Why this Terraria weapon is finally worth getting…

Some terraria weapons released with pretty busted stats and will be remembered for being overpowered even if they receive numerous naps in their lifetime this same psychology works in reverse on weapons that release with subpar performance but receive substantial buffs in future updates today we’re going to be looking at a

Weapon that i think fits this criteria the piranha gun the piranha gun is a hard mod post montero range weapon that can be found in the dungeons jungle chest so after that this thing’s comparing itself to the likes of the vampire knives and the scout of the

Corrupter and let’s just say this weapon at launch was underwhelming at best but has received an absolute profusion of buffs in its lifespan but before we look at the peranagan’s performance let’s see the best way to obtain it as mentioned the piranha gun is a volume chest weapon

And therefore requires a key to open in particular the jungle key which has a 1 in 2 500 chanter dropping from any enemy killed while in the jungle biome you can either farm for it manually by killing as many enemies as possible in your underground jungle or by creating an

Actual farming platform for it to speed up the grind significantly there are two ways you can go about this one way is by placing rows of mud blocks in an open space underground and growing jungle grass seeds to make an artificial biome while this does work and will spawn a

Ton of enemies at a rapid rate it can be really difficult even with post pantera gear luckily the second method can keep you much safer yet keep the insanely high enemy spawner this is by simply keeping your platforms made out of non-biome blocks like stone brakes but creating your artificial jungle biome

With 140 lizard bricks placed together this will make farming for the key a breeze but do remember lizard bricks can only be mined with a picks on higher so this method does require gum to be defeated once you’ve got your key make your way to the dungeon and have a scout

Around for your jungle chest it shouldn’t be hard to miss as it stands out quite a bit and there you have it your very own piranha so then let’s see how it performs nowadays the functionality of the paragon is like no other it fires three returning mechanical piranha projectiles that cost

No ammunition the fish will stick onto an enemy and deal continuous damage while the attack burn is held what’s interesting is each fish can target different enemies of the same one meaning its dps can differ depending on how many enemies you latch on to when releasing the attack button or moving

Off screen the piranhas will swiftly return to the gun dealing more damage on the way but this is something you’ll rarely want to do in combat as the piranhas will seek out nearby enemies upon killing the one it latched onto this truly makes it one of the coolest

Weapons in the game for large groups just look at how it absolutely ingests these mummies i’ve tested a lot of weapons on this scenario and this is by far the quickest i’ve ever defeated this group what blows my mind too is how high the dps gets when all three piranhas

Latch onto a single enemy at a time you can make these 1 000 hit point enemies go down like slimes now i know what you’re thinking how much does it do on bosses and i’m happy to say that it has its strength and weaknesses golem for example is the perfect candidate for

This weapon it doesn’t move around a lot has multiple segments and a massive hitbox this makes the fight even more of a joke than it already was on a more complicated boss like duke fish rod the piranha gun also performs marvelously he killed him that quickly even made his final stage completely redundant

The only bot i start to see the piranha gun fail on is the empress of light this is due to her erratic movement and attack pattern this makes the piranhas constantly return to the gun and her dodging makes it hard to hit her with the projectiles this unfortunately makes

The fight dragon for ages and ended up resulting in my demise in summary i’d say the peranagan has 100 made a comeback although it does struggle with fast-moving targets due to its low velocity nine times out of ten you’ll be able to latch on no problem

And simply sit back and watch all the piranhas do the work changing from enemy to enemy dealing huge dps if you haven’t already i’d absolutely give the piranha gonna try any next ranger playthrough what do you think does the piranha gun deserve more recognition nowadays after

Its multiple buffs or is it still one of the weakest spine chest weapons thanks for watching for more terraria content like this drop a like and subscribe and i’ll see you in the next one