I am thinking about doing a run on expert mode where I use a mod to set my max hp to 1. Anyone got some advice or ideas I could use? I normally use melee and try get as high defense as possible so this should make me mix it up a lot.

Obviously damage is king and I would imagine summoning, magic or a mix between the 2 is probably the best way to go.

Prepping a perfect arena is going to be important, making use of teleporters when I get that far.

maybe fishing to get a lot of ore because I probably wont survive in mines for very long, avoiding enemies is possible but early on the burrowing worms will be extremely hard to avoid until I can 1 shot them.

Any other tips or ideas?