That Sundial really puts everything together because it gives you more energy to play other cards that do more damage than Dropkick. And with Double Tap and Dropkick played together, you can go an infinite loop. So if I played the cards right, I didn't have to sacrifice my HP for more energy like you do with Bloodletting+. Clockwork and Mutagenic worked really well together because the temp strength didn't go away after my first turn. I didn't get Smiling Mask until 3 rooms before A3 boss so I relied on the Pipe throughout the playthrough. Smiling Mask - 50 gold card removal at Merchant I'll list all of what I had but only the crucial ones with the description. My relics are what really sold this build.

With only three energy, I don't think I could have completed the game.Īfter so many tries, I ended up with a combination of these suggestions because I got really lucky on floor 1. I had two that were particularly helpful: one that reduced vendor prices 20% (from a ? floor) and one that gave me an extra energy each turn (from the Act 2 boss). I could never play Bash and Carnage together since I only had three energy for most of the run. I probably would have been better off with Flex than with Bash. Two of the eight that I removed were cards I added directly. I added three, then removed eight (which was pretty lucky since most runs have far fewer removal events). You start with 10 cards so you need a net loss of five to end up with five or less. I removed it in Act 3 at an event that gave me the option to remove it specifically, so that was lucky as it would have been terrible against the Act 3 boss. I ended up removing eight cards: Defend, Strike, Defend, Brutality, Anger, Inflame, Carnage, and Flex.Ĭarnage was a big help early. I ended up adding three cards directly: Carnage, Shrug it Off, and Flex. An event then transformed Metallicize into Brutality.

I got Pandora's Box from the Act 1 boss which I used to transform all Blocks and Strikes (I had six left at this point) into Shrug it Off, Dual Wield, Clash, Metallicize, Anger, and Inflame. I took an early Carnage thinking it would be strong at the end, but it turned out to not be a good choice and I was lucky that I was able to remove it and still get down to 5 total cards. You want to hit as many ? rooms and merchants as possible, hoping that ? rooms give you the option to remove cards and that you have enough gold to buy the card removal service from the merchant.

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