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Inching closer and closer (New Player)
(lemy.lol)
This is my latest attempt at reaching whatever's at the bottom. I've learned from my previous mistakes and I believe I've got a better character this time. I even brought two akhs, a blessed one and a regular one (both lost in this same level). I'm still running out of food and health potions very quickly in the last levels. The bosses are really taxing in terms of health potions, and exploring takes a lot of time, which means I'm using many food items. Here are my items and skills:
Pro tip: use all of your upgrades on your armor. A +5 is not enough to tank the enemies and you will burn through health potions. I usually end the game with like 20 of those, just because I don't need to use them. And I might recommend not to bless ankhs. They give more hp and saturation when unblessed, and you get to save those dew drops for hp, which totals a lot more hp. I think blessing ankhs is just a flex
I prefer to split upgrades - I find there tends to be diminishing returns when I pour too many scrolls into any one item.
+5/6 plate is OK for me for most runs (depends on exact circumstances); after all, armor only protects against physical attacks. Using the rest on weapon/wand/rings can make it so you can avoid taking hits in the first place.
+6 weapon, +6 armor, +6 ring is a nice well-rounded split (yes I know that's +18 and there's 15 scrolls, presumably you can upgrade something that was already +1 or use the Blacksmith).
I usually aim for a more even split, but if anything I tend to sometimes do the opposite of the previous comment and dump most scrolls in a weapon.
Armor only protects against physical damage, and enemies can't attack you when they're dead.
Demon halls get a lot easier when you can one-shot even the evil eyes.