's at about half health. Now it's just a matter of whittling down his health until the spinning starts. Keep an eye on the moon, as if the night ends before the battle does he'll run away and all your hard work will have been for nothing.

Stage Four: As soon as Retinazer starts spinning, stop running and start building. You need to make a small box around yourself, out of the cheap blocks I told you to bring. Mine a one-block hole in the ceiling above you as well as one in the wall to your left; you can shoot the eye through here, but the box blocks his line-of-sight. You're safe in here, but make sure you don't stop shooting at him. And now... you're done!

That's about it. When I defeat the other Hardmode bosses, I might post a strategy guide on them too, but until then.

--Rainbowleaf 