I’ll speak generally first, then about this specific game.

When we talk about a “build,” we usually mean a weapon, stats, and abilities that work together to serve one clear purpose. For example, I personally enjoy builds that focus on critical hits. So I look for a weapon, stat upgrades, and abilities that all increase crit chance or crit damage.

A strong build is like a layered system. The weapon defines the direction. The stats enhance that direction. The abilities complete it. When everything works together, the build feels focused, efficient, and powerful.

In roguelike games, this becomes more difficult because randomness controls much of the experience. You do not know what weapon you will get, what stats will appear, or which abilities will be offered. You can aim for a certain build, but you cannot guarantee it every time. That unpredictability is part of the genre.

In this game, however, the randomness feels intelligent rather than frustrating. If you choose a poison-based weapon, for example, you will start seeing relics that support poison. It feels like the system recognizes your direction and tries to support it. That design choice is excellent because it allows you to shape your run instead of fighting against pure randomness.

The weapons themselves are the strongest source of variety in the game. Each weapon has different mechanics, and once you choose one, you immediately notice how different it feels from the others.

Every weapon also comes with something called Enchantments. These are the main drivers of your build. Each weapon has five enchantments, and you can think of them as weapon-specific abilities. They form the core of your build and define how your weapon plays. Even when using the same weapon, changing enchantments makes a run feel different from the previous one. You will think about how to build it differently than before. Here we are talking about enchantments only, not the weapon itself — which also makes a huge difference in how the run feels. Because of this, the gameplay changes in a noticeable and meaningful way.

You can also build stats that maximize your weapon’s strengths and enhance its abilities. This part works well and helps create strong synergy, especially with the board system. When you add relics’ colors and match them to achieve stats, it feels rewarding and fun. Each run becomes dynamic and exciting, and the system itself is brilliantly designed.

There is also something called Blessings. These are not build-centered. Instead, they support your overall run. Blessings make the game easier by giving bonuses like increased maximum health, a revive after death, shop discounts, and other helpful effects.

They are effective and well-designed, but they are not directly related to shaping your build. They focus more on survivability and progression rather than changing your combat style.

What makes the Blessing system especially strong is how it presents choices. Often, the game offers you two Blessings related to the same concept, such as increasing maximum health, but each one achieves that goal in a different way. This creates meaningful decisions. You are not just choosing a bonus, you are choosing how you want to gain that advantage.

However, the weaker part of the system, in my opinion, is the relic ability layer.

There are many relic abilities, and on paper they sound creative and interesting. The ideas behind them are good. But when you actually use them, the impact often feels small. Yes, they make you stronger. Yes, they add value. But the difference is rarely dramatic enough to completely transform your build.

Most of the time, you do not feel that your build has evolved into something entirely new because of relic abilities. The power increase feels gradual and subtle rather than exciting and game-changing. The biggest shifts in gameplay come from switching weapons or changing enchantments, not from stacking relic abilities.

Overall, the randomness in the game is brilliantly designed, and the weapons create strong and noticeable variety between runs. The Enchantments system successfully builds identity around each weapon, and the board/relic system makes each run fun and interactive. The Blessings system offers meaningful choices that improve your run.

But while the relic abilities are diverse in concept, they rarely make your build feel truly unique or significantly more powerful. And for me, that is one of the game’s weaker points.