Zesty_Limez
Terrarian
I've come to realize that Ranger is the most reliable class to fight bosses with on Expert (pre-fishron or plantera), as well as early normal Hardmode. Melee isn't given enough edge to tank bosses pre-hardmode, and mage is limited on weapons, most of which don't deal enough damage to bypass the high defense of Expert bosses (and still deal reasonable damage). Ranger can easily strafe bosses and shoot at them. Often times, I find myself switching to Ranger just so I'm able to defeat bosses. Melee on Expert WoF is near impossible because of all The Hungry constantly spawning, and water bolt simply wont deal enough dps. Molten Fury (assuming you fished the Reaver Shark and skipped Nightmare tier) and Minishark make quick work of any of the pre-hardmode Expert bosses.
In hardmode, it's much the same story-- having trouble with destroyer? Whip out the Daedelus storm bow. Twins troubling you? Spam crystal bullets. Prime dicing you up? Grab the crystal bullets.
Summoner deserves a mention here (partially because it's my favorite class), since it can really pack a punch with the Twins staff and beyond (but everything below that is bad in Expert). But to get the Optic staff, I have to do what? Use ranger to kill the twins. Once you successfully defeat all of the mech bosses, Melee, Mage, and Summoner start to actually be useful, especially once you beat fishron. But until then, Ranger is the most reliable class, in my opinion.
I may be completely wrong though, so feel free to share your opinions on the class balancing on Expert. Do you find that Melee is the best? Is mage a force to be reckoned with?
Let me know!
In hardmode, it's much the same story-- having trouble with destroyer? Whip out the Daedelus storm bow. Twins troubling you? Spam crystal bullets. Prime dicing you up? Grab the crystal bullets.
Summoner deserves a mention here (partially because it's my favorite class), since it can really pack a punch with the Twins staff and beyond (but everything below that is bad in Expert). But to get the Optic staff, I have to do what? Use ranger to kill the twins. Once you successfully defeat all of the mech bosses, Melee, Mage, and Summoner start to actually be useful, especially once you beat fishron. But until then, Ranger is the most reliable class, in my opinion.
I may be completely wrong though, so feel free to share your opinions on the class balancing on Expert. Do you find that Melee is the best? Is mage a force to be reckoned with?
Let me know!