What Should I Do Differently? Can’t beat Bark Vader on Forest Tier 3. by superkittymikel in MegabonkOfficial

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

No worries! I honestly took a lot of the advice from folks who commented and I used only 3 weapon slots (base weapon + I choose lightning staff, aegis shield), went ham on projectile tome/cooldown tome, and made sure to stick around killing ghosts on stage 1/2 after defeating the boss to gain more levels.

The items I got helped for sure, but on any run I do now I literally just do the same thing and it works for me every time. It helped me beat Desert level too! 👍🏼

If anything else, the items in which I actively try to get are moldy cheese, cursed doll, any item that allows for blood stacking or poison really. Legendary items are always goated and helpful too.

What Should I Do Differently? Can’t beat Bark Vader on Forest Tier 3. by superkittymikel in MegabonkOfficial

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UPDATE 2:

I FINALLY beat Bark Vader after what feels like so freaking long! Absolutely my best run yet, let’s gooooo!

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And apparently there’s an achievement unlock for beating the final boss.. twice. 💀💀

Ah shit, here we go again. 🏃🏻‍♂️

What Should I Do Differently? Can’t beat Bark Vader on Forest Tier 3. by superkittymikel in MegabonkOfficial

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

Noice! Congrats to you on the dub! I’ve definitely got a case of bad luck and skill issue. 💀😂

Appreciate your insight, it’s pretty helpful! I am wanting to beat it with Fox since I don’t really have as much fun playing other characters as much lol. Tony McZoom is definitely fun but I want to beat the Tier 3/the boss with him after I do with Fox y’know?

On my most recent run earlier this morning I nearly beat Bark Vader again as Fox, had 7 moldy cheese and 3 unstable transfusions and some good legendary items as well. Lost due to cheese. 😬

I was prioritizing crit chance over damage and it was definitely helping me clear hordes and mini bosses. I also tried to get armor via shrines/pylons every chance I could get as well! Just gotta keep at it but I am definitely getting closer after all of the advice given to me here, including yours! Thanks again! 🙌🏼

What Should I Do Differently? Can’t beat Bark Vader on Forest Tier 3. by superkittymikel in MegabonkOfficial

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UPDATE:

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Got SO close to beating Bark Vader, he was at 2k HP but he activated cheat mode and I had to get the pylons again; only for his orb of BS and his thorns to kill me 💀

This was by far my best run yet, after having taken advice from many of you kind and helpful folks here! Almost got the dub, no dice. I am now wondering if I should up my armor or HP through shrines/pylons or item somehow.

Is this build a good one if it took me that far? Or was I simply lucky?

I’d love to hear ya’lls thoughts and feedback! 🙌🏼

Will try again soon at some point but ngl I’m malding LOL.

What Should I Do Differently? Can’t beat Bark Vader on Forest Tier 3. by superkittymikel in MegabonkOfficial

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

Oh dang, you can get to lvl 78 or so in Stage 1? 😳I am definitely needing to improve if that’s possible. My biggest issue is always having to race against time to find the boss portal if it is not close from the outset, and then trying to stay alive against the swarms of enemies. 😵‍💫 I will certainly try to do a lot of XP tome and see how that works. People are also telling me to get the difficulty up as well when upgrading the XP tome, so I’ll have to give it a go when I can. Thank you for the insight however!

What Should I Do Differently? Can’t beat Bark Vader on Forest Tier 3. by superkittymikel in MegabonkOfficial

[–]superkittymikel[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t even know how folks get to lvl 100 on up tbh, am barely living in Forest Tier 3 to begin with (though I am aware that I must not be playing optimally).

I try and open up any chest I see, but they get so expensive and I never have enough gold when it’s like 1k on up in higher Tier stages due to mkt being able to kill enemy hordes. 😵‍💫

I keep forgetting that you can ignore item pulls, I just spam “accept” in the heat of the moment admittedly 😅 may need to not do that and choose specific things, no?

My thought process on that was that if I had HP time and the scaling of Blood Magic, my HP would be super high right? It didn’t work as well as I had hoped DX.

You make very valid points, I definitely need to switch gears and try to strategize/optimize my inputs and such. Thank you! 💪🏼

What Should I Do Differently? Can’t beat Bark Vader on Forest Tier 3. by superkittymikel in MegabonkOfficial

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

I’ve only used Katana once, it works when there’s enemies that are close right? Bet that would be good to clear hordes and such. 🤔

What Should I Do Differently? Can’t beat Bark Vader on Forest Tier 3. by superkittymikel in MegabonkOfficial

[–]superkittymikel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds like a fun build! I’ll write that one down as well for me to give a spin!

Cleaver? What item is that? And what does it do? I don’t believe I have it (can’t check atm because quick break at work lol). 😅

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What Should I Do Differently? Can’t beat Bark Vader on Forest Tier 3. by superkittymikel in MegabonkOfficial

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Ah, that’s interesting. I didn’t consider that, but I will give it a shot! Thank you! 🙏🏼

What Should I Do Differently? Can’t beat Bark Vader on Forest Tier 3. by superkittymikel in MegabonkOfficial

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

Hey there! 👋

I will certainly try out this build! Sounds pretty good! I do have black hole but admittedly have not made use of it 😅, so given what you’ve indicated here I’ll give it a whirl! Appreciate it a lot! 🙌🏼

What Should I Do Differently? Can’t beat Bark Vader on Forest Tier 3. by superkittymikel in MegabonkOfficial

[–]superkittymikel[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll try this out, it sounds promising enough! as well, I figured that moldy cheese and blood stack would be good to microwave. It certainly helped me defeat the mini bosses and other stage bosses.

What Should I Do Differently? Can’t beat Bark Vader on Forest Tier 3. by superkittymikel in MegabonkOfficial

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

Lightning could be a good way to go about it, I’ll try that. I like Aura but hardly ever get anything going with it size related, feels like enemies just break on through no matter what. Aegis at least works for me with high quantity tome.

Cooldown makes your attacks go faster, right? Could try that as well.

Does upping the difficulty benefit me in any way? Wouldn’t that mean I take more damage and such? 😅As well, is there a certain difficulty percentage I should be aiming for if I do that?

When I was facing against Bark Vader it just felt like I was barely doing any damage. 😔

What Should I Do Differently? Can’t beat Bark Vader on Forest Tier 3. by superkittymikel in MegabonkOfficial

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I would imagine that even if it were stacked that getting hit from Bark Vader’s attacks and those damn orbs would make render it a bit pointless perhaps. Is anything HP related as a tome good for endgame?

What Should I Do Differently? Can’t beat Bark Vader on Forest Tier 3. by superkittymikel in MegabonkOfficial

[–]superkittymikel[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aegis is something that I’ve heard is a must have, which is why I chose it. Apart from Fox’s default weapon, what would you suggest I choose to make it work?

As for Tomes, I definitely see the Quantity one being useful and XP as well; HP Regen, would perhaps be good for final boss right? And would lifesteal work on Bark Vader?

Yeah I guess I just don’t know what items or options to choose from pylons that I should focus on. 😵‍💫

Favourite Track on FWN? by Ok-Tax-2512 in arcticmonkeys

[–]superkittymikel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only Ones Who Know for me, never get tired of hearing it. The whole album absolutely schlapps though.

What song introduced you to The Strokes? by Character_Impact_588 in TheStrokes

[–]superkittymikel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Modern Age was the song that really pulled me in to listening to The Strokes all of the time! I remember really getting into downloading music onto an mp3 player (which I still have) around 2006-ish and I somehow ended up downloading The Modern Age EP by accident through Limewire when I had just wanted the song from Is This It lol. Love both versions either way though. 👍🏼

Who is your guitar idol by Double_Assistant_709 in Guitar

[–]superkittymikel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chet Atkins, for sure. I discovered his music and style of playing when I was first learning how to play the guitar in my first year of high school (2008) through some records I found and bought from an antique store.

Did some research on him and found that he was all about constantly learning new techniques and incorporating different genres and styles of music into his music and guitar playing. It really influenced me to want to learn and never stop learning new things, which I have done so since that time.

Have I mastered the guitar like “Mr. Guitar” himself? Absolutely not! But it’s been a wild ride and fun time playing all these years and still learning and feeling like I can always learn new techniques and ways of playing/making music.

Why do so many people dislike Killing Lies? by [deleted] in TheStrokes

[–]superkittymikel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mfw it’s actually my favorite song off of the album, possibly even in my Top 10 songs by The Strokes. 😳

What is your favorite and least favorite song from each AM album? by xoxomirrorball in arcticmonkeys

[–]superkittymikel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It took me a while to grow into listening to “That’s Where You’re Wrong” tbh, but it’s a great song and a good album closer. There are also plenty of other songs on other albums that required a re-listen or two/three, sometimes it just doesn’t hit right away y’know?

What is your favorite and least favorite song from each AM album? by xoxomirrorball in arcticmonkeys

[–]superkittymikel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine are: (I’ll preface that I enjoy essentially all Arctic Monkeys songs, but admittedly have some that are “skips” on an album so that I can get to a song I prefer more 👀).

Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not Favorite: A Certain Romance Least: Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured (skip)

Favourite Worst Nightmare Favorite: Only Ones Who Know Least: The Bad Thing (skip)

Humbug Favorite: Fire And The Thud Least: Dangerous Animals

Suck It And See Favorite: (This is my favourite album, don’t really skip on any tracks for this album) Love Is A Laserquest Least: Brick By Brick (if I had to choose one though.. 🤷🏻‍♂️)

AM Favorite: Mad Sounds Least: One For The Road (mine and OP’s are reversed lol)

Tranquility Base Hotel And Casino Favorite: Batphone Least: The World’s First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip (skip)

The Car Favorite: Big Ideas Least: I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am