>>275029332
You're supposed to swing slowly with heavy weapons. You do more damage and get a cleaner hit if you swing about as fast as the weapon moves. Aim for the joins and hit sideways to knock them off balance with blunt weapons then finish them with an overhead to the brain pan like you're chopping wood. You can easily crush through blocks with it too.
>>275001398
I [spoiler]saw the painting of the nullbody on the ground next to the pipes[/spoiler] and figured that was a hint to the solution so I [spoiler]crammed a corpse between the poles and looped his arms and legs around it to tie them together. Still had to run and jump quickly but it worked. The poles move as much as the platforms do. One pole for each platform.[/spoiler]