zenith is cool and all but im ngl its pretty useless since its purely endgame. Most ppl neglect it unless they go for completionist route (all achievements / 100%) or some yt challenge orr whatever. sure its fun to use and super op, but the route to making it sucks and is pretty much pointless since bosses dont give you a challenge anymore. course this is purely vanilla terraria im talking about, not calamity, thorium, etc. so game progression wise, beam swords better. since most ppl just do moonlord% runs and dont go beyond that