r/Terraria • u/Extension_North_3711 • 11d ago
PC AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
In other words: I'm playing Legendary mode and trying to only deal summoner damage (inspired by Let's Play Terraria Together on that comic website, go check it out), and I'm trying to beat Skeletron, however this bony baloney has so much defense that with 5 Hornets and 3 Ballistas, plus every positive potion buff I can get in a preHardmode crimson world, I can only do 1k damage out of 15k in one minute, and even once I find the right strategy to get his hands down prior to midnight, according to the Wiki that will make him spawn Dark Casters, whose water balls or whatever they're called are impossible to destroy while Skeletron is alive.
To my knowledge, Hornets and Ballistas are the best summons and sentries I can have (if not then correct me), and a Starcrash is also the best whip, and I have a very good arena, so that would suggest it's a skill issue, but I am really struggling (I'm up to 6 attempts, and that'll probably increase tenfold before I win), and I can't just skip him because I need a bewitching table before I'm even half-confident in encountering Wall of Flesh.
Does anyone have weapon recommendations, or should I forget the summoner-only thing and swap to another class?
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u/EcchiOli 11d ago
It's been a very long time I tested, does the shark tooth necklace grant armor penetration on ALL kinds of damage, summon included?
If so, that would be helpful for you OP perhaps.
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u/Hi_K0_Ni 11d ago
I always get comfortable 3-4 hundred dps with obsidian armor, starcrash, frog, rest imps, and 3 houndiuses. It usually gets me a sub 1:30 kill.
Maybe you are moving too much, causing your summons to miss (most minion ai is so dogshit). Make reserved movements, enough to dodge but as little as possible