10 Criminally Underused Weapons in Terraria 1.4.4

10 Criminally Underused Weapons in Terraria 1.4.4. The Dart Rifle, Thunder Zapper, Frost Daggerfish, Magic Dagger, Paintball Gun, Charged Blaster Cannon, Flying Dragon, Bubble Gun, Dark Lance and Drippler Crippler. Today we look at 10 of the most underrated and underused weapons in Terraria 1.4.4. You see having reviewed sooooo many at this point, I figured it was about time I put a bunch of fantastic weapons all in one vid! If you think the list should be altered in anyway though, let me know down below! Enjoy!
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[@sockrteez]

d r i p p l e r c r i p p l e r

[@philipgelderblom6878]

Fun weapon

[@bananasplitzX]

epic weapon

[@back_the_bone]

d r i p p l e r c r i p p l e r

[@PLScypion]

It cripplers enemies' drip. Truly overpowered.

[@ChillestOfBalls]

I LOVE THE DRIPPLER CRIPPLER!! I LOVE WATCHING THE DESTROYER'S HP GET REDUCED TO AN EMPTY HEALTH BAR IN SECONDS 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯

[@ashawilliams6390]

Sockrteez’s whole goal in life is to talk about the drippler crippler

[@nuclear_chicken_grease]

Like it’s good and all but either way it’s still a flail lol

[@Knit0706]

Its a pleasure to use but so annoying to get that I dont often bother

[@philipgelderblom6878]

Rest in peace destroyer. Cheesiest of bosses

[@Hexenat]

yeah, rest in PIECES

[@bruhgod123]

Dart gun with cursed darts shreds Destroyer.

[@Spazmatism-395]

And the eater

[@Denniz686]

Some others i would put would be the clockwork assault rifle , aqua scepter and the aerials bane

[@Randomness662]

cwar is absolutely goated. almost as good as mega shark imo

[@firstpersonsnooter2519]

@@Randomness662you can kill plantera with it on normal mode it’s that good

[@skweeb06]

@@firstpersonsnooter2519 everything works on normal mode lol clockwork is good but not that good

[@firstpersonsnooter2519]

@@skweeb06 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpS8gWOsh8elecUsi=lM_3iyDdUsCONftn

[@squeledogworld6951]

Dude i reached golem with hellstone bow and hellstone arrows in normal lmao

[@Hausbau.]

honestly one weapon that I find really useful is the wooden yo-yo its better than any ore sword because you can wall cheese has range and you can make a a string to increase the reach easily also it’s really helpful for farming jungle enemies

[@irisstarsterio8960]

It's just forgotten because by the time a lot of people even craft string they usually have something better. But honestly Yo-yos in general are pretty underrated honestly

[@thefirstjim]

​@@irisstarsterio8960string is so quick to craft that id honestly rather put the ore into it and get better armour instead

[@johnnycanny8756]

All ice mimic weapons tbh, I never see anyone use them but they are so easy to get in early hardmode and help a lot

[@pommpy6911]

Idk man drippler crippler lookin kinda nice

[@mark220v]

true. i remember back in 1.3, when i just started playing terraria, i used frost bow as my first attempt to kill destroyer. i built a cube way high in the sky and thought i would be able to kill destroyer. at the end of night, i descended and realized that i did only 20k damage.

[@Pyrax99]

sockrteez is about to make a vlog about the drippler crippler shrine in his home soon enough

[@mauzf]

One weapon I got surprised about is the Toxikarp, it helped me against Queen Slime and all the Mech Bosses (especially Destroyer), it's fun to use and has a high damage potential

[@VinMann]

Haven't finished watching the video yet but I swear if the drippler crippler is number 1 imma have an aneurysm

[@Human..Being...]

Did you survive your aneurysm?

[@lucasfsm8874]

Oh no

[@xenoticsam3299]

ah yes, a new video posted at 2:10am, definitely gonna watch this

[@anthonybenci9035]

5am for moi

[@DrakonBlake]

March 9th 2024 for me

[@SomeRand0mNerd]

Honestly, the "belt whip" used by the "my dad" boss when I don't give him beers after he asked me to is way too overpowered

[@yotte7959]

It’s so op that it can send you to an unreleased dimension called the orphanage

[@bobosaurus331]

The dark Lance is an incredible weapon, it’s just at the same progression stage as the nights edge

[@landonj.9475]

it does way more dps than the night’s edge

[@bobosaurus331]

@@landonj.9475 on a single target yes, but nights edge is easier to use with better crowd control. Maybe dark lance is better against deerclops but against everything else nights edge is better

[@codesymbi]

2:40 That looked so damn funny 😂 The painter was just chillin there and a wild terrarian suddenly came flying through the door with rocket boots and started beating the hell out of him with a stinky sword, what the hell

[@luckyrat16]

Shadow flame bow gets no love

[@mcmike4144]

I got in hardmode in my meelee/ranged run recently and MY GOD the shadowflame bow was AMAZING. With frost armor (i really wanted frost armor) enemies just melt after getting hit.

[@landonj.9475]

Yeah, one of my favorite weapons

[@arcadiacmaniac]

Another one I don’t hear often is the Rainbow Rod. That thing is unironically one of the best mage weapons against empress of light and duke Fishron due its high speed and dps, making it great for obtaining something more late game like the nightglow or razorblade typhoon

[@wannachetoh1928]

Its better as like a secondary, support weapon like the Clinger Staff and Nimbus Rod. If you use all of these, it is an amazing synergy with an class.

[@modestmismagius105]

one of if not my most favorite weapon in the game, I *always* make it during a mage playthrough

[@arcadiacmaniac]

@@wannachetoh1928 support weapons are weapons you don’t have to actively keep using. Rainbow rod is the definition of a primary weapon, it’s very versatile and performs well in every situation

[@adamgarbaczewski]

@@wannachetoh1928 Rainbow *Gun* is a secondary support weapon.

[@somefries3101]

Wait but doesn't it cost too much mana? I should attempt a boss with it to see if it's viable in boss fights

[@lazygravy_brook]

I actually just used Icy Daggerfish in a playthrough. Aside from how slow it was to get 'em, I was genuinely surprised by their performance!

[@lazygravy_brook]

And also, Paintball gun went crazy too

[@landonj.9475]

I never go a single playthrough without the paintball gun (with the exception of class specific runs); I’m glad it’s getting recognition

[@swagtastic3546]

another weapon thats pretty good now imo is the bananarang cause its been updated to where you dont have to collect 10 of them anymore to throw ten bananas. plus the drop chance got boosted from 3.33% to 10%.

[@BlueSolarEclipse]

I played a mage run with staffs only and i noticed that the thunder zapper is on the same playing ground as the diamond staff, very strong if you dont get lucky with the ores and dont want to fish, great diamond staff replacement.

[@user-hs5xz4rb4g]

you know sock man calamity is quite a popular mod for terraria and i feel like a vast majority of players would love to see weapon reviews on all the variaty of items it has

[@AniematedSteph]

Please review the Boomstick. One of the best pre-Boss weapons and something I always go for on ranged playthroughs. Can take you past skeletron.

[@modestmismagius105]

boomstick my beloved 💖

[@theenderrabbit8198]

The Drippler crippler brings back those memories of not getting it after 23 blood eel kills 💀

[@user-mf4uo9ox2y]

A weapon i think is uncredibly underrated is the blow dart, its not greatbwith seeds but with poison darts it can easily carry you through the jungle early game and can easilly take out the eye of cuthulu with little health or defense and because of how easy poison darts are to obtane(simply craft 100 of them for a single stinger) i would highly recomend the blow dart as a early game ranger weapon

[@paperboy1790]

You should review the frost staff! Not the "frost hydra staff", just frost staff! Found as a drop from icy mermen, its an early hardmode staff that certainly does things, but i wonder what you think? I'm not sure why I'm so obsessed with it rn but please review it, I didn't even knew it existed until a few weeks ago when I was scrolling the wiki aimlessly and found it in the weapons page

[@isaiahgifford9990]

Thank you for saying the bubble gun!!! Ain’t nobody use that thing it’s better than the razorpine

[@mellow3995]

The Spirit Flame is my favourite mage weapon by far, while it's kinda annoying to get, it can take you straight to Golen or Duke Fishron and doesn't require aiming at all so you can focus 100% on dodging.

[@Its_Sult_]

can you make a video on the Bee Gun and Wasp Gun? thy have low damage but thy are really strong in lots of situation

[@Abyssbreaker01]

I’ve always been a fan of the trimerang. I sometimes even use it up until queen bee on expert

[@Number1firecrackeropp]

2:32 I absolutely agree with you , if you turn on auto attack you basically have a free minishark with unlimited ammo

[@back2quack605]

Just today I wound up using the drippler clippler in my melee playthrough and it shredded all mech bosses and invasions 💀 Why do so few people use this weapon?

[@schtinky1151]

Honestly the wand of frosting isn't too bad as a starter weapon. For just a chest drop and 99 ice torches it can be much easier to get in a mage playthrough than a lot of other early options.

[@terralazing]

I'm currently playing a vanilla ranger play-through and holy HELL the dart rifle is terribly slept on It carried me thru mechs, plantera, and golem (and probably cultist if I wasn't ass) Get yourself a dart rifle and cursed darts and ur set 👌

[@GPPiano]

The dart rifle is always my go to in most playthrough. It’s so overpowered!

[@zacharykoo5260]

For me, the tome of infinite wisdom has become my all-time favorite mage weapon that I don't see talked about a whole lot! I think it has incredible versatility and can carry you through plantera!

[@TheSuperSpud]

What I love about ice dagger fish is how many of them you get at once Plus you can sell them if you don’t like them so win win! Got a lot while tryna get ice skates

[@Shadowraith-eu6pp]

Can we get a comparison between the Blood Butcher and Lights Bane, I like both but I’m not sure which is better

[@VixYW]

I always see you killing the Destroyer by attacking it's spawn cluster, but I never ever saw the spawn cluster appear when I'm playing. Whenever I find him, he's already all out and surrounding me.

[@murderdronesfanatic6011]

It usually spawns offscreen so you have to rush to where its icon starts on the map if you want to see the cluster

[@modestmismagius105]

also if you play calamity worm bosses have 99% damage reduction for a few seconds when they spawn so you can't cheese them by using piercing weapons on the cluster

[@sockrteez]

Tbh it takes some rng, gotta be super quick and head to it straight away. If you miss the cluster the drippler can still destroy tho

[@dusheyo6769]

Some of the reasons why I am not using these weapons: Dart rifle - I like to torture myself for uzi Frost daggerfish - Fishing Paintball gun - Usually I don't have enough NPC houses for painter to move in Flying dragon - You said it yourself, old one's army. I think I am going to try the dart rifle and paintball gun in my next playthrough tho. (I will also try the drippler crippler) Rest are amazing picks. I appreciated the charged blaster cannon myself. Just my last playthrough was calamity, so there were few buffs to these weapon's competitors(for example much better amber staff).

[@ropuluff2333]

I actually used the thunder zapper in my master mode mage playthrough recently and it rlly is a solid early game weapon combined with vilethorn.

[@nuntiusgt]

When you talked about the dart rifle, i was really excited to see, tho seeing cursed flames darts having the spotlight... why not give crystal darts a try tho? IMO its also an underrated ammo type that easily gets overshadowed by both the curse darts and ichor darts

[@IrisSweetleaf]

I would say that the poison knives are a reasonable alternative to the frost daggerfish, being slightly slower and having slightly less damage however mostly making up for this with it's poison effect. They can be gotten with just some throwing knives and whatever evil powder your world has. They generally seem marginally worse but I recommend it for you people who I know are averse to fishing in this game. Took down the brain with them once!

[@Thatkidwiththecreeperhoo-or1oz]

Book of skulls

[@plagueknight3056]

I sure hope that the leaf blower will show up next video

[@Iryldrith]

dart rifle is by far my favorite weapon in the game to the point i used it to beat moon lord! its not a good weapon for the job but it works (barely)

[@darknessitself8259]

love how much effort you put into your videos!! thanks for this :)

[@joshcalegan5526]

The best Weapon Teacher in Terraia

[@bananasplitzX]

i just dont go for the drippler crippler because i never remember to fish in the blood moons

[@abelzalantoth4548]

Unironically, I think Wand of Frosting is pretty underrated, in my first mage run in 1.4.4 I used it to take out the Wall of Flesh

[@agentlyonardo939]

Day 7 of asking for a Pygmy staff review but I definitely think the pirate staff earned a spot on this list tbh

[@T3RRYYY_]

Wow, I use to play Terraria all the time when I was younger(it came out around the time a was born, give or take a few years) but I stopped playing durning the time it had a big update, since I played it on my phone it lagged to much, I'm thinking on getting back into the game but I don't know if I'll like it since my game taste is more like COD, WOW, and Minecraft

[@stonerbland7621]

In my first playthrough beating the game, I stumbled across a dart rifle with staunch and used it almost the rest of my playthrough (not knowing about modifiers, I just thought it was part of the name)

[@scramble76]

me and my friend managed to kill wall of flesh with the paintball gun relatively easily in a challenge, gotta love that thing

[@demongameryeet]

Not mentioning the dart pistol in tandom with the dart rifle slightly upset me

[@chonks7765]

Dark lance is super good, An A tier weapon for when it's introduced to the player, but the problem with it isn't even a problem with the weapon itself, its simply the fact the nights edge just exists and goes above and beyond what the dark lance is capable of.

[@Floppy_Trusty]

Gonna try to use these weapons on my next playthrough now :D

[@rickywood8805]

Bubblegun now with spectre armour is actually insane vs fishron

[@gmdspectrion2689]

told you the magic dagger was underrated :)

[@kyarumomochi5146]

CONTINUE THE RANDOM TELEPORT SERIESSS

[@BlueSolarEclipse]

Believe it or not, the harpoon is actually fairly strong against almost every enemy in prehard mode, due to its fast fire rate at point blank range, it can deal a lot of damage with its 20+ base damage.

[@SmallScrumpler]

You'd be surprised, but the Chain Guillotines are OP, even in Master mode. The only bosses they're not really viable with is anything with small hitboxes (Prime's hands or Golem's hands) or bosses that require piercing (Destroyer), but you could definitely beat the Twins and even Fishron straight out of pre-hardmode with enough preparation (Ore Armor+Wings+Potions) and good gameplay using just the Guillotines. I recently did a Master mode flail-only playthrough, and they were really viable. They were able to get an average of 100 damage per hit without getting crits. I was able to beat Fishron with a few basic potions, a Cursed Flame flask, Palladium armor, spectre boots, and frost wings within 15-20 minutes (quicker if not having been on Master mode). The only problem during the fight was mobility, but that's mostly because it was an early Hardmode Fishron fight and I had bad movement, the damage worked really well though. I would recommend them as an early hardmode weapon, but I would recommend not using them against Prime or Destroyer, they are a bit tough to hit/properly take down, but you could just get Flairon and the rest of the game becomes easy.

[@arcticnova9068]

As someone who is currently doing a legendary playthrough, it is so hard to get some of these weapons

[@Assabinnas]

Try out the bananrang. Its speed and damage are nice, but its knockback is INSANE

[@justpodzol9681]

I managed to find a thunder zapper almost immediately in my first expert playthrough- I was already planning on going mage too. That thing carried me so far. Edit: Also, Magic Dagger is amazing. I'm glad it's finally getting attention, even if only in a list of underused weapons

[@lizart_.]

Do frost brand next

[@fawlkire5072]

I don't do frost moon all that often so I never knew the "North Pole" was a weapon. Might be a decent OoA weapon. Worth a review?

[@absolutelynobody6979]

I spam fish on bloodmoons every playthrough because of this channel😂 Thanks, bro!

[@deppojacob]

Joke's on you, I already use lots of these! Here's a few that i use the most Thunder Zapper: if you go for a desert run, go for it! Storm Spear: (not mentioned), but still amazing! Once again, while not as good as the Zapper, it's good for when waiting for your mana, packing a similar punch to the Zapper when close enough. Magic Dagger: Decently easy to get, if you stumble across it, then use it, as it uses mediocre mana do give WAY above mediocre dps, able to be used against mechs pretty well. Paintball Gun: Worst on the list, only because of how hard it is to get a Painter early-game, and the chance, but if you already have lots of houses, get to murderin'! Bubble Gun: While horrible for faster bosses, it is EXCEPTIONAL for close-range fights, this thing, if gotten early enough, can shred Plantera and Golem, or even Queen Slime's first stage if you wish. Dark lance: Legit one of my favorite weapons, mainly due to nostalgia. It packs a pretty good punch, being able to shell out very comparable damage to the Night's Edge, with much less grind behind it. (i still have my first ever dark lance from 2016 in my safe, along with my chain knife)

[@jw6673]

3:40 that was my main weapon when i lost my zenith untill i crafted another

[@AvanYT....]

2:02 I have these in pre hard mode Somehow I think it was Because I found a mimic In the dont dig up seed

[@oscarworme4456]

Just know I was here

[@Palemis]

Musket is such an underrated weapon considering how many people use the minishark

[@drsatan3231]

2:13 what item/armor set gives the spinning shield thingies?

[@mrbdwastaken]

Titanium armor

[@drsatan3231]

@@mrbdwastaken danke

[@gaelonhays1712]

I'd like to say the Arkhalis is underrated, but considering it's a dev item (1/20 drop from expert or master HM bosses, one of many dev sets, kinda rare), I can't really call it easy to obtain, and I understand that most people don't like its attack. Not to mention its younger brother, the 1/50 Enchanted Sword-with-a-mutation Teragrim. Nevertheless, the Arkhalis is still my favorite weapon in the game.

[@LazerObrgeen]

I always use dart rifle/pistol as ranger it is insane

[@D0NU75]

a lot of good and fun weapons get buried under more boring but powerful ones

[@cringedumpster737]

I wanna do a dart run only soo bad lol

[@fuze6131]

Magic daggers underrated af. They have same dps as other mage weapon on its point of progression (except meteor staff) and it only takes to kill mimic to get it. U can easily beat all mechs with these daggers and even more, it’s honestly one of the best weapon against Fishrone. I usually kill Fishrone after mechs with holly armor. Ye it will take u a while to kill him (around 8 mins) but genuinely it’s one of the best weapons at this progression point against him as it’s really easy to aim with it, easy to destroy bubbles and sharks due to piercing so it makes Fishrone battle just into dodging his dashes which is easy if u know his attack patterns. And drop from Fishrone can be used till the end of the game so tbh all u need to go through whole hard mode is magic daggers and razor blade typhoon. To kill Fishrone I use Queen slime mount as it has best vertical mobility and its all u need to dodge, also u’ll need blizzard in balloon to get huge boost in vertical mobility. Accessories slots look like this ‘charm of myths’, ‘cross necklace’, ‘mage emblem’, ‘avenger emblem’, ‘mana cloak’, ‘Celestial Cuffs’, ‘brain of confusion’ or ‘worm scurf’, I usually enchant half of it for +4% dmg and half for +4% crit chance Build long arena, it should have 3-4 layers with gap between them that u barely see top layer. Place 2 fire camps, 2 heart lanterns, also 2 Bastet statues would be nice. Fight will go in 3 phases, 1st and 3rd are very easy if u know patterns, the only danger is mid-end of 2nd phase as it take u lot of focus to dodge attacks and place homing sharknado in right place. in 1st phase u just jump up and down when he dashes, he dashes 5 times then alternately spawns sharknadoes and bubbles, try to make him spawn sharknadoes at edge of ur arena and then go opposite direction, make him shoot bubbles at the centre and then again go to corner, make him spawn sharknadoes at edge then just turn and keep going and dodging. If doing it right no sharknadoes will reach u and u’ll be able to destroy bubbles easily. In 2nd phase he becomes faster, he does 3 dashes and then again alternately spawns homing sharknadoes and bubbles. Same in this phase, but it will be harder to control where homing sharknado spawns as it spawns when homing projectile hits u and he usually keep dashing when this projectile still flying at u. When it hits u go down and when Fishrone dashes just go up so sharknado won’t hit u as if u dodged by going down. Sharknado in 2nd phase is only dangerous thing in this battle. In 3rd phase he dashes 1 time, teleport behind u, dashes 2 times, teleport again, dashes 3 times, teleport, that’s all so u just have to count how many times he dashed. Just stay on lowest layer, when he dashes 1 time just jump over it (don’t jump on 2nd layer, jump slightly), when he dashes 2 times jump a bit higher so he dashes 1st time when u go up and 2nd time when u go down, when he dashes 3 times do same as 2 dashes just jump one more time at the end. Make him dash horizontally, never let him be right above u as it’ll be nearly impossible to dodge with Queen slime mount but it’s actually ain’t that hard to control where he dashes, few tries of practice and u turn it into slow dance where he can’t even touch u.

[@LongCat1]

The lunar flare is heavily underrated, sitting in the shadow of the last prism

[@hamzamotara4304]

Nah man the Zenith is underused and underated. I've never seen anyone getting their first Moon Lord kill with it, and its actually quite good.

[@yeetus5439]

I didnt even know that some of these weapons even existed

[@fleimillo8497]

I might do a challenge world where i only use these weapons

[@Manahina1]

3:27 I mean... it is the most powerful pre-hardmode sword.

[@crystalcat3696]

Drippler crippler is this man's favorite word

[@Unknown_ghost123]

What is that weapon spinning around your character

[@tlhpr0vidence579]

I'd also put the javelins and the frostbrand on this list

[@redracecardriver3877]

I personally used the Flyind Dragon to finish my for the worthy playthrough. And it destroyed moonlord.

[@paprykaczerwona1077]

i think that staff of earth is preaty underrated weapon

[@thecore8605]

Dart rifle is massive with ichor darts

[@meedrowh1809]

Personally, I've used all of those weapons. Magic Dagger was one of my favorites when 1.1 came out

[@MastaDJMax]

You really gotta try the Fetid Bhagnaks...

[@kristoffpaul8824]

BBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@MrChummington]

Horsemen's Blade Supremacy. More Horsemen's Blade.

[@emeraldsdumbchannel]

I Think All These Weapons Needs Some WAY More Love.

[@jhumamukherjee8017]

Love you sock

[@bluecat7684]

Thunder Zapper is great but they really need to buff its obtainability

[@Klyxlik]

I love the thunder zapper

[@dumbotoonz9147]

you forgot to add the beam sword to the list 🤦‍♂️

[@barsozcan3105]

Bubble gun is OVERPOWERED weapon. I beat golem cultist and moon events.

[@Flynt010]

I don't wanna be "that guy" or anything but how does showing the Drippler Crippler against a clumped up Destroyer show how good it is compared to how hard it is to get? I mean, yeah it's good on its own, and any piercing weapon is good against that clumped destroyer, I just thought it was odd that it was the clip you chose to show how good it was, genuinely curious.

[@sockrteez]

From my many destroyer cheese tests I think the drippler has the fastest kill so just wanted to highlight that part of it lol Even without that ability it’s an amazing weapon for crowd control tho

[@kyarumomochi5146]

Also. Dart rifle is objectively worse than dart pistol because its damage was nerfed so its much better to use dart pistols now

[@benjamintraynham5569]

what? you like the drippler crippler? i never knew that! its not like you mention it in every video you ever make!