yeah that's probably the most natural method
also, keep in mind that, if you didn't know, the pillars are of varying difficulty:
solar (melee) is basically always the hardest
nebula (magic) / vortex (ranged) are roughly the same and are medium in difficulty
stardust (summon) is generally regarded as the easiest of the 4
however, all of these are of course very difficult and you will need post-golem gear (i'd reccommend doing martian event since the stuff it gives, like the influx waver or ufo staff, are pretty viable, for armor just go for whatever the best available is in post-golem, like beetle for melee or shroomrite for ranged)