Guide:Plantera strategies

Plantera is a more or less hard boss, he can spawn after defeating one of the hardmode bosses and destroying a pink flower in the underground jungle.

During fight, Plantera will always chase you, so keep your distance and keep away from small areas. He shoots at you and his ivy whips will damage you. If Plantera has less than 50 % life left, he will enter his second form. He then spawns little Trapper and spiked balls who will damage you too.

For fighting him with magic gear, the spectral armor combind with a magnetic spehere should be the best choice for high damage and life leech.

Loot: Again, for magic gear, the dropped Leaf Blower is a good weapon. It shoots faster than the laser gun, is stronger, and has low mana usage. But its less accurate and has no light effects.

=2t3ve's Platform Circling Strategy= Build a giant arena composed of Wooden Platforms 4-7 blocks above each other(depends on jump height)with Honey at the bottom. Summon Plantera as normal, then go to the arena and move in large circles so that Plantera cant catch up to you. Dip in the honey frequently and use weapons that shoot projectiles such True Night's Edge/ True Excalibur, Crystal Storm,Megashark,Piranha Gun and any repeater(hallowed is recommended). Use the strongest armour you can get and you MUST have either an Obsidian Shield or a Cobalt Shield(obsidian is better though). Defense-modded accessories(Hard, Guarding, Armored, or Warding) are useful unless your good at dodging in which case make your accessories for speed(Fleeting, Quick, and so on.)

=The Teleportation Trick= Make a long hallway out of any material you desire, and place a teleporter on each end. This will cost 5 gold, so farm a little. Once you have done that, wire them both. Place a lever on each side, and once you have done that, test it out. Summon Plantera. When it's climbing down toward you on one side, flip the lever by the teleporter. You will teleport to the other side, and Plantera will have to climb back at you. Repeat this, while firing a Megashark with Crystal Bullets. It will eventually die, and you will get the satisfaction of killing a giant flower, and loot. Just loot. Have fun killing Plantera!

=Surface Strategy= First, you will need Wings, 10 Greater Healing Potion, and some good armor, you should already have Chlorophyte Armor/Hallowed Armor. You may also need a good grapple, like Dual Hook. Once you find the pink flower that spawns the giant-ass flower, dig up until surface. Go down again and spawn him, grapple up and fight him in the surface, I also recommend you make some ceiling platforms, so Plantera doesn't reach you (I didn't use any platforms), once it reaches phase 2, it will fly, you should take some distance from the thing, and from now it should be a normal hardmode boss fight.

An alternate method is to dig up from the The Underworld. If you still have a long bridge constructed to fight the Wall of Flesh, you can use that to keep him at a safe distance. Digging a shaft upwards can be more difficult but it is a shorter distance than digging down from the surface.

Weapons you should use: Megashark with Crystal Bullets or True Excalibur. Additional stuff: Regeneration Potion, Thorns Potion (incase you accidentally ram into him). I killed the giant-ass flower in around 2 minutes. Probably a lot of people before me already did this. Anyways, I didn't cover a lot of stuff in this because I did it Yesterday. Good luck and happy trying!

=Voidx's Death Sickle Strategy= NOTE: This is more of a cheaper strategy, either for people who don't have too many good items, people who are good at melee and dodging, or for people who are just lazy.

You will need:

1 or more Regeneration Potion, 1 or more Ironskin Potion, 1 or more Thorns Potion, a reforged Death Sickle, 10 Greater Healing Potion, Wings, a Megashark (Just in case), 20 or more Bombs, A fire flask, Some Dynamite, Frost Armor/Hallowed Helmet or better,

After finding Plantera's bulb, hollow out the area around you with your bombs and dynamite (make sure not to destroy the bulb). Plenty of room gives the ability to fly freely while avoiding Plantera in his first form. Make sure to note some good spots, as during his second form, depending on the player, your health will get low, so it's best to avoid Plantera while he's charging at you. Once you're done hollowing out the place, feel free to even out the edges so it does not get in your way. Once that's done, break the bulb and summon Plantera. I recommend that you just use b (or whatever key it's bound to) to consume your potions as Plantera approaches rather quickly and it'll save you some extra damage. While hitting him with your Death Sickle, keep note of where his hooks are so you can dodge them more easily, but don't completely take your eye off of the plant completely. Use the Megashark if you need to get far from him. Since the fight will be fast-paced due to the usage of melee, I killed him in less than 2 mins.

Remember, this is a strategy that works for ME. It's certainly not for everyone, so you can modify the strategy to your pleasure, or just not use it at all.

Good luck!