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Epyo posted...

Whew, finally got my first clear, attempt 11 I think. It was my first time with the shield, and honestly I hate the shield, and was only playing with it for 20% darkness, trying to farm darkness.

It was a terrible run, hated pretty much everything I found, only survived because I had a Charon thing to heal 10% of my health each room, and kept that on me most of the game (I like his keepsake). Didn't even notice any other upgrade.

I only won because I decided to take a very cowardly approach to the last boss, spamming the Special from across the room...for like, probably 20 minutes straight.

I also just got my first clear, where I also only happened to be using the shield because of the bonus!

Much like you, I always forget about its ability to block and bull rush, so the run was going pretty damn badly early on. I don't remember exactly but I died quite a few times early in the run and barely even made it out of Tartarus.

Then I got that Duo power that heals you every second (Stubborn Roots) and I was back in it again since I had no more revives left. A little later, I got the power that turns your bull rush into a projectile, which meant I could basically just stand in place, block (almost) everything, and shoot to kill. If I ran low on health, I just had to run around, use my AoE mark to do chip damage, and wait for my health to come back.


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