Talk:Weapons/@comment-39421700-20190613161417/@comment-39421700-20190615142827

my tactic is to grind.

two characters: melting and y. v.

melting needs the crown of blood, y. v. needs the crown of death (CrOwN oF dEaTh Is BaD). both need a golden wrench.

so, the big requirement of each run is to reach the sewers. after that, it becomes almost like a normal loop run. now, you may be wondering, why are there two characters? there's no hard mode co-op.

what you do with melting is practice. he gets one shot by just about anything, and the flies almost always double-hit you with the maggots. playing him teaches you how tro use the golden wrench to clear a way of projectiles, and failing always results in death without mutations. play with crown of blood to double the enemies. put about five hours into playing like this, then swap to y. v. and use crown of death. the amount of enemies you fight seem tame compared to playing crown of blood, and you also have the lowkey best crown in the game.

do you want to know why? well, just restart until you get a grenade launcher, then shoot a giant fly with it.

it dies in one hit.

not to mention y. v.'s active, pop pop. this has MASSIVE damage output, and two bursts of the crown of death grenade launcher will kill one of the big bandits.

oh yeah, big bandits. playing hardmode has given me a vicious hatred for these guys (and the elite grunts, see above). well, once you enter 1-3, you best have that grenade launcher. do not initiate combat with enemies, instead, start bombing your spawn point until you have a ring shape. kill a few enemies, then enter the arena and wait for the bandits to attack. as said before, crown of death grenade launcher gobbles these guys up for breakfast(it also one shots elite grunts). the ring shape gives you plenty of cover to use, so use it well.