The bow has a 66% chance of not consuming ammunition. Since the Phantasm nerf, I feel like going with bullet based weaponry. The Vortex Beater disappointed me even more than the Phantasm because of not getting a new type of ammunition. Constantly shooting with the Phantasm will gradually … In Terraria you are always looking at a side point of view, but in this build I wanted to change that by making the illusion that your looking up into a canopy of trees. Not sure but we outdamaged almost everything else with it and rightfully so. The SDMG has higher damage obviously, and a higher rate of fire, but the vortex beater has that amazing grenade that shoots out at no cost, is homing, and does pretty good damage both to single and group enemy formations. Phantasm has much higher dps. The phantasm (with holy arrows) used to be the great weapon for rangers in 1.3 which dealt great damage. The Vortex fragments (being the ranger fragments) craft into the Phantasm, and Vortex Beater as said before. Guy: No! is the SDMG better than the vortex beater though? It started with a simple hamachi fight; Who would win? Vortex Beater in action. S.D.M.G: A machine gun with an … I used vortex beater with chlorophyte bullets. I'm wondering which of these guns would be worth it? Guy: I got more DPS on meter with Vortex Beater. A quick comparison between the vortex beater and the phamtasm. The Vortex Pillar drops 12–60 / 24–100 fragments. It is one of the four Lunar Fragments, dropped from the Vortex Pillar during the Lunar Events. 35.7k. For non cheese attempts, vortex beater with chlorophyte definitely. I'd say the Phantasm is better, but remember to use holy arrows, and on your second time, use luminite. Only being a new texture. Me: Phantasm. Ironically enough, I beat him with the Daedalus Stormbow, holy arrows and a roof. Phantasm: A Bow that shoots four arrows at once at a rapid pace with a damaging after image that gets faster the more times it hits the enemy; Vortex Beater: A gun that fires homing bullets alongside homing rockets. Vortex Beater. Posted by 6 days ago. Vortex Beater, however, is definitely better at wrecking crows of mobs (which really helps for the celestial events), and has the advantage of being a gun, which means you can use chlorophyte bullets. Vortex Fragments are a Hardmode post-Lunatic Cultist crafting material. A ranger in terraria gets hyped about what they are shooting. Phantasm has a ridiculous single target dps, because as bionder7777 said, the longer you keep focusing something, the better your firerate. Arrows are loosely grouped and can fire with varied velocities and ranges (similar to the Chlorophyte Shotbow). Build. Vortex Beater, however, is definitely better at wrecking crows of mobs (which really helps for the celestial events), and has the advantage of being a gun, which means you can use chlorophyte bullets. A quick comparison between the vortex beater and the phamtasm. The vortex beater has been buffed for the ranger class (still underpowered imo). Definitely Phantasm. Me: Lol, you want me to make a … I prefer vortex beater but I'm pretty sure Phantasm is better. The Phantasm is a Hardmode, post-Lunatic Cultist craftable bow that auto-fires four arrows at once, while only consuming a single arrow from the player's inventory. Me: Uhh, no. Ok, thanks! Phantasm or Vortex Beater. the already homing missile is beast with chlorophyte bullets on top of it, also the phantasm dps is insane with luminite arrows. vortex beater aint a bow. View entire discussion ( 1 comments) More posts from the Terraria community.