Guide:Moon Lord strategies

An almost quintessential item for fighting the Moon Lord is the Cosmic Car Key. While moving diagonally away from the Moon Lord, the player is slightly faster than him, allowing for you to take out one hand going one direction across the map and take out the other one vice-versa. This is best performed with a set of Spectre Armor for the healing effect; it is extremely hard to dodge his head laser.

The other (more risky way) is to fly circles around him, this is once again, much easier when performed with the Cosmic Car Key. Going around him allows for the player to dodge the head laser. *Keep note that this strategy requires much more dodging than the previous one.*

Gearing up
A set of Spectre Armor or Beetle Armor will do well on him. Also a good pair of wings such as Steampunk Wings or Fishron Wings. These will help you dodge his lasers. For a sword, equip a Terra Blade or higher. For a ranged weapon, a Megashark with Chlorophyte Bullets, they will help you as the Chlorophyte Bullets curve to hit your target, you almost have a 100% chance of hitting his Hands/Heads/Core unless his minions get in the way. To compensate for damage, it may be wise to bring along some Super Healing Potions.

Another weapon option is to utilize some of the new additonss, such as the Phantasm Bow with Ichor Arrows or Venom Arrows for high DPS, as the bow itself shoots 4 arrows with a chance to shoot additional homing arrows, but at the risk of being innacurate (the constant movement required during the battle may make it difficult for the steam of arrows effect to occur)