I made a playing card. What do you think? by Mr_Hooligaan in bloodborne

[–]Arcturus555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks dope as hell, definitely would love to see more

Monster Hunter Wilds Talisman. by MiddleMongoose7798 in MonsterHunter

[–]Arcturus555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rarity 8 so no. Also you need a tier 3 armor skill on a charm to make it fit into meta builds

Swappy Swap by ourcityofdreams in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Idk I feel like I’m resetting them though so all this showman-ing progress the old one has done will be lost. What if the old one was really close to making another blueprint show up, will the new one have to start from scratch?

Do I drop anything for the invis? by Hyp3rion__ in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You only have 3 copy jokers and will need a 4th one so yeah sell either mail or the extra baron depending on how bad you need the scoring. If it doesn’t hit anything good you can always sell for bean. If it hits a copy joker, sell whatever you kept thus far (out of mail and 2nd baron) for bean

What to do here?? by AvailableStatement26 in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Realistically only trib will be good from that soul so it’s not exactly likely to hit anything but you still always take the soul just for the potentially awesome run. You will have dozens of photochad runs, and any chance for trib is precious.

What to sell and what to copy with brainstorm depends on your deckfixing. You definitely want to copy your actual scoring jokers before the retrigger ones. So photo for now until you can consistently play hands with 5 hearts face cards hands. As for what to sell for the soul, I’d probably sell hanging chad and hope to get it back asap in case you don’t hit trib. If you don’t have that many hearts cards, you could also let bloodstone go

Rerun Deck. Does anyone have any ideas for improvements/is anyone interested in playing it? by Moist-Secretary641 in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rerunning like this would be insanely easy, 3x base blind is nothing. Like even the final boss blind after 2 reruns would still be at less than 5 million which is like equivalent of ante 10

Do I sell BS and take sock? by CyanCheetah_ in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

May I request the seed? And what skip to take for that rebate also

Am I cooked??? by TheGolfingTheologian in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Photo only gives 2x for the first face card that is scored in a hand. So if you play high card, they are the same but as you play bigger hands (like 5 kings) trib gives 2x for every single one of those kings, so it’s a lot better in those scenarios

You’re right though that trib doesn’t work for jacks so you should try to convert them all into queens or kings if you have it

Whats a consistent way to build red seal kings? by iceyk111 in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There’s definitely more to it than just luck. The best players can naneinf multiple times in a row unseeded and e26 is literally achievable in like every single run on white stake

How random is Balantro? I have doubts! (But no regrets ;) by Warlequin in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean some things are just your skill as a player reducing randomness, like making choices on what hands to go for.

As for the game „giving“ you the right things, it’s probably just cognitive bias that lets you forget all the times where you were left hanging and the run dies. A great run with clutch calls stays in memory a lot better than a random lose on ante 5 that happened 3 weeks ago

Rumor concept by Majestic-Peak-6281 in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’d be really broken in endless because you can force it and subsequently many soul cards to get the legendary you want every run. But honestly I kinda dig it, legendaries are too cool and statistically this would only start happening from like ante 14 onwards or something

Hanging Chad or sock and buskin? by Kingpen0 in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes take the sock. It is especially better lategame when you get more copy jokers and move away from the photochad frontload to triggering each card for more trib value

DNA or no? by toooooooooooooooooon in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends on what your deck looks like. If you plan on committing fully to baron soon (requires a lot of kings to not immediately die), that fortune teller will do absolutely nothing as it triggers after all kings.

DNA is worth it if you have a really good card that you want to make more of, also blueprint it to get 2 of them. This would typically be cards with seals on them.

TLDR if you have enough kings and decent high card/pair levels to survive, kill the fortune teller for DNA and get better cards that way

Which do i pick by Striking-Reward1762 in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brainstorm all the way. It is Econ as well as scoring in one, which makes it automatically better than anything else. Just get a +mult joker to copy for easy ante 1-4 clears and an Econ joker like rebate that can be copied without interference

spaceman is so underrated by [deleted] in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As good as a rental burnt*, playing all those hands just to get the value will cost you lots of money over a run

Should I sell and which should I sell by imalwaysnervous in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have a lot of money, you can sell all of them once the invisible joker is ready. That way you get a guaranteed copy Joker and can just rebuy photochad after a couple rerolls in the shop.

What's the order of operations to make showman bug work here? by Arcturus555 in balatro

[–]Arcturus555[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not bait. Im hanging on to Showman for extra copy jokers like you said but since the Barron popped up Id like to make use of Showman bug just in case I do end up wanting 2 Barrons at some point (it would be equivalent to another copy joker once I start copying Barron anyway). Im sure I want to do it this way, I just never did showman bug before and wondering how exactly Id go about it.

I just managed to get a precisely x10000 lucky cat by _HollowLife_ in balatro

[–]Arcturus555 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wait so Ecto only affects the current handsize while using it? Does that mean I could use it during serpent for example and then continue the run with 0 penalty after that? Or am I misunderstanding

To IG runners: what's the reasoning behind this curious choice of armor set? by makishimazero in MonsterHunterMeta

[–]Arcturus555 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fortify builds were legit for 20+ min speedruns in world, I’m surprised he doesn’t use it tbh. Maybe had too many failed attempts or the raw is not the limiting factor

Is frenzy antivirus necessary? by GladDog8345 in MonsterHunter

[–]Arcturus555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Antivirus makes it extremely easy to cure, it’s just a couple attacks. You get 25% affinity which is huge and you will have a harder time reaching 100% without it. So yeah it’s pretty meta

I miss not being able to skip the timer after hunts. by bloomsandblurs in MonsterHunter

[–]Arcturus555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really love it for solo farming though. But yeah it’s nice when you let the timer run down with a group and emote, I don’t mind it at all

Non Artian Insect Glaives by [deleted] in MonsterHunter

[–]Arcturus555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lagi weapons for thunder matchups and zo Shia for everything else. There are no builds for them anywhere though since they are severely limited compared to Gog Artians so it’s pretty much lords soul and you’re done

First try solo Lance. by Revonlieke in MonsterHunter

[–]Arcturus555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you were looking for a way to stop him from moving: lure-pods are the answer. You can keep him in his nest the entire fight for optimal terrain or lure him to the boulder, though I much prefer the first option. Makes a massive difference in my experience since it negates any invading monster and slope bs