Still, it proves my point on you can beat the game with just about anything - to memory i had toxic egg, and i had Runic Pyramid, so when i saw the Madness event i realized i could get a bunch of madness+, combine these with Dual Wield and Reaper to create a bunch of 0 cost reapers, and then just recurr Dual Wield repeteadly and keep making more 0 cost reapers - and the constant (if slow) damage from that, the hp leech being buffed by ironclad's Flower relic, it was enoguh to win. It actually had Vajra and i think maybe a single inflame+, but no real strength scaling, at least not of hte quality that Reaper normally needs to be good. I actually once beat A20 using Infinite 0 cost no strength reapers. Plus, you probably need some way to recurr or duplicate Reaper to really get use out of it - The best reaper decks are often ones that have four energy and runic pyramid, so they can then draft Dual Wield and use this to create infinite Reapers. You still need max hp because it takes a while to setup, and obviously you cant recover when you're deaaaaaad. Turns out AoE damage into HP is bloody helpful, whod've thought! Similar reasons why you slam corruption on ironclad (Free skills = defend yourself while beaitng shit to death, and Corruption/Feel No Pain is real good, as is Corruption/Feel No Pain/Juggernaught. With the Reaper example, part of the reason to slam it is it ALSO solves a big problem for Ironclad: Defending and attacking at the same time.
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But later on, i'm really unlikely to take ball lighting, because it just dosent do enough. Because Ball Lighting is strong enough to help me beat all of the act 1 elites. say the first 5 floors of act 1, i will slam Ball Lighting almost without question. Simply because the chance of pairing them with Biased Cognition or Fasting is that strong.Įxample: If i'm on defect, and it's.
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Even though Reaper relies on strength to be any good (And, frankly, you also need a mass of max hp as well), the chance of that synergy is so strong to be worth gambling on.Īnother example would be buying Orange Pellets or Clockwork Souvenir when you're playing Defect or Watcher. The flipside to this is that synergies help you beat challenges - I will, as Ironclad, take Reaper basically without question. But later on, i'm really unlikely to take ball lighting, because it just dosent do enoguh. Instead the best approach is to pick a card because it helps you beat an upcoming challenge.Įxample: If i'm on defect, and it's. This is generally referred to as chasing an archtype, and it will get you thrashed by the game - it's doable at low ASC, but at high asc you will die.
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So, as a general rule of thumb, picking cards because of synergy is not the best plan.Īt a basic level, you should never pick cards because "IF i get XYZ, i win!". Usually the entire first act goes by before I get offered 2 cards that support a theme. Once, I had a pure blizzard deck that was just perfect for my ocd, like I had hand crafted the entire thing. I wish I could try some of the synergies that I see in the cards, but I only seem to get complimentary cards after I've compromised my deck. I was trying to play the classes evenly and march them up the ascension together, but there is something about the ironclad that keeps drawing me back and I'm outpacing the others by a lot.
IRONCLAD SLAY THE SPIRE FREE
Been maybe a month and it really sucks up my free time. Picked this up recently when it went on sale.