Talk:The Destroyer/@comment-82.25.41.190-20120531161649

As a Melee Char (pref wpn is Flails and Boomerang/Discs), I died 3-4 times trying to fight on the ground - including the first time when jumping away from it's body, straight into my lava trap.

I finally beat it using a Hellstone Bridge (burning defence) variant as follows -

Build: Vertical wall 15-18 high, topped with a single Hellstone brick. Then remove the supporting wall and leave a floating Hellstone brick.

Equip: Full Adamantite Armour, Full "Warding" Accessories, Buffs (Regen, Thorns, Soup, Iron Skin). Health Potions (Full, rather than Greater is fine). Dao of Pow in hand.

Method: Early in the night grapple onto underside of hellstone floating brick. Swap out Obsidian Horseshoe & Shield for 2 other "Warding" accessories. Summon Destroyer. Use Buffs while he is flying in. After the first couple of runs Destroyer will move in a Figure-8 and keeping the mouse in one postion to rake the left approach, and cut across the right - rather than keep switching - worked for me. Takes longer than raking both sides - buts means you can find 1 perfect angle and stick with it.

I can also agree the drops can be anywhere - the 1st kill put drops off screen and 16 blocks down in dirt.