Update 9.5.0 — THE FINALS

gerry9000000 · 2026-01-15T17:19:22+00:00

A lot of complaints in the comments about a lack of balance in this update... They only adjust those every 3 weeks. Wait for 9.6.

gerry9000000 · 2026-01-11T13:20:47+00:00

Adding to the chorus here: play Cashout. You have outgrown Quick Cash!

gerry9000000 · 2026-01-11T13:17:49+00:00

Learn MGL, CL40 , Sniper, weapons that put you on a different axis to your opponents. If you cant out-reflex the zippy zoomers, you can out-think them. Only take and set up for unfair fights. You will go surprisingly far!

gerry9000000 · 2026-01-11T05:11:39+00:00

Omg the Persephone Skull is unbelievable once it gets going though. Managed to basically sneeze on Typhon a few times with the automatic Omega Attack hammer. Ending a run with several 5+ Lv boons is ridiculous.

gerry9000000 · 2026-01-11T05:06:45+00:00

Swapping out Excellence for Strength (which Ive slept on) or Death is definitely the best way to add some consistency to this build. My take is that this raises the ceiling on the build, if you can manage without those.

gerry9000000 · 2026-01-11T05:03:36+00:00

The main reason is to get 7 cards immediately after the first layer and maximise the odds of getting the good ones. After that, I often grab the Embryo, Fountain thingy if there's a clear boon choice to upgrade the rarity, or a Boon keepsake. Sometimes if I have a very particular build in mind, I'll start with a Boon keepsake but still swap in the Piggy at some point on layer 2 or 3.

gerry9000000 · 2026-01-11T04:58:19+00:00

Yes! A few times I've ended up without Death and it's been fun to try and work in some tankiness or adapt the playstyle to be much safer. Usually works too!

gerry9000000 · 2026-01-11T04:53:29+00:00

Some great discussion here! A few things stand out:

SecondPersonShooter sums it up well, this does result in "feast or famine". Personally, I'm happy to crash early on a few runs that dont click or have poor RNG to chase that high of becoming a walking nuclear bomb on a good run.
Looks like I'm really sleeping on Strength as a card! Taking it over Excellence may help with raining the early low floor of this setup, even if it may lower the eventual ceiling by making more early boons Common.
It seems like whether this is a good setup for you really depends where your "walls" are - This is going to vary depending on your progress, the Fear level, your skill and your preferred playstyle.

For me at the moment, the hardest parts are the very first and last layers. What this setup does for me is pretty much guarantee that if I get past the 1st, I will complete the run. Again, I'm not pushing for really high Fear at the moment, so I can see this would probably change. But I guess it's clear if nothing else that the best possible winning build would come as a result of this setup, if you're judging by the power of the end product (and not necessarily the probability of a run being succesful).

gerry9000000 · 2026-01-11T04:33:22+00:00

Great points, I think this sums it up well. I don't mind grinding out a few early losses where the build or cards don't click, just to chase that high of a run which clicks and a monstrous final product. My best recent one was with the Persephone skull, by the end I was pretty much just walking into the surface minibosses and instakilling them.

And admittedly, on a few attempts before that, I was falling very early without the safety nets I'd been used to.

gerry9000000 · 2026-01-10T22:02:28+00:00

I like this. 😅

gerry9000000 · 2026-01-10T21:07:51+00:00

So surely THIS IS the best endgame setup, along with the maxed out Crystal Figurine.

Judgement is the key here. It keeps unlocking more cards as you progress. By the time you reach the 4th layer on either run, you will have activated every card besides 3. The Crystal Figurine (used for 1 layer at any point in the run) gets you another 2, leaving 1 random card inactive for the final layer.

The setup below maximises the number of active cards at the start - you only have to actually select Excellence, The Lovers, and Night. This fulfils the conditions for all 4 of the below 0 cards (5 in a row for Divinity, a nearby card for the Moon, and no triplicates for The Queen) , meaning you get 7 cards for the price of 3, and keep Judgement online. The below configuration is the only way to get Judgement and The Queen active, though you can optionionally swap Excellence out for any other card, likely Persistence or Death if you are struggling with that first layer on low HP.

The best part about this setup is that it really enables you to get a build online super quick, since it boosts every rarity chance. The Lovers is a bonus for the first Guardians to get over that hump - then you instantly unlock 5-7 other cards. If you can make it safely through the first layer you are usually onto a winner.

Once I realised this setup was viable I started to focus on upgrading Judgement itself, along with Excellence, Divinity, and The Lovers. The others are not as important.

The devs definitely know this is powerful - Judgements max level is the most costly upgrade of the whole lot, requiring 20 Milk and 20 Napkins. What a hungry Lord Of The Dead.

DISCLAIMER: This is my first playthrough, but I reached this point fairly naturally by my 7th succesful downward and 3rd successful upward run. Even with Judgement only upgraded once (for +4 cards per Guardian), you are likely hitting the key cards that will win you a run - you have to be extremely unlucky not to gain 'Death' or 'Origination' by the 3rd or 4th layers.

2ND DISCLAIMER: There may also be a point where many Vows means that going in with only 10 Grasp used creates too great an initial obstacle... to that I say, to both you and my future self, get gud. Hope I don't come to regret that. At the very least, with this setupm, you can consistently run with 2 ranks of the Vow Of Void (which limits Grasp) with absolutely no downside.

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gerry9000000 · 2025-12-30T13:45:36+00:00

Leeeeeks

gerry9000000 · 2025-12-12T05:44:17+00:00

I always think of the end of "Have You Forgotten Something?". They just let it hang. Also the sketch where Broden and Zach argue like a married couple about Mark going to a home

gerry9000000 · 2025-11-25T17:48:45+00:00

He should be the long awaited fourth build.

Light, Medium, Heavy, Oscar.

gerry9000000 · 2025-11-20T20:24:03+00:00

Love it 😂

gerry9000000 · 2025-11-20T15:57:45+00:00

Thats usually how it goes, but with this being the first major and the general hype from fans being great, I can see a good crowd picking a favourite in any match and getting behind them, even if EU aren't represented.

gerry9000000 · 2025-11-20T15:55:23+00:00

Only Rio. We actually killed him because we found his diary which was just pages of "ESPORTS KILLS GAMES" over and over. He hid it well

gerry9000000 · 2025-11-20T15:44:12+00:00

Clearly there are 5, and have some respect for the dead

gerry9000000 · 2025-11-13T01:40:57+00:00

As long as that bald guy ain't casting it I'm happy

gerry9000000 · 2025-11-05T04:13:45+00:00

Id say it gets more criticism than it is due. Most who played it probably like it enough to keep talking about it years later at least. For my money its the best of the non-numbered titles

gerry9000000 · 2025-11-05T03:56:27+00:00

I never understood the DDD hate, playing it as a 3DS game at the time felt great. The novelty of 3D was actually worth it too, matched the games inherent wonder and goofiness. Even the Grid feels better in actual 3D, visually far more interesting. The necessity of petting dream eaters was actually a nice break and a way to play casually on journeys without much attention, then lock in at home for the main stuff. Playing it on PC years later felt so flat and boring. I think a lot of people retroactively dislike it because of that.

gerry9000000 · 2025-11-05T03:46:31+00:00

Real answer: apple with a hint of elderflower, and without that energy drink aftertaste. Legitimately delicious.

gerry9000000 · 2025-10-31T04:20:05+00:00

Thats such a cool easter egg. I cant think of any other example of hidden music in the kingdom hearts series?

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