qwerty3.14
Terrarian
Spider Staff
This might be the one weapon I use every play through, you can get it right at the start of hardmode, and the dps a hoard of spiders provides is comparable to late prehardmode weapons. Providing both a substantial damage boost for little effort for dealing with early hardmode enemies, and a reliable way of 'safely picking off' enemies behind walls in caves.
Sure its got some weaknesses like lacking local immunity, or getting shaken off by fast bosses. But it's capable of reasoonably dealing with dreadnautulus letting the sanguine staff cover those weaknesses. And even after getting the sanguine staff the spider staff still has the niche of attacking through blocks or dealing more dps in situations where you can expect the spiders to be able to constantly attack (although you shouldn't use more than 3 due to the iFrames).
This might be the one weapon I use every play through, you can get it right at the start of hardmode, and the dps a hoard of spiders provides is comparable to late prehardmode weapons. Providing both a substantial damage boost for little effort for dealing with early hardmode enemies, and a reliable way of 'safely picking off' enemies behind walls in caves.
Sure its got some weaknesses like lacking local immunity, or getting shaken off by fast bosses. But it's capable of reasoonably dealing with dreadnautulus letting the sanguine staff cover those weaknesses. And even after getting the sanguine staff the spider staff still has the niche of attacking through blocks or dealing more dps in situations where you can expect the spiders to be able to constantly attack (although you shouldn't use more than 3 due to the iFrames).