Christmas Tree Sword is on a completely different level in the Calamity Mod as well, being arguably the best sword until the rare Briny Baron drop from Duke Fishron. This is mainly thanks to the fact that a lot of melee weapons scale their fire rare with melee speed, and then you just lure things into the orbs and they *melt*
Really wish there were more mandatory bosses to help stretch out this part of the game. So many weapons and items are just never used by players cause there are easier options and you'll just end up replacing these weapons in a few hours to a day.
Yeah honestly that’s the issue with Pre-golem, there’s really no reason to not just instantly go to the temple and kill Golem, as most of the drops aren’t good enough to warrant grinding them, and neither are the Biome Chest items really
@@computerkitsune scourge is great, vamp knives is great, desert tiger staff has amazing DPS with firecracker, rainbow gun is bleh, hydra has some competition with late-game spider queen staff and the full ballista set, and piranha gun is decent.
Yeah, before 1.3, all the events and fishron were just an extra thing to do after golem. You'd do plantera, go straight to golem, then do the events for an additional challenge. Now you do plantera, still go straight to golem, and then fight cultist. And pillar weapons throw all the stuff before it out the window.
I’ve been advocating for a second Dungeon-themed boss fight right after Golem for a while now. It’d provide a great progression gap in between Golem and Cultists, and would provide some “lore” reason as to why the Cultists only started their ritual now. I’m not gonna bore you with my full thought process, but I feel like a sort of Skeletron Reborn or something along those lines would be a great and healthy addition to Terraria.
i like that in 1.3 it use to just shoot out a random bauble(ornament) as a projectile, and in 1.4 they made it shoot out projectiles in the shape of a christmas tree also Merry Christmas to the people who read this comment
I used this for a long time since i couldnt summon the solar eclipse because of a bug, I was also shocked becasue no one recommended this sword, I used it to beat Fishron (especially useful), Golem and Empress of light. But yesterday a solar eclipse spawned naturally and I was able to get the Terrablade, sadly it has more of Dps and crowd control for most situations, but I really loved the Christmas Tree Sword, underrated weapon and my favourite for now.
I would say Christmas tree sword is super good against golem&duke fishron (i dont see better weapons for duke). It is also decent for moon lord (the only problem is dealing wit the top eye).
I've always enjoyed Uncle Dane's weapon reviews on Engineer items, and this series does the same thing but with Terraria weapons. You measure what situations the weapon excels in and determine how useful it is. Sidenote, that graph at the beginning with Melee dipping all the way down to nothing by the time of WoF is... debatable, given the existence of the reworked Night's Edge.
Also flails should be bringing melee up more due to their high base power and versatility. They can easily kill non-boss enemies without needing to directly engage if used properly.
the last time i saw this weapon was in 1.3 where it was entirely different, only firing a bauble that was affected by gravity and didnt do much, but i had zero clue they buffed it in 1.4
This is honestly the best channel to find underrated weapons thar i've never even heared about, thank you a lot, i cant wait to use this in my next playthrough.
Christmas sword is cool and all but the souls of fright literally will make you suffer if you dident save bones from your last visit, having to deal with the headache of post-plant dungeon.
The main reason I would get this thing over the Terra blade is because if you havent even started the recipe for the Terra, you need to start piece by piece, and that can be pretty time consuming even for a late hardmode player when this sword is a 15 minute farm
This weapon actually helped me get through the celestial pillars my first time playing the game. It was good for taking out out low flying enemies while crashing down on ground ones while my Terrablade although stronger, could only shoot swords in one direction at a time
I used this alongside turtle armor and my friend used the spectre healing set and golden shower - we turned Golem into a miserable little pile of orange rocks. Ten times in a row, with no pauses.
I have to completely disagree with your statement on the devs "fixing" the loss of identity for melee, in 1.4.4 melee is still projectile heavy. The melee class had a single projectile weapon actual made in to a proper melee weapon, that being the true excalibur. But the 1.4.4 update gave use even more projectile melee weapons such as light's bane, blade of grass and most spears (technically). If you think about the 1.4.4 melee changes as an improvement, than yeah it definitely is one, but it certainly wasn't a fix for the core complaint that I've heard for melee previously, that being "that melee weapons get way too projectile reliant the farther you get" It just slapped a new coat of paint on some weapons and that seems to have blinded most people to the fact that melee is still just projectile spam as it was previously, if not even more so now.
I feel like this was planned as a Christmas time video. Anyways, my thoughts: I didn't actually know this sword got changed, but unfortunately it probably isn't enough to beat the terra blade's ease of use. Maybe worth picking up if for some reason you didn't make night's edge in pre hardmode? I dunno. Damage is great, but it comes at the cost of a slow projectile only really good for targets that move into it or have a big hitbox. Meanwhile Terra Blade just kinda tears apart everything (I'd expect nothing less from an iconic weapon after all) I do remember this sword being a menace in 1.2 though both PvE and PvP, wonder what happened to make it fall off compared to the terra blade.
I keep forgeting this weapon got a huge buff in 1.4. Even though I always grind the frost moon when playing melee, I just throw it away and keep my beloved North Pole instead. Definitely going to have to give it a shot in my next melee playthrough though!
The reason I don’t use Christmas Tree sword for crowd control is that it only has medium range. Weapons like the scourge of the corruptor and terra blade can reach and kill far away enemies, but this weapon can’t.
Try using the sword with the mechanical bosses Just by making a railway system across the map and go from one end to the other the boss would just following you and just keep swinging the sword if you angle it correctly all the projectiles would hit the boss dealing high damage
And with the destroyer just make a 3x5 box with a platform floor and just aim downwards and all the projectiles would hit the destroyer without the boss reaching you And don't worry about the drones cause they can't aim at you from below with getting hit by the projectiles so you're safe
The main issue is that there isn’t much to use it on Even if you counted all event bosses, mini bosses, each pillar, non required bosses, it’s still not enough (I’m doing a unique/rarely used weapons playthrough, I’ll need to do it twice for Melee and Mage, Ranger could work but I’d need to cheat in weapons, and I’m not sure if said weapons are strong enough (they should be Summoner works best, but even still, it feels a bit rushed at the end with unnecessary whips and summons Even including Ocram wouldn’t be enough, but it would solve a few issues with Ranger (Vulcan repeater/star cannon and Titan armor anyone? (Titan armor and the Star cannons would have 98/100% chance not to consume ammo respectively, fun stuff)
Being honest If they had add Slash effect like Excalibur on 1.4.4 and infinity travel for the star projectile It would be waaaay better, unfortunaly this won't happen even on mods apparently
I think magic on the viability scale is kinda just super up and down tbh you either get something like Crystal serpent to carry you to Golem or you have to pray for pre skeletron water bolt (no longer possible lol) or have actually 0 weapons.
I have no idea why these sword never got a rework in the *melee update* (aka 1.4.4) and why it’s not a material for the Zenith(horsemen blade I’m looking at you)
Wait, the sword got a rework in 1.4.0 right? I don't remenber this sword doing this Edit:I look to the old sword and only shoot one onament and it's all what the sword do, so yeah it got a buff in 1.4.0
Y'know, this thing actually became my favorite weapon in the game after I started really playing around with it. It's so unlike any other weapon in the game in terms of how it behaves, and its performance actually exceeds that of the terra blade in a few situations. I'm still really fond of the onyx blaster, but this thing usurped its throne for me.
You should compare the chlorophyll ore weapons with each other because let's be honest. Literally no one uses anything other than the shot bow or armor.
I love this sword! Also thank you for not killing Dr man fly in the beginning.. at least I think you didn't kill him. Edit:what if there was a magic weapon just like the corruption thorn staff one but instead of thorns its Christmas lights@
is summoner really that bad throughout most stages of the game? ranger is incredibly powerful and consistent throughout the entire game, and it makes sense that melee drops off around pre-wall and takes a while to get back up into a respectable amount of dps, i don't know much about mage because i don't really like it, but i feel like early hardmode through pre-plantera summoner is very powerful, as the sanguine staff is insane. i doubt mr sockrteez himself will respond, but if anyone else is willing to respond, pls explain also sorry if that was nonsensical
Bit of a sore throat for this one folks haha. Hope you all have a fantastic crimbo!
I felt that immediately lmo
Merry Crimbo to you too ser!
Thanks, you too.
Btw, you put the wrong description under the video
Day 10 of asking for a Phantom Phoenix vid
get well soon :)
Christmas Tree Sword is on a completely different level in the Calamity Mod as well, being arguably the best sword until the rare Briny Baron drop from Duke Fishron. This is mainly thanks to the fact that a lot of melee weapons scale their fire rare with melee speed, and then you just lure things into the orbs and they *melt*
Damn i missed this weapon on my melee playthrough
*rate
Same here and just used the reliable terra blade
agreed. currently post plantera and can agree this thing shreds
Really wish there were more mandatory bosses to help stretch out this part of the game. So many weapons and items are just never used by players cause there are easier options and you'll just end up replacing these weapons in a few hours to a day.
Yeah honestly that’s the issue with Pre-golem, there’s really no reason to not just instantly go to the temple and kill Golem, as most of the drops aren’t good enough to warrant grinding them, and neither are the Biome Chest items really
@@computerkitsune scourge is great, vamp knives is great, desert tiger staff has amazing DPS with firecracker, rainbow gun is bleh, hydra has some competition with late-game spider queen staff and the full ballista set, and piranha gun is decent.
Yeah, before 1.3, all the events and fishron were just an extra thing to do after golem. You'd do plantera, go straight to golem, then do the events for an additional challenge.
Now you do plantera, still go straight to golem, and then fight cultist. And pillar weapons throw all the stuff before it out the window.
I’ve been advocating for a second Dungeon-themed boss fight right after Golem for a while now. It’d provide a great progression gap in between Golem and Cultists, and would provide some “lore” reason as to why the Cultists only started their ritual now.
I’m not gonna bore you with my full thought process, but I feel like a sort of Skeletron Reborn or something along those lines would be a great and healthy addition to Terraria.
@@StormerSage
What would you suggest, then? For pillar weapons to be locked behind Moon Lord and not the Cultist?
i like that in 1.3 it use to just shoot out a random bauble(ornament) as a projectile, and in 1.4 they made it shoot out projectiles in the shape of a christmas tree
also Merry Christmas to the people who read this comment
Thank you, same for you
I feel like few people know about this weapon because it used to be horrible, only spewing out one measly ornament
I used this for a long time since i couldnt summon the solar eclipse because of a bug, I was also shocked becasue no one recommended this sword, I used it to beat Fishron (especially useful), Golem and Empress of light. But yesterday a solar eclipse spawned naturally and I was able to get the Terrablade, sadly it has more of Dps and crowd control for most situations, but I really loved the Christmas Tree Sword, underrated weapon and my favourite for now.
I would say Christmas tree sword is super good against golem&duke fishron (i dont see better weapons for duke). It is also decent for moon lord (the only problem is dealing wit the top eye).
Oh thank you!- I’ve been asking and waiting for this, and it’s so fitting for today! Thank you, have a great Christmas🎄🎉
Thanks! Have a great Christmas :)
I've always enjoyed Uncle Dane's weapon reviews on Engineer items, and this series does the same thing but with Terraria weapons. You measure what situations the weapon excels in and determine how useful it is.
Sidenote, that graph at the beginning with Melee dipping all the way down to nothing by the time of WoF is... debatable, given the existence of the reworked Night's Edge.
Uncle Groomer
@@GrubbyWubby What the fuck are you talking about?
Also flails should be bringing melee up more due to their high base power and versatility. They can easily kill non-boss enemies without needing to directly engage if used properly.
@@mettaursp309 Speaking from experience with doing melee before the rework... _flails are nasty man._
Kid named Sunfury:
0:50 was my favourite part !!!!!!
Trees are overpowered
Agreed
the last time i saw this weapon was in 1.3 where it was entirely different, only firing a bauble that was affected by gravity and didnt do much, but i had zero clue they buffed it in 1.4
This is honestly the best channel to find underrated weapons thar i've never even heared about, thank you a lot, i cant wait to use this in my next playthrough.
been subscribed since ~500 subs! keep up the amazing content, you have really helped me with deciding what weapon I'm going to use.
That’s awesome! You’re one of the OG’s. Glad I could help you out :)
Hey sock! I'd really like it if you covered the staff of the frost hydra, as it's the only biome chest weapon you have yet to cover
Arguably the best pre-Moonlord Sentry, loved it.
Christmas sword is cool and all but the souls of fright literally will make you suffer if you dident save bones from your last visit, having to deal with the headache of post-plant dungeon.
Sockrteez I just wanted to tell you that I adore your content. You are my favorite terraria youtuber. Happy holidays!!!
Ayy thanks! Happy Holidays :)
I loved the part where sockrteez said "of course I'm talking about.." truly such an inspirational quote
The main reason I would get this thing over the Terra blade is because if you havent even started the recipe for the Terra, you need to start piece by piece, and that can be pretty time consuming even for a late hardmode player when this sword is a 15 minute farm
I love these, do you think you would ever do these types of videos for modded terraria?
This weapon actually helped me get through the celestial pillars my first time playing the game. It was good for taking out out low flying enemies while crashing down on ground ones while my Terrablade although stronger, could only shoot swords in one direction at a time
I think that summoner after empress the light is the strongest class... if you get terraprism of course
If you thinking solely in efficiency nothing beats Terrablade (I even prefer it over the pillar weapons) but might be worth it to try something new
my chest feels like apples
I used this alongside turtle armor and my friend used the spectre healing set and golden shower - we turned Golem into a miserable little pile of orange rocks. Ten times in a row, with no pauses.
Such an underrated youtuber. Keep it up 👍
Fr
Merry Christmas sockrteez, thank you for giving us the present of amazing videos all year
Thanks! Merry Christmas :)
I love your channel! I’ll make sure to try it out next time I play terraria thank you!
When some goblin makes Santa lose his marbles so much, that he has to resort to violence:
This is one of those weapons that few people know or even care about!
That build for event farming looks amazing! Did you make it yourself? If so would a tutorial be something you’d consider?
I have to completely disagree with your statement on the devs "fixing" the loss of identity for melee, in 1.4.4 melee is still projectile heavy.
The melee class had a single projectile weapon actual made in to a proper melee weapon, that being the true excalibur. But the 1.4.4 update gave use even more projectile melee weapons such as light's bane, blade of grass and most spears (technically).
If you think about the 1.4.4 melee changes as an improvement, than yeah it definitely is one, but it certainly wasn't a fix for the core complaint that I've heard for melee previously, that being
"that melee weapons get way too projectile reliant the farther you get"
It just slapped a new coat of paint on some weapons and that seems to have blinded most people to the fact that melee is still just projectile spam as it was previously, if not even more so now.
I just woke up and I instantly knew it would be a good day for 2 reasons 1: it’s Christmas Eve 2: Sockrteez uploaded
Merry Christmas!
A fitting video for the holidays. Honestly never used the weapon a lot, perhaps one day when I play as melee. Marry Christmas to all and everyone
Merry Christmas!
I feel like this was planned as a Christmas time video. Anyways, my thoughts:
I didn't actually know this sword got changed, but unfortunately it probably isn't enough to beat the terra blade's ease of use. Maybe worth picking up if for some reason you didn't make night's edge in pre hardmode? I dunno. Damage is great, but it comes at the cost of a slow projectile only really good for targets that move into it or have a big hitbox. Meanwhile Terra Blade just kinda tears apart everything (I'd expect nothing less from an iconic weapon after all)
I do remember this sword being a menace in 1.2 though both PvE and PvP, wonder what happened to make it fall off compared to the terra blade.
Love throwing random stuff at enimys, that's why the pewmatic horn is so great
FINALLY A VIDEO ON THIS WONDEROUS WEAPON
I keep forgeting this weapon got a huge buff in 1.4. Even though I always grind the frost moon when playing melee, I just throw it away and keep my beloved North Pole instead. Definitely going to have to give it a shot in my next melee playthrough though!
Poor golom man, dude gets ripped to hell and back verbally and just to top it off he's the #1 selection for battle testing 😂
for some reason this was my fav weapon in 1.2 but as soon as 1.3 came I forgor about it lol
2:33 goblin scout genocide
I remember that I only used the tree sword for all of hardmode
The day i found out the Christmas Tree Sword was incredibly good was when i witnessed it tear apart Revengeance Astrum Aureus in the Calamity Mod
Awesome video man!
How do you do these infinite projectiles at the end of your videos? A mod?
The reason I don’t use Christmas Tree sword for crowd control is that it only has medium range. Weapons like the scourge of the corruptor and terra blade can reach and kill far away enemies, but this weapon can’t.
Horseman Blade has the same vibes. Didn’t realize how much potential it had until obtaining it last night.
or i could get the solar eruption and spend less time
Warm Glove prevents From Frozen I hope it gets updated sprite and gets an upgrades or obtainable without needed to be exclusive in Christmas
It absolutely looks so satisfying at the end of the video since it rains thousands of ornaments
Damn he posted the vid at christmas day now that i like
lowkey thought you were a million subscriber channel, you content is well made keep it up!
Ayy thanks I appreciate it :)
@@sockrteez i have been blessed with teez
Try using the sword with the mechanical bosses
Just by making a railway system across the map and go from one end to the other the boss would just following you and just keep swinging the sword if you angle it correctly all the projectiles would hit the boss dealing high damage
And with the destroyer just make a 3x5 box with a platform floor and just aim downwards and all the projectiles would hit the destroyer without the boss reaching you
And don't worry about the drones cause they can't aim at you from below with getting hit by the projectiles so you're safe
Can you make a video explaining how to build the arena with the conveyor system?
One of my favorite weapons in the game. Star wrath is still my favorite though.
When you do the damage tests against enemies, what difficulty do you play in?
Expert
I honestly forgot that the Christmas tree sword was a thing am not going to lie
Ive only used this weapon like once.. I havent played the game for a while, yet recently dreamed about using it
i would say it would be forgotten at current state but if it project goes infinitely it would be one of the hest pre golem weapons
My favorite Christmas tree sword before thanks for reminding me I forgot that sword
The end with the super speed was especially cool looking with this weapon
Was that a mod?
@@noahfenlon4231 definitely
The main issue is that there isn’t much to use it on
Even if you counted all event bosses, mini bosses, each pillar, non required bosses, it’s still not enough
(I’m doing a unique/rarely used weapons playthrough,
I’ll need to do it twice for Melee and Mage,
Ranger could work but I’d need to cheat in weapons,
and I’m not sure if said weapons are strong enough (they should be
Summoner works best, but even still, it feels a bit rushed at the end with unnecessary whips and summons
Even including Ocram wouldn’t be enough, but it would solve a few issues with Ranger (Vulcan repeater/star cannon and Titan armor anyone?
(Titan armor and the Star cannons would have 98/100% chance not to consume ammo respectively, fun stuff)
Ah, perfect for the Christmas season
Oh wow. I’m used to it launching an ornament in an arc kinda like a grenade launcher
a good weapon, yes, it really is good. i still feel like its outclassed by some other options at that stage of the game though
Being honest If they had add Slash effect like Excalibur on 1.4.4 and infinity travel for the star projectile It would be waaaay better, unfortunaly this won't happen even on mods apparently
I think magic on the viability scale is kinda just super up and down tbh you either get something like Crystal serpent to carry you to Golem or you have to pray for pre skeletron water bolt (no longer possible lol) or have actually 0 weapons.
You should do an April Fool's one of these for the Copper Shortsword
which mod do you use for attack speed at the end of these videos?
i think everyone forgot the terragrimm
New weapon review what will it be ,I really wish I could make this a poem but I can’t think of more
It carried me through betsy on master so I've had a soft spot for the ever green fiend
It's great especially if you don't want to or didn't plan ahead for making the terra blade.
calamity buffs this so hard
its by far the best post plant melee weapon
16 second astrum aureus kill
I have no idea why these sword never got a rework in the *melee update* (aka 1.4.4) and why it’s not a material for the Zenith(horsemen blade I’m looking at you)
Wait, the sword got a rework in 1.4.0 right? I don't remenber this sword doing this
Edit:I look to the old sword and only shoot one onament and it's all what the sword do, so yeah it got a buff in 1.4.0
It alredy got a rework in 1.4
it really should be a zenith material
Merry Christmas to everyone who reads this!
Merry Christmas!
holy heck the ending though where the attack speed is increased, very suitable for today's Special Day :D
may you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS sock :3
Thanks! Have an awesome Christmas!
This is a modded thing right ? Unfeasble in vanilla Journey
Geez I seen the video the second it came in
It was buffed sometime between 1.3-1.4.4 I used it alot back on ps4 years ago
MERRY CHRISTMAS BRO FROM THE PHILIPPINES
Merry Christmas!
1.4.4 terrablade just slaps so unbeliabbaly hard that it isnt worth the farm unless you're doing a completionist run or something
Me ngl
i always curious how you spam those projectile on every near end of your videos
Y'know, this thing actually became my favorite weapon in the game after I started really playing around with it. It's so unlike any other weapon in the game in terms of how it behaves, and its performance actually exceeds that of the terra blade in a few situations. I'm still really fond of the onyx blaster, but this thing usurped its throne for me.
soon he will have a video for every weapon in terraria 1.4.4
me watching terraria guides without actually being able to play
Based sock uploading even more good videos
O MY GOD - Did... sockrteez... just use... WINGS?!?! 3:07
*Cute fishron left the chat*
Brooo, im still finding out about all the revamps for mele items. labor of love, more like just a "small" update to keep yall busy
once again another post-plantera weapon that doesn't matter at all because the terrablade exists
the intros always hooks me lmao
I got a weighted blanket for Christmas, it fell on my face when watching this video, it really hurt 😢
You should compare the chlorophyll ore weapons with each other because let's be honest. Literally no one uses anything other than the shot bow or armor.
I love this sword! Also thank you for not killing Dr man fly in the beginning.. at least I think you didn't kill him.
Edit:what if there was a magic weapon just like the corruption thorn staff one but instead of thorns its Christmas lights@
I'm afraid you posted the wrong video description
Nobody talking about the first fractal
Next video idea: Is the frost armor worth it?
is summoner really that bad throughout most stages of the game? ranger is incredibly powerful and consistent throughout the entire game, and it makes sense that melee drops off around pre-wall and takes a while to get back up into a respectable amount of dps, i don't know much about mage because i don't really like it, but i feel like early hardmode through pre-plantera summoner is very powerful, as the sanguine staff is insane. i doubt mr sockrteez himself will respond, but if anyone else is willing to respond, pls explain
also sorry if that was nonsensical
Well they sure gave this weapon a rework. Is it autofire now? I remember it used to just toss a bauble projectile in the direction of aim
I love the idea of this weapon
How do you summon so many globes from the sword at the final part of the video?
This should’ve been a part of the Zenith