I always felt that even with the nerfs it still felt better to only run HLS or to run both swords but not combine them. If you stack like 3-4 bows on a single HLS with acorn rings you get insane damage numbers which would not be possible on a crossblades setup with a single bow. And it's a more straight power curve where you don't have to play some jank rounds to get that nice upgrade path. In either case, you should also add Ripsaw or Spear since they counter those nasty defence setups. You can support the stamina requirement with a potion belt, 2 upgraded stamina pots and a HP pot as the trigger and maybe a banana or yellow gems in boots/helmet. Its a crazy consistent setup. I can run it even when i don't hit HLS. Also, add in armor pots. That holy armor is bait. Run armor pots and buy all rocks in shop to run armor pot upgrades while still keeping rock bag stocked. Maybe you knew this but didn't since you didn't hit a single pot after win 10 lmao. If you hit a few blue gems and run this setup with book of light late game it is basically a free 18 win, way more consistent than hitting crossblades.
Ok turns out crossblades got nerfed today, so not sure how viable this strat still is. :P Also forgot to mention the epic helmet that reduces damage by 25% for 3 seconds is a good late game item. Edit: It's still good.
I always felt that even with the nerfs it still felt better to only run HLS or to run both swords but not combine them. If you stack like 3-4 bows on a single HLS with acorn rings you get insane damage numbers which would not be possible on a crossblades setup with a single bow. And it's a more straight power curve where you don't have to play some jank rounds to get that nice upgrade path.
In either case, you should also add Ripsaw or Spear since they counter those nasty defence setups. You can support the stamina requirement with a potion belt, 2 upgraded stamina pots and a HP pot as the trigger and maybe a banana or yellow gems in boots/helmet. Its a crazy consistent setup. I can run it even when i don't hit HLS. Also, add in armor pots. That holy armor is bait. Run armor pots and buy all rocks in shop to run armor pot upgrades while still keeping rock bag stocked. Maybe you knew this but didn't since you didn't hit a single pot after win 10 lmao.
If you hit a few blue gems and run this setup with book of light late game it is basically a free 18 win, way more consistent than hitting crossblades.
Ok turns out crossblades got nerfed today, so not sure how viable this strat still is. :P Also forgot to mention the epic helmet that reduces damage by 25% for 3 seconds is a good late game item.
Edit: It's still good.
:P