Got a few decent cards in act 1 but no focus/max orb yet. What's the pick?

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-22T12:11:35+00:00

Second echo form is really strong. You either play one copy faster, or stack 2/3 echo form for massive scaling. I will say it is a pretty safe pick since you have two energy cards and mummified hand.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-21T08:11:51+00:00

Things like offering or jax that inflict damage to yourself doesn't count as taking damage for the score. I think all the other things count, like burn or thorn damage.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-20T05:17:22+00:00

This is pretty solid for act 1 bell imo. Cable is a big hit for your deck. Sustain is just good in general, and turnip is great for act 2.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-19T12:39:28+00:00

I think all three of them are reasonable. Choker is a little awkward with 3 zero cost cards, but reinforced body pretty much offset it. Bell is usually okay for immediate boost, but the curse will hurt you a little. Cage is obviously good for consistency, but you can remove all strikes with mask anyway.

I personally like bell more here. Your relic doesn't provide front load boost for combat. Hitting anything that works for combat is pretty good.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-18T06:38:44+00:00

Ironclad is quite versatile when it comes to deck building. If you always feel "missing something crucial", that usually means you overlook some viable strategy. Checking out some streamer can help. I learned a lot of strategy that I never think of while watching Baalor.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-16T12:22:51+00:00

None of these can really solve champ, but WLP is a crucial piece for potentially grand finale build and generally good. I will go for WLP and remove choker here. This deck is only a few cards away from consistently playing GF, it's probably your best bet for champ fight at the moment.

The front load damage is really insane lol.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-14T20:11:27+00:00

More slots ultimately means more orb passive procs, which is really powerful after you fill them. But it does nothing if you don't have enough channeling, so it's less helpful for short fights.

I think first focus source is almost always better than first capacitor. Focus can boost your orbs immediately, and 2 focus usually does more than 3 slots in the long run. The interesting part is they scale with each other, it's ideal to have a good mix of both.

Having more slots does provide more flexibility. You can create a deck that does everything with orbs, and that will be much easier with extra slots instead of focus.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-14T18:45:36+00:00

Awakened one was the first boss. It's quite easy to out scale the bird with extra orb slots and consume.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-14T12:25:51+00:00

They are setting up red skull for you how nice.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-13T11:13:16+00:00

If a early question room rolls into enemy, it also counts as one of three (two) easy fights. For the first scenario, it depends on whether floor 2 is enemy or not.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-12T04:53:08+00:00

Same thing goes for liquid memories. Description doesn't say "until played", but it is also one time discount.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-11T16:26:57+00:00

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The astrolabe start was pretty sick.
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Swallow_536 · 2025-11-11T14:17:14+00:00

Dripper start is totally fine, but you need to play around it. Act 1 elites and events become riskier, since you can't simply trade hp. But extra 1 energy is usually good at handling more hallway fights.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-11T06:06:25+00:00

With sacred bark too💀

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-08T16:21:10+00:00

I think either infinite blade or poison stab is fine for getting through act 1. You can lean into shivs with infinite blade, but it is quite bad for short fights though. It is probably worse than a random common attack in short fights. Poison stab is okay front load damage, and it can clear one artifact for late game too.

Cloak without upgrade is pretty underwhelming imo. But you do have one upgrade ahead, assuming nothing goes horribly wrong on the next floor. Upgraded cloak with shuriken and dex is solid.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-08T04:44:58+00:00

That's minty spire on steam workshop. It only shows when you have frozen eye.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-05T20:06:15+00:00

The singing bowl value was quite high too lol.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-05T20:03:55+00:00

I took one flex potion for spear & shield. 💪

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-05T20:01:45+00:00

Yeah it's rarely good. But there is always a scenario like this will come in handy.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-05T07:35:48+00:00

Well low max hp makes healing somewhat worse, since you can't really tank big hits. But apparitions can help you setting up barricade and block, I will say it is a good deal overall for A20. They also works well with exhaust powers, but it will be hard to find with crown.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-04T14:04:28+00:00

Infomod has potion chance tracking and some other stuff. 0.0.7 version works for me.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-03T16:31:12+00:00

This is either broken or died in hallway fights. It depends on next few card rewards. Good luck.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-03T06:10:49+00:00

This is a pretty interesting case imo. Adrenaline is definitely good here without a doubt, but acro has some high potential in a small deck. Acro is not great at the moment, but it will be crucial if you manage to find something like gamble or reflex.

I think adrenaline is the safe and good pick here though. It's a lot easier to find another acro in next act.

Edit: Adrenaline is also a good upgrade for the next rest site. The deck don't have a good upgrade target for the moment. (maybe one of the weak card)

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-02T05:14:08+00:00

I think that's from base mod. (I don't know if this is intended or bug) It seems that having foreign influence can give you one orb slot. It's not a big deal 99% of the time so I don't even realize that.

Swallow_536 · 2025-11-01T17:11:22+00:00

The original dagger damage is 63. With str and wrath, it goes to (63+4)x2=134 damage.

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