User blog comment:CaptainLocoMoco/Please help me figure out how to kill the destroyer!/@comment-4674838-20111213193235

Note: The Destroyer's body does less damage than the probes. Rather than trying to dodge it, a better strategy is to use your highest defense equipment (full adamantite w/ melee helm, +def accessories, ironskin potion, bowl of soup) and the cross necklace and stand completely still on the ground, allowing the body to hit you at all times so that the probes do not ever get the chance to damage you. If you use a suitable weapon such as the Flamethrower or the Dao of Pow, you can damage The Destroyer while killing the probes simultaneously. If you pick up the hearts that the probes drop, you will not die. This effectiveness of this kind of strategy makes The Destroyer the easiest hardmode boss.