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i.imgur.com/BnrbhVN.jpeg Big idea is abusing Indomitable++ to allow scaling with Arcane Nova and Multi-Shot. This lets me keep 40+ Mr. Cthulhus out instead of just 2. Duet with a 100% crit chance Shining Star Arrow adds a ton of damage as well.

I know, right. This would be super obnoxious without crowns.

The sad part is that even with the upgrade, it's still worse than Doom. Poms are weaker in this game and Doom had boons for further upgrades.

Blizzrad is rough and will feel lile a slogfest with all but the highest DPS builds. I've beaten it with all characters, but I don't have any guides. My advice is if you don't high roll into good damage setup then auto-kill chance and building defensively might be the best options. If you're impatient, you might consider restarting until you get the "deal more damage, take more damage" passive at the start. Lastly, some of the red essence modifiers at the start are very strong and will help you get more blue essence for shops and upgrades. I like the one that causes HP drain in exchange for leech. Just make sure to take the passive that makes health flasks heal over time.

Easiest/most consistent character is the wine flamethrower one IMO. Start with Pyrostone. The 40% burn chance lets you spam flying sword attacks early game without needing to use recall or melee to ignite. Its passives are still useful late game too, but you might find stronger options. The rest is just getting movement speed to avoid getting hit, damage to kill faster, and enough recall duration/recovery to get 100% uptime.

@@xlxlxlxl123thank you!!! 😊

There is a merchant at the start of every run that activates a penalty in exchange for red souls and increased blue and red soul gain. The bonuses seem to be multiplicative since the soul gain is massive with two or three penalties active. Those symbols on the right side of the screen show that I have three penalties active. I have no idea what the symbols mean, but I believe one causes enemies to explode when killed (damaging and inflicting a DoT on me). Another one appears to be a persistent DoT in exchange for a life leech effect.

@@xlxlxlxl123 make sense. Seems like white ash runs like this are almost impossible without a bunch of leech effects...

@@xlxlxlxl123 what is giving you so much life back, I don't see predator or leech on?

@@SONYUSR The challenge thing I mentioned.

The merchant near the difficulty selection sells it for like 30 red souls.

@@xlxlxlxl123 thanks

Here's what I had i.imgur.com/jXLXOvQ.jpg

Pretty much everything by the Hades fight. Every hit of the shield special triggers a lightning bolt and has a decent chance to trigger two because of Double Strike. Every bolt triggers a ball of lightning from the Zeus Legendary. I've also got the Smoldering Air duo boon which lets me use Zeus's call frequently. And of course the call works with Double Strike and the legendary as well.

I love all the little reactions to things. Feels they added dialogue for everything.

Yeah, these weren't my typical boons or build. I had just unlocked the Hades keepsake and I used it the entire run. I usually use some combo of Athena and Aphrodite to make my overly aggressive play-style a little safer. Watch my other video if you want to see that in action and with a stronger build to boot.

Yeah, this new fight is awesome! It definitely needs a good build though since that healing is a DPS check. I didn't do it in this run, but 3rd phase is terrifying with forced overtime.

@@xlxlxlxl123 dunno if I'll be able to do it bc of the difficulty, also since my pc is on the weaker side (it starts chugging along in Asphodel, around 50ish fps bc of the magma and in Elysium some rooms hit 60, but some of them get as bad as mid 30's) I can only wonder what this fight will do to my pc

@@Nyanlathonep I think it would be cool if we could choose to do this version of the fight during the run somehow, kind of like the Heart in Slay the Spire.