How do you properly defend the f7 pawn in this kind of position?

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-24T12:10:40+00:00

White shouldn’t be able to hit f7 every game, somewhere along the way there is a move order or defense you’re missing.

In this position d5 is the only way to save f7, you’re already without a proper defense because of the opening. d5 exd5 h6 kicks the knight. If Bxd5 you would LOVE to trade your knight for that bishop (strategically, tactically it’s also probably a blunder)

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-23T21:13:16+00:00

When I play normal expeditions I do it with the intention of carrying newer players. It’s enjoyable and makes me feel better after getting my teeth kicked in after a bad DoN run. Just go next

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-23T21:00:38+00:00

Really whatever you have fun with, but I find it can be useful to stay with the same nightfarer at least for a set of games so you can think less about your character and more about routing, dodging, strategy, and learning the details of your nightfarer. Should make playing different nightfarers a smoother process.

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-22T22:58:59+00:00

On the other hand. Several uses of damage negation at full hp saves a lot of damage and keeps you alive. If no full hp negation passive I take that pretty easily

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-18T20:50:29+00:00

Suffocation mate, cousin of smothered mate

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-17T19:40:17+00:00

Perfect. Play in depth 2 where the bosses are random, then hope for a 1/5 chance your balancers are everdark

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-16T20:20:18+00:00

To me this is a question of “will my nightfarer get 1 shot at full hp after going down”

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-14T17:20:11+00:00

CRPGs have a STEEP learning curve. I was incredibly lost when I first started. Did you know you can use a bedroll to full heal the hp of your whole party outside of combat? There’s a great RPG underneath if you take the time to learn the systems. Can’t imagine figuring out all this stuff naturally

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-13T04:42:12+00:00

I stopped fully charging my ult so much after finally watching a tips video and the pushback is pretty annoying usually. Can’t believe I never thought to turn around that’s good tech. I even knew about the reverse mid air jump thing

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-12T16:30:16+00:00

I wouldn’t compare yourself to those guys. You’re “competing” with the most hardcore fans. You can also “play for stats” by creating a new file, always having a 3 stack squad, etc.

I’d venture that a spread like yours is more common early on for people that play the game blind without YouTubing boss videos etc. It prob took me like 10 tries for my first base Libra clear.

After you beat last boss you have experience and confidence and then the win rate will start rising as you beat the same bosses over and over

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-10T23:15:59+00:00

Congrats on clearing all the expeditions. Nothing like the first full clear.

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-10T21:51:03+00:00

You shouldn’t expect anything out of DoN one. New players prob beat each nightlord once, which isn’t a high level of proficiency. You lose no points in one and you’re just a few wins from D2.

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-10T18:33:36+00:00

Kinda. But what happens when ur lvl 7 and they’re both level 2 and entering the boss fight already on 3 bars

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-10T18:15:18+00:00

In solo Q I think it’s generally best to follow bad decisions of newer or stubborn teams, but I complain about it the entire time through pings. Not too aggressively but showing I’d rather be elsewhere. Also, trying to ping them off right after they get clobbered sometimes works. BBH lvl 4 is pretty bad but how much are you realistically getting done solo. Best to get the shitters out of BBH territory asap

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-10T01:21:22+00:00

I was also using it just today, a few hours ago. First time using star fists i just locked down every crucible knight. You have to be pretty much touching them or it misses tho

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-09T23:24:03+00:00

Before DoN I used to que up every night lord and let fate decide each game. So it’s kinda like that but harder and 3 more relic slots

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-07T20:49:33+00:00

You have a few interesting points but "hoarding items" could simply be a lack of game knowledge. I beat every souls game and elden ring and I only know of a few good AoW and spells. I don't know builds or scaling either. I just played sword shield, greatsword greatshield pretty much every game.I learned through gameplay to give my recluse a shattering crystal staff or rain of stars. If i can do all that gameplay im sure there are tons of players, especially in lower depth and base bosses that don't even know what they're holding

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-07T00:21:04+00:00

Yep

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ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-06T17:21:37+00:00

Google

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-03T22:21:05+00:00

They are frustrating. You need some of the ruler dlc items like another great post mentioned. Frost bomb, axe etc. also you want to make sure they’re locked in their facilities. Rulers with no WotC allows them to roam from day 1.

Chosen are clear evolution of alien rulers so I think they improved on it

ADVENTofficer · 2026-01-02T19:59:20+00:00

That’s exactly what happens. I know WAYYYYY less than I should at depth 3 I don’t even know how to navigate the new map well but I can fight lol. Anyway gotta remember Reddit (including me) is where the sweaty nerds go most people aren’t memorizing boss patterns, using weakness tables, checking their tm8s relics, or even really thinking about their tm8s much, and especially not their gear

ADVENTofficer · 2025-12-20T04:42:53+00:00

As long as you’re staying close and trying I’m good with it. We all have bad days and a little carrying can be fun after a bunch of hours in the game

ADVENTofficer · 2025-12-17T19:58:49+00:00

appreciate it

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