Minecraft Bedrock Edition: Wither Boss Fight (Hard Difficulty)

While this isn’t my first time defeating the Wither (far from it), it’s my first time defeating it on Hard difficulty.
The Bedrock Wither has gained infamy for supposedly being way harder than the Java Wither, mainly because of its attack pattern. On Bedrock, when spawned it’ll appear white and start spinning around. When it has gained all of its health it’ll explode the surrounding area and start attacking you. It’ll rapid fire 4 skulls at you, with the fourth one being blue. This one can be deflected back at the Wither, but it won’t deal damage to it. After rapid firing the wither skulls, it’ll fly around for a second or two finding a different area to attack you from, and then it repeats. During this period the Wither flies high in the air, so it is advised to used ranged weapons such as bows and crossbows.
Once the Wither is reduced to half health, the attack strategy changes. Now it gains a Wither Shield, which prevents it from being hit by projectiles. The Wither also now flies low and starts destroying the terrain head-on instead of with its skulls. Now you’ll need to fight it using ranged weapons like swords. On Normal difficulty and higher, once it hits half health the Wither also spawns 4 Wither Skeletons to aid it in battle. Occasionally the Wither will do a rush attack (which is indicated by it turning flat on its face in the air). It will sweep the floor and destroy any nearby terrain. Sometimes it may even dig a huge hole underground to try and escape you. From here it’s all or nothing. The Wither does not have any more special attacks from now on.
To top it off, the Wither on Hard difficulty has twice the amount of health compared to the Java Wither.
Once you finish off the Wither, it will turn white again and stand still, slowly expanding until it explodes and drops the nether star.

[@FNAFGameplayer]

I always fight the wither underground. Not only is it easier to fight with a Smite V sword (and a few golden apples just in case) because he doesn't have any space to get away from you (such as flying around and keeping its distance)
but also I especially fight on hard difficulty because when it launches, it breaks every block in its way, revealing tens of diamonds and other ores. With a fortune 3 pickaxe I managed to obtain many diamonds this way

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Let's go minecraft