Board Thread:Game Help/@comment-26293086-20160628193215/@comment-26293086-20160630182838

I found a really good way to beat the destroyer. For those of you who want to beat a mech boss fast and easily (for steampunk and solution or whatever reason) do the destroyer first.

Arena: For the destroyer, the only necessary arena to make it easy is a natural steep hillside. That's it. It keeps most probes from detaching, and limits the destroyer's entrance area to one wall (his AI makes it super hard to come from beneath you when there's more blocks in a steep hill right to the side of you.) If you want, you can make a super small platform NOT far from the hill, but it only gives you the peace of mind that you can move around.

Weapons: for this boss fight the best weapons are a good nimbus rod and a penetrating weapon (crystal Storm, etc.) The destroyer takes segment damage, meaning every single piece of him is hurt if something stationary continuously deals damage. In simple text, when the destroyer moves, he will depose more and more segments of his body to rain damage. The nimbus staff will hit many segments per second, dealing massive damage. Crystal Storm not only does that (to a lesser extent), but it rips through his armor, dealing more and more damage.

Armor: let's be honest; as much as we hate farming, this mite be what you need to do to get armor. In this case, it's turtle armor. Let's face it; the destroyer is a giant worm, and worms don't shoot lasers (well, probes do, but that's for later.) He crashes himself into you, and turtle armor perfectly counters. Not only is its defense insanely high, but it all melee damage dealt to you is dealt back to the attacker through the "thorns" buff. Also, it's one of the best pre Plantera armors in the game, so it's not just the destroyer you're getting it for.

Probes: Oh yeah, those guys. Don't worry about them. If you prepared perfectly like mentioned above, you don't have to call them probes anymore. Call them Hearts on Steroids. That's literally all they are. If you kill them quick enough, they have a big chance to drop a heart.

Well, that's it. Hope this helps!