Prior to the 1.3 update, I had never been able to make it to wave 15 of either the Pumpkin Moon or the Frost Moon. Now that 1.3 has arrived, and after obtaining the new Solar Eruption weapon, I was able to beat the Pumpkin Moon event fairly easily. However, the Frost Moon is still proving too challenging.
What strategies can I employ to reach wave 15 of the Frost Moon event? I'm playing as a melee character with the following gear:
- Solar Eruption
- Beetle Armor (I'm using the Beetle Shell chest piece for defense)
- Warrior Emblem
- Fishron Wings
- Charm of Myths
- Ankh Shield
- Star Veil
I also have a set of Vampire Knives (which I occasionally use to leech life), and The Eye of Cthulhu yoyo, which does impressive damage when paired with the Yoyo Bag. Are their particular items I'm missing out on? What general strategies can I use to improve my chances at this event?
Update: I should probably point out that the Ice Queen seems to be the problem with this event. She generally stays away from the player, making it much harder (as a melee class, at least) to hit her. Killing the Ice Queen as quickly as possible seems to me to be the key to advancing to wave 15. How can she be killed quickly and effectively?
Best Answer
I finally managed to reach wave 15 (and only just!), but it took a bunch of end-game gear for me to do it. Here's the specific end-game stuff I used:
As I mentioned in my question, the lynch-pin for this fight is the Ice Queen. At only 150 points, you have to take her down pretty quickly to advance in the later rounds. It seems imperative to blast through the first few rounds of the event as quickly as possible. I believe I reached wave 8 or 9 in just two in-game hours (two minutes real time), and spent the rest of the 7 or so minutes clawing my way through the final waves. I'm sure there are better strategies than this (I'd be interested to try a pure-summoner build using a maxed-out Stardust Dragon), but this is what worked for me.