Bloodbath Mod/Living Guardian

The Living Guardian is a Pre-Hardmode boss fought during the daytime. It has the appearance of a flying tree trunk with a hole on top, which 2 small eyes gaze from. On it's "chest" area there's some partially visible holes, indicating a prison.

Spawn
The Living Guardian is summoned using a cursed twig during the daytime in a forest biome.

Behavior
When spawned, the Living Guardian will linger above the player, shooting bolts which inflict the living flames debuff, it will also spawn a few Leafy Slimes.

Attacks

 * Goes to the left of the player, lingers for a second and performs a dash.
 * After the dash, it performs a slightly slower dash backwards to catch up with the player.
 * Fades away and teleports above the player.
 * It will also spawn Latcher minions while doing so.

Aftermath

 * The living wood gear becomes available.

General

 * Making a big arena may help.
 * The player should try to move vertically.

Equipment

 * Accessories that boost player's movement speed are advised.
 * If the player has gotten the opportunity to make it, the Bundle of Balloons is by far the best accessory for vertical movement that can be obtained at this stage of the game.
 * Melee can be found difficult at this point of the game, because of it's limited range. The Amazon and Thorn Chakram can be very helpful for the fight, if the attacks are timed right.
 * The Platinum/Gold Fire Spitter, Steel Bow and Steel Rifle in addition with Rime Bullets can make quick work of the boss.
 * If the player can get their hands on the Diamond Staff, the fight can be over very quickly.
 * The Frostling Staff can do some good damage if the player resummons the frostling on top of the boss.