Wow.. Right after I posted this I got the spider rune and pyrotechnics first try!
Wow.. Right after I posted this I got the spider rune and pyrotechnics first try!
Jump everywhere, roll. Turrets should kill him in 5 seconds or so with a correct build.
The forge dude upgrades base weapons to +, + to ++ and ++ to S (but can't upgrade a weapon you already upgraded, you can do the upgrading just once)
++ weapons give +1 to one of their stats, S weapons give +2 to their stats (idk if it can be 1/1 split if the weapon has 2 colors)
Oh. Guess its more a roguelike. Still on my list anyway, it look fun.
Thanks.
They can be split, and reforging modifiers on a weapon includes those bonus stats
How far did you get? I hear it gets worse the closer you get to the end.
Finally had a killer run through High Peak Castle. Got a sweet main weapon drop off the Clock boss, legendary version of thing that puts you behind the enemy for the final bit of a combo. First time using it as never had the blue print.
THEN! Killed Hand Of The King very very sloppily on my first try. Used all my flasks and was a couple of hits away from death but I did it. DELIGHTED. Great game.
THEN! Killed Hand Of The King very very sloppily on my first try. Used all my flasks and was a couple of hits away from death but I did it. DELIGHTED. Great game.
I had a great run. Went tactics. Frost blast as my primary attack. Rampart shield for damage reduction (because tactics can't get much of that). 1 tornado and 1 crossbow turrent (still haven't unlocked heavy). I kill HotK with a health flask charge still remaining. I think "damn, I'm not going to top that, so I guess I'll stop."
Figured I'd just check what the starting equipment would be for my next run and.... just kept on playing.
That's Dead Cells, man.
That said, the run where I went Brutality and killed HotK felt a little easier because of the 20-30% damage reduction on the 2 grenades. I feel like I need to use a shield with high damage reduction when going tactics because I just die too fast otherwise.
Figured I'd just check what the starting equipment would be for my next run and.... just kept on playing.
That's Dead Cells, man.
That said, the run where I went Brutality and killed HotK felt a little easier because of the 20-30% damage reduction on the 2 grenades. I feel like I need to use a shield with high damage reduction when going tactics because I just die too fast otherwise.
i only play in handheld mode and havent had any slow down but i have had an occassional split second frame freeze. Its doesn't happen enough to bother me but i notice it. But yeah aside from that i havent experienced any slow down and runs very smooth for me. Having the game on my lunch break at work is awsome. I know alot of games are "perfect for switch" but this game especially really is perfect for switch
Might be a YMMV kind of thing. The devs did come out and mention the issues though.. Patch coming November.
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About 5 hours in, it probably is a docked issue, I haven't noticed slowdown at all lol
You're also in the very, very beginning of what the game has to offer.
Fun trick
Using the assault shield, quickly tap parry followed by roll. If you do it right, you'll get the combined effects and distance of both. Handy for covering a lot of ground very quickly. It can also push enemies a good distance sometimes to shove them off edges (sometimes it doesn't shove at all, kind of inconsistent)
You can see it being used here (anywhere past 12:30):
Using the assault shield, quickly tap parry followed by roll. If you do it right, you'll get the combined effects and distance of both. Handy for covering a lot of ground very quickly. It can also push enemies a good distance sometimes to shove them off edges (sometimes it doesn't shove at all, kind of inconsistent)
You can see it being used here (anywhere past 12:30):
Made it to the clock tower boss but I have the fucking treasure curse on my ass so it is one hit death, fuck my life.
anybody manage to beat him without getting hit, I have an ice grenade a wolf trap and A broadsword, but with only one hit and I'm dead I'm pretty much fucked. This was my best run and I had to open that fucking chest
anybody manage to beat him without getting hit, I have an ice grenade a wolf trap and A broadsword, but with only one hit and I'm dead I'm pretty much fucked. This was my best run and I had to open that fucking chest
Made it to the HotK for the third time. Was doing massive damage, but I really got to stop panicking when I get low on health. Had it at 30% health and even had two health flask uses left. Will definitely have 4 by the time I reach that again.
I'd like to say the visuals get a bit too hectic in that fight for my slow brain, but everything looks telegraphed enough that I shouldn't be getting hit too much if I really stopped to consider every attack and learn to dodge/block at the right time.
Got a feeling I'll beat it next time!
I'd like to say the visuals get a bit too hectic in that fight for my slow brain, but everything looks telegraphed enough that I shouldn't be getting hit too much if I really stopped to consider every attack and learn to dodge/block at the right time.
Got a feeling I'll beat it next time!
So I just got the game and died at that concierge hand blade dude. Is that the first place people die?
He is the first boss, so if you are starting out, he is a considerable Roadblock until you can get better gear. Soon enough he will become a chump to you.
Today i managed to trip into a Turret build, all i had to do was dodge like crazy and spam Ice Hadouken and let the Turret do it's thing... made short work of the Clocktower boss, brought me all the way to the hand of the king. Nice.
Last week I convinced Nintendo Australia to refund me (well, eshop credit) for my Switch version of Dead Cells. Immediately bought it on PC. Buttery smooth.
Had a great build going with a legendary Endless Quiver and a legendary Hokuto's Bow. Took me all the way through the Timekeeper, who I basically roflstomped. Then I did something dumb and swapped the Quiver for a much higher damage Assassin's Dagger. Should've paid more attention to the people talking about the Castle difficulty spike, safe damage >>> high damage there. Was summarily wrecked.
You lose all your cells and any gold over the threshold you've unlocked, as well as any progress (maps are re-randomized and refilled with enemies) and any blueprints you were carrying. Your weapons go away too. Everything else (runes, turned-in blueprints, progress towards unlocking) you keep.
You lose all your cells and any gold over the threshold you've unlocked, as well as any progress (maps are re-randomized and refilled with enemies) and any blueprints you were carrying. Your weapons go away too. Everything else (runes, turned-in blueprints, progress towards unlocking) you keep.
Dang, got to the second boss for the first time and basically blew through everything to the final boss but didn't quite make it. Had a ridiculous legendary lightning bolt that had insane crit damage on top of 2 turrets that stacked a ton of damage along with poison and burn. Final boss was pretty good at busting the turrets and as strong as the lightning was, I got way too greedy trying to reach the crit damage and kept taking hits when I shouldn't.
Yup, that's really the core struggle of the game: avoiding those extra hits you take when you're getting greedy.
I finally finished 2 cells and I know I'll never finish 3 cells considering how miserable I found 2. It's just finding the beefiest turrets you can and never exposing yourself to any danger, if possible.
Game made it all the way up to 2 on my goty list though, right behind God of War. I'd pay a lot of money for new levels and features right now. Two of my favorite games of the year are roguelikes (Dead Cells and Prey Mooncrash) so nothing makes sense in games anymore considering rogue-anything is just behind mobile on the list of words to push me away from a game.
You need the Ram rune... start from the sewer -> ancient sewer -> next lvl will find the rune
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Random way to think about things, but does this game have the best reviews and feedback PER MEGABYTE of any game in the last few years?
All modern games seem to be 2 gig+ even for pixel art type shenanigans. It's 558MBs on Xbox...
All modern games seem to be 2 gig+ even for pixel art type shenanigans. It's 558MBs on Xbox...
My Favorite bow of all time:
Arrows Pierce All Targets
+100% damage vs burning targets
Arrows leave a burning trail
Sure, I'll take double damage for free.
One trick for managing chests like that is to leave enemies alive as you move through the level. leaving the least threatening enemies around (usually towards the start of the level) that you can come back and kill later on makes it much easier to take cursed chests.
The Clock Tower has some archers and if you can avoid aggroing all the little assassin dudes you can do ok for stuff to kill.
Arrows Pierce All Targets
+100% damage vs burning targets
Arrows leave a burning trail
Sure, I'll take double damage for free.
One trick for managing chests like that is to leave enemies alive as you move through the level. leaving the least threatening enemies around (usually towards the start of the level) that you can come back and kill later on makes it much easier to take cursed chests.
The Clock Tower has some archers and if you can avoid aggroing all the little assassin dudes you can do ok for stuff to kill.
What's everyone's preferred route to take to get to HotK?
I recently unlocked the final rune, so I only have a couple more areas I haven't explored at all and some I want to revist to fully explore. Interested in hearing everyone's thoughts on their path experience.
I recently unlocked the final rune, so I only have a couple more areas I haven't explored at all and some I want to revist to fully explore. Interested in hearing everyone's thoughts on their path experience.
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Thanks for the detailed explanation :-)
I am currently grinding towards random weapons and flasks, as I can't go much farther than 2 areas and can't find new unlocks yet.
HOTK is finally defeated (4th try), i had a ton of health (nearly 11k hp), a sword, a shield (never used one before in my loadout!) and 2 turrets, i love this game, it's the first roguelike title in my gaming career, glad to appreciate a new genre. Money well spent i dare to say
The normal route to the bridge boss, then go through Stilt Village and Sepulcher. If you grab the timed doors, that route gives the max number of scrolls. I'm getting bored of it though.
Would you recommend Sepulcher over Clock Tower for scrolls alone, or the difficulty ties to your play style better? I've been to both once, and I recently went to Sepulcher to see how it was and having two bows there was tough with the darkness. I also came from Graveyard.
Promenade>prison depths>ossuary>Black bridge>stilt village>clock tower> high peak castle
This is the path i've been taking up until beating HotK the other day. I've been very trap/tactics heavy in my approach and this path is light work for me at this point.
I hate sepulcher because of the light mechanic as it just promotes running through the level and making silly mistakes and conjunctivitis isn't really threatened by traps at all.
Plus stilted village is my most favorite biome in the game
November? Geez.. well at least it's coming. Glad I held off. Maybe it'll be cheaper by then
Ia anyone else in love with the frost blast animation like I am? I seriously spam it like crazy just cus it looks so baddass to me haha
if it presents itself i always go with frost magic/sandals because the frost magic animation followed by kicking a dude into a wall or off a cliff feels rad as hell