prismatic-trials

[slim lintel]

ez

[worthy cliff]

Everyone says cabbage is good but he always does pt on rainstorm what a noob

[cyan stratus]

if this guy actually got 1:55 as huntress this trial i'll delete my channel

[elfin plinth]

No

[fervent stag]

On one hand I want to know but on the other hand I dont think its worth the risk knowing

Too high stakes

[slim lintel]

its def possible just get that thicc ass band procs on all your ballistas

[fervent stag]

Also pepega mini blink might be faster in trials

[slim lintel]

it definitely is?

unless its a jank ass trial where you really need that vertical

[cyan stratus]

i got ethereal this trial on accident

but the route was scuffed so im gonna do it again with a good route

[cyan stratus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Ejg_XAEOo

[solemn fiber]

#18

[zenith plinth]

lol

[solemn fiber]

i like the adaptive chest part

[clever mountain]

notification squad

[zenith plinth]

lmao that adaptive chest

[wet pulsar]

Pro people being pro

[limpid juniper]

Good lord Cab, i had been bless see ?
The trial its easier.
Im not going to cry, for now.

[mystic wave]

btw, the fourth item in the adaptive chest near spawn on stage 1 is a personal shield generator

[loud sparrow]

just wanting to practice slamming the alloy worship unit and now im outside the map

[inner horizon]

can someone explain what the prismatic trials are, am confused

[soft acorn]

Its a specail game mode for speedrunning

you select it from the main menu, it consists of two randomly selected stages where you need to destory 3 crystals to activate the teleporter and kill the bosses as fast as possible. The teleporter doesent charge so you can progress as soon as it has charged (and you can get elite bosses)

[tough belfry]

glass trial has a new meaning

[wise helm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Ejg_XAEOo
@cyan stratus I've been trying to do this for over an hour, but I just can't >.< that elder lemurian always damages me before destroying the first time crystal, it's so annoying hahaha

[tough belfry]

erm

waiting for teleporter?

[cyan stratus]

prismatic trial already has 6 artifacts btw

you can see what they do

i'm so confused what artifact of vengeance is

equipment terminals are pretty cool too, i like this update

[tough belfry]

🦀

[soft acorn]

O boi PT with random artifacts

things just got v interesting

[cyan stratus]

funny how they enabled an artifact which does nothing

[tough belfry]

is it just me that has to wait for the teleporter

[cyan stratus]

haven't tried yet

if they actually added tp charge to trials i'm done with ever speedrunning a trial

new stage looks neat

puzzle?

[mystic wave]

i have to wait too @tough belfry

[cyan stratus]

how are you supposed to kill this artifact reliquary

[tough belfry]

ok i don't think that's intentional gg

[cyan stratus]

this guy not dying

[vestal glen]

Science @cyan stratus, use science

[mystic wave]

yeah, i dont think merc ethereal is happening on this run 😬

it would be possible if it weren't for this damn tp charge

[cyan stratus]

lol give me a break i'm doing new update stuff

[mystic wave]

nah im talking abt myself dude

[cyan stratus]

looks like you can complete 1 trial per loop since after you complete it, it sends you back to 1st stage on next loop

[mystic wave]

not trying to pressure you lol

[tough belfry]

it should be easy

since you have loads of damage and crowdfunder

just kill everything

[slim lintel]

man the new stage is gigantic

[solid pelican]

i'm trying to play other characters in the trials but it keeps starting as mercenary???

[tough belfry]

that may be the artifact or locked characters for trials

not sure

and since trials are seeded it would make sense if it's the same "random" character every time i guess

[cyan stratus]

lol good one

maybe ethereal will actually be impossible on some seeds now

[slim lintel]

lol is this text new? I swear it used to say something different

[dense mulch]

Nope, always said that

[slim lintel]

I swear it used to be something about not now but maybe in the future

[scenic lynx]

I swear it used to be something about not now but maybe in the future
@slim lintel I think I remember that too, it was worded differently before

[slim lintel]

dang ballista cd down to 12 seconds from 17, trying to unlock her alt primary now huntress may actually be a little fun for trials now

GAH WHY its still lock on

ok its actually kinda trash oof

wonder if all the chars in the poll are going to be added eventually, sniper would probably be broke af in trials

[cyan stratus]

@slim lintel it used to say the same thing except with "top 10%" in purple and not italicized

[mystic wave]

which poll? @slim lintel

[slim lintel]

#poll

after seeing just how many artifacts there are I understand more why they cant beat a single stage with all of them enabled

[mystic wave]

thx

[zenith plinth]

I'm trying to get the Mercenary: Etherial ;-;

So far made it to second boss

And he killed me. But to him no damage so should be doable?

[drowsy oxide]

the orange chest right next to the teleporter has sawblades you can use to help burst him down

[zenith plinth]

I bought the lunar item that speeds up the teleporter charging at the cost of teleporter zone

Not the best buy by looking at the boss

[grand comet]

On the logbook it sais „complete x trial“ theres like 20 diff ones. R those all prismatic trials that rotate ooor?

[slim lintel]

oh wow ok so this trial has 5 artifacts enabled? wtf I was expecting 1 maybe 2 tops

Yeah maybe disable the random character one thats trash

[fervent stag]

so what do you guys think about the huntress alt m1?

[zenith plinth]

what is it?

[fervent stag]

I tried it a bit it was alright if you get a full crit build going

picture above

[zenith plinth]

aww fuck i wanted something that wasn't lock on but did more damage

[fervent stag]

same

[zenith plinth]

this would be nice if it wasn't lock on, or maybe an AOE primary attack with no lock on, that would be balanced

[zenith plinth]

I did it!
I found a chest with Ceremonial in Stage 1.(Remember to buy a Newt Altar and buy Vision of Heresy there and that ball thingy second of right for faster teleporter)
Remember to reroll Slug with your first equipment to get Topaz. Use the egg on Stone Titan, use teleporty equipment and buy an orange chest next to the teleporter(it's another teleporty thingy). Use it to skip the hellfire and wait for missile.
Then open all chests for: crit glasses, gasoline and red gem.
Go for a boss(Magma Worm). Jump around and spam vision on him. The end

Didn't show on screenshot but I got Mercenary: Etherial for this

More info if anyone interested:
On spawning island there are 3 crystals. On the bottom of the island(on that slope/stairs) there is a purple chest with Backup Magazine
Follow the bridge. 2 chests on left: Shield and Energy Drink
Shrine of Chance gives Reflective Armor on first try and then nothing for at least 5(didn't check further)

Next island:
Shrine of chance: Slug on 1st(reroll it) and Missile Mk2 on 2nd.
Chest: Whip
Big Chest: Berzerker's

Teleporter is on big island, but on the bridge to small island there is a big chest with Ceremonial Dagger

On big Island:
Small chest with shield, newt shrine(take it), purple chest with magazine and 3 choice(shield,teddy/APB[best choice])
Orange chest with teleporty equipment

Bazaar between time:
2 lunar items on right

Stage 2: All chests are on the left side of the map
Chests have: gasoline(right below spawn), (both in the left tunnel)red gem, crit glasses
Big chest with Wisp(above the 2 chests)

Spawn boss and just jump around while spamming everywhere Vision of heresy.
Topaz will keep you alive and gasoline+wisp+ceremonial will deal with Magma Worm

Equipment order:
Recycling, Volcanic Egg, Eccentric Vase, Hellfire Tincture(avoid it by buing another vase near Stage 1 teleporter), Missile Launcher, Primordial Cube, Jade Elephant

If anyone needs help ping me and I'll make a video when I wake up

[tribal gust]

so ive just gotten to this server. but is there some secret to mercenarys prismatic trial challenge? or do i just need to get gooder.

the wisps keep sniping my asshole and ruining the attempt.

[thin ferry]

It’s a toss up

Cabbage does a great job showing off every prismatic trial for the challenge

[tribal gust]

dear god. my poor mental health. LOL okay

[thin ferry]

Although sometimes they’re a lot easier than usual

One trial could give you a Preon and Guillotine on the first shrine of chance

And another could be complete garbage

From what I’ve seen, every trial is possible

[tribal gust]

Cabbage is a youtuber?

[thin ferry]

Mhm

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCK1cuckL8Tk41qRaCLDxpSQ

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Ejg_XAEOo

[somber agate]

that picture is of an apple

you cant fool me

there is no cabbage here

[thin ferry]

I think Cabbage might be blind

[tribal gust]

lol! slow down there bud TOO FAST WOAH

posting links like that

[gloomy inlet]

Hey, I just did Bubka's instructions... but forgot to go to the bazar. But it was all good because the boss was an Overloading Stone Titan instead which was much much easier to deal with. (The OVERLOADING MAMGA WORM killed me on my first attempt)

So the strat can just be: "rush crystals and hit teleporter" because you don't really need any more items because you have the dagger and topaz from stage 1 already

[somber agate]

are you gonna help conquer covid19

[gloomy inlet]

I did find in the second stage: fireworks, rack, polyp thing, and band was from boss

I'm already isolated in my room all day anyways, so I'm doing my part?

[zenith plinth]

@cyan stratus , i'm doing the prismatic trial but overloading vultures keep spawning for me as first boss, am i doing something wrong?

[cyan stratus]

stuff changed after seed, can't help you there

new seed new patch

[zenith plinth]

aw heck :c

[gloomy inlet]

so you gotta update your game I guess

[radiant belfry]

where'd you guys find the on the first stage?

[gloomy inlet]

recycle the slug into it from the 2nd shrine of chance

[radiant belfry]

alright, thanks

[thin ferry]

F in chat for console players

[twilit dove]

Yep I’m console have fun with the new content guys

[thin ferry]

Soon my console fellow

Soon..

[zenith plinth]

I mean any item gives the topaz

But slug is the only useless item in mercenary etherial

[tough belfry]

https://youtu.be/nrHVJRetGgA?t=20

[radiant belfry]

i did ti

i got the ethereal

omgomgomg

[slim lintel]

isnt this pt pretty braindead for ethereal? free 500% damage

[radiant belfry]

yeah

[gentle jacinth]

im really sad

i missed the op merc PT by 2 minutes

and i really want ethereal

[velvet violet]

really? i just got it with the OP merc

[gentle jacinth]

i keep getting acrid as my starting character

no matter who i choose

[velvet violet]

huh that's odd

[gentle jacinth]

its the displacement artifact

[velvet violet]

i can either choose commando or merc and i still get merc

[alpine dew]

How does one get the merc challenge

[gentle jacinth]

beat a prismatic trial without taking ANY damage

[alpine dew]

Well, is there any tips on how to do that? It sounds all but impossible to me.

[gentle jacinth]

watch teh video above

you just need a good trial to get it

i had a pretty decent one a while ago where i got a preon accumulator

[alpine dew]

Are they different everytime you do it?

[gentle jacinth]

but the one i just missed gives you 5x damage

[alpine dew]

I've never really done the trials

[gentle jacinth]

no they change on a timer

[alpine dew]

oh

[burnt compass]

its the same seed for a few days

[gentle jacinth]

if you go into prismatic trials it has a timer

[alpine dew]

so, just keep an eye on the seed until its a good one?

[gentle jacinth]

yeah

[slim lintel]

tfw no fix for crystals not causing knockback sometimes

[spring marsh]

Is the displacement artifact you use a random character?

[burnt compass]

finally got ethereal

my brain is mush

totally worth it

[jaunty tiger]

Ethereal is nowhere near as good as eviscerate.

I hate that we have to go through hell for that move☹️

[burnt compass]

true but its for that sweet 100% completion

[jaunty tiger]

Definitely a plus lmao.

I’m on my grind for 100% as well. I just got all of commandos in one run. 103 mins . I’m having so much trouble with huntress for the crowbars

[burnt compass]

best way is either just play drizzle and play like 2 hours, or hope to find a printer

[slim lintel]

huntress crowbars is way worse than ethereal because you actually have no control over it

[burnt compass]

not really

just play 2-3 hours and you got it

[jaunty tiger]

See that’s what I was doing , hoping to get them from scavengers but I got to lvl 26 and had none of them spawn ?? Idk if it was a glitch or what. Ima get again later tho

[clever heath]

unlock the new command artifact

[burnt compass]

that works too yeah

didnt think about that

[slim lintel]

just play the most boring character in the game for 2-3 hours straight
ok

[jaunty tiger]

I only have one so far. Gotta grind till I get that one

[burnt compass]

all characters can be fun if you play long enough

[jaunty tiger]

Agreed

[burnt compass]

and its really just preferance

I prefer huntress over rex or mul-t

[fervent stag]

you can unlock command artifact and then get very fast huntress crowbar challenge tho

[zenith plinth]

why are the leaderboards so fucked

[jaunty tiger]

I mean consistency is the thing that makes certain characters better in this game. But none of them are “bad”. Huntress late game(can be hard to get there on monsoon sometimes) is absolutely crazy

[burnt compass]

not sure? whats fucked about them

[zenith plinth]

check them

[burnt compass]

looks fine to me

[zenith plinth]

top 2 people have -99999 as the time

[burnt compass]

ooh

[zenith plinth]

and top 1 has 0.00

3rd

[fervent stag]

so sad that huntress alt m1 was still auto aim

[burnt compass]

thats just people using mods

[zenith plinth]

oh

[burnt compass]

and yeah, I dont mind autoaim but it limits the range so much

[jaunty tiger]

That’s her gimmick lmao. I’m sure that’ll always be there. A few soldier syringes and it’s more bearable

[fervent stag]

well it makes it less interactive and kinda boring sometimes

[burnt compass]

true

[zenith plinth]

bruh

[fervent stag]

but the alt m1 is pretty satisfying with full crit and high attackspeed

[jaunty tiger]

I haven’t gotten it yet. It’s next on my list

Do any of y’all play with controller ? 😂. I’ve only been on PC for about 2 months and risk of rain 2 is the only game I still prefer a controller with

[burnt compass]

nah just keyboard, but have been playing pc for about 7 years now

[zenith plinth]

how do yall do it,,,, i've been on this Trial for 5 hours and i can't get ethereal despite being the easiest in a while

[burnt compass]

rose buckler on huntress has so much more potential tho

[jaunty tiger]

^^

[burnt compass]

just keep strafing so the fireballs dont hit you and try to kill everything with shift or r since its a 1 shot pretty much all the tiem @zenith plinth

and pick up the crowdfunder aswell so you can shoot the few long range enemies like the solus probes

[zenith plinth]

?

do we have different trials going on?

[burnt compass]

no

[zenith plinth]

i haven't had any solus probes spawn at all

[burnt compass]

2nd stage has 1 to 2 spawn

[zenith plinth]

in the abyssal depths?

i have siren's call as the first stage

[tough belfry]

that is a different trial

[burnt compass]

siren's call is first yeah

then is distant roost

[zenith plinth]

For me is first siren's call then abyssal depths

[burnt compass]

what

[zenith plinth]

i shit thee not

is it cause i'm on console?

[burnt compass]

ooh maybe?

idk if there's a difference

[zenith plinth]

there was no update for us so it would make sense

[burnt compass]

ooh right

[zenith plinth]

that we have the old trial still

[burnt compass]

yeah

damn that sucks

the pc one is so easy for ethereal atm

[zenith plinth]

but yeah, it does, it even removed the vagrant boss, i have to fight a group of overloading vultures :/

[burnt compass]

oh god

[zenith plinth]

what ends me is the blazing stone titan at the second stage tho

i've managed to get the overloading vultures down

[burnt compass]

were 2 stone titans for me, normal stage 1 and overloading stage 2

[zenith plinth]

good lord that seems horrible

[burnt compass]

not really

one of the artifacts we had was 500% damage but 10% health for you character

so you do enough damage to interupt their attacks the entire time

[zenith plinth]

jeez i WISH i had glass

rn that would be a godsend

[burnt compass]

it is for ethereal anytime

since hp doesnt matter at all while trying to get it

since its fucked even if you only lose 1 hp

anyway im off to bed, good luck with your trials

[zenith plinth]

thank you, goodnight!

[hollow fractal]

i almsot got it twice and then flubbed to fall damage. big upsetti lmao

was my fault tho. i was trying to enter my quantum portal and i just missed it (it was in the air lol)

[green patrol]

Does slamming work in multiplayer?

[slim lintel]

does your mother love you

[green patrol]

idk

[trail quail]

im so thankful they basically gave away the etheral for mercenary

[cyan stratus]

i'm guessing i won't need to make a video for this one. i'll stick to grinding all artifacts monsoon

[golden mirage]

^love your vids cabbage ❤️

[cyan stratus]

thanks mate

[slim lintel]

you're trying to do celestial ending with all artifacts cabbage?

[cyan stratus]

yea my record is stage 4 it's unironically hard

[gentle jacinth]

I DID IT

ethereal complete

rank 97

[fervent stag]

Cabbage which class are you trying to do it on?

[cyan stratus]

all of them, it's randomized

[primal blade]

go with merc cabbage, we believe in you

[fervent stag]

oh yea there is an artifact that gives you random hero every stage, I am not yet familiar with the artifacts since I plan on unlocking all of them without looking it up beforehand

[gentle jacinth]

are you aware of how the artifacts are unlocked?

[fervent stag]

yeah I unlocked 2 easiest

but I think its better to just find them instead of looking the answers here

[gentle jacinth]

yeah

just so you know, there are clues in every level

except the bazaar

[fervent stag]

yea I quickly glanced at the picture that has the locations

just to get the general idea 😄

[gentle jacinth]

there is one in EVERY level so dont ever assume there isnt

except of course, the bazaar

[slim lintel]

lmao I love that the fall damage one is called weak ass knees in the files

[fervent stag]

its pretty fun to just relax and play some command monsoon ez mode and try being op without wasting too much time

[slim lintel]

ew

all relics monsoon is actually pretty insane

I like it

[cyan stratus]

i killed myself and dropped an item

fantastic

[slow oasis]

hey

if the artifact in prismatic trial puts you under 100% health by default how can you unlock slicing winds for mercenary?

[slim lintel]

oh damn they nerfed the crap outta rex's alt puff

[fervent stag]

It has 0,5 proc coefficient atleast as a compensation

So you can actuavte on hit items with it

I still feel that the low cooldown was way better but I guess it had to be nerfed because of the healing

[slim lintel]

man and people think ethereal is hard lmao, all relics makes that look like drizzle command engi

I keep forgetting my own attacks can hurt me

[cyan stratus]

yea i literally cant get past stage 4

[autumn gyro]

took me 12 tries but finally managed to do one no hit

[cyan stratus]

🙃

[solemn fiber]

i wanna know
how far has anyone gone all artifacts

[slim lintel]

probably cabbage at stage 4 atm

I got to stage 3 but I need to sleep

[solemn fiber]

what character

[slim lintel]

you dont get to choose, one of the relics makes you a random char each stage

[solemn fiber]

oh yeah

[indigo snow]

Sounds spiced

The artifacts hopefully make trials at least more interesting, though I guess not every one can be an Ethereal anymore because the one artifact can lock you out of it
Honestly, I believe that's okay though

Is the random character seeded btw or actually random two chars every trial

[slim lintel]

this update actually removed my last bit of will to ever speedrun a trial again

[solemn fiber]

ha

[indigo snow]

Depends on whether the random character is seeded or not

If it's not, then its presence would kinda ruin speedrunning

If it is, then it's just another element to route

[slim lintel]

the chars are seeded but I want to play the chars I want to play, not whatever the game decided it wants me to play for 3 days

[solemn fiber]

forgot, double damage

[slim lintel]

?

[solemn fiber]

arent the teleporters supposed to instantly charge after boss death?

[onyx cedar]

what do you mean there's no clues in the bazaar

i thought I found a clue there

[slim lintel]

this patch seems pretty buggy

[onyx cedar]

do certain clues only appear after activating others perhaps

maybe in a random order

[normal whale]

Nope

[solemn fiber]

all should be everywhere

[solemn fiber]

All Artifacts Run (AAR)
Arti is pretty good, same for acrid, with long range.

[slim lintel]

I've had very little luck with arti

also wisps stage 1 is ez reset

[solemn fiber]

yep

same for jellyfish

[cyan stratus]

wow that's the exact opposite of what i've found

got up to stage 5 all artifacts monsoon, just need good rng

clay templar / solus probe / golems are instant gg

[solemn fiber]

i feel like the green item play is just, health.

[cyan stratus]

????

[solemn fiber]

what items do you select on whites/greens

[cyan stratus]

backup mag/tougher times, guillotine

[solemn fiber]

damnit i forgot about guillotine

add wisps to your list btw

[cyan stratus]

wisps are fine

[solemn fiber]

goddamnit

[cyan stratus]

yeah i was hoping to get an all artifact monsoon obliteration run day 1, but it's much harder than i expected

i'll try again tomorrow

[solemn fiber]

could you, theoretically, get an easy enemy to kill n cheese them to get tons of items?

[cyan stratus]

drop rate way too low to justify the difficulty scaling

[solemn fiber]

eh, spend about 1-1:30 doin it

[cyan stratus]

btw, do not get ceremonial dagger

you will get 1tapped by yourself

[buoyant plume]

[soft acorn]

8h later, finally got it

tho tbf 3 of that was just looking for the damn tablets

Vid coming out soon tm

nows time for 4p difficulty

[zenith plinth]

i do not have the preon accumulator
ping me when the trial starts at rallypoint delta Kappa

[gilded anchor]

Just rush first 2 stages instantly activating portal and you will have plenty of time for 10min checkmark

[cinder hollow]

if you spawn as loader, do you really have no chance to complete this lmao

u die when you punch the crystals

[slim lintel]

my new strat is movement speed for whites and uke/guillo for greens

[soft acorn]

which character are you using?

[violet linden]

In this update acrid his new misc is awesome

[soft acorn]

are you rolling for a particular survivor @slim lintel *

[shell onyx]

whats dis about like is it players vc pc or? pvp? pvpve?

[slim lintel]

with all artifacts you cant, your char is random every stage

[tough belfry]

you can't play a character you don't have right?

[soft acorn]

^

[slim lintel]

thats cheating

[tough belfry]

ok

i'll unlock all characters then

[soft acorn]

its not exactly cheating but it did make it a bit easier

[tough belfry]

idek what characters are good

[soft acorn]

you dont even need to zone out all, just the mele classes

i eman its cheating the same way playing it solo is since Death is useless and Chaos is way less dangerous

[shell onyx]

isnt reqular game based on # of players?

like difficulty of stage

[tough belfry]

i've decided to become a cheater

[slim lintel]

disgusting

oh wait is that an april fools joke

[tough belfry]

no

arti is gone 🦀

[fair dagger]

Just finished the prismatic as Merc to get the secondary special ability, super nice trial to do it as.

[slim lintel]

You cheated not only the game but yourself

[slim lintel]

damn I got a red drop but couldnt pick it up and died, daggers would probably make this dummy easy

[fair dagger]

Yeah, the red thats in one of the large chests in the first level is the daggers, made it a BREEZE

[fervent stag]

Yeah need to practice picking items fast with command active xd

[soft acorn]

daggers screw you over @slim lintel

Chaos<

[slim lintel]

ooh right

huh thinking about it, do uke procs hit yourself too?

[woeful sparrow]

Believe so

[soft acorn]

not in my testing but ive been keeping a good 50+ meters

retrying the whole sherade with all characters, lets see how engi fungus umbra F*** the run

[tough belfry]

i actually suck so if someone could do a video of a decent all artifacts run i'd appreciate it

[cyan stratus]

your attacks do not target you, but can target something behind you and kill you. daggers and huntress glaive aren't safe but uke is

and i suck too but i'll try more today

also you can just cancel umbra, its ever y 10min

[soft acorn]

my 2nd closest runs were ended by umbra engi placing turrets righ as teleporter event started, no clue how to cancel that

insta zoned out hitsan

how far did you get?

[cyan stratus]

s5

got templars, instant gg

[soft acorn]

say sike

[slim lintel]

are you using all chars or a limited pool cabbage

[narrow spindle]

@soft acorn what is umbra engineer, enemy engineer? Is it only in prismatic ?

Just @ me when ya reply I’m stuck at work lol

Just @ me when ya reply I’m stuck at work lol

[soft acorn]

Vengence artifact sapwns a copy of yourself with the same items and more HP. If you happen to be engi when it activates and have stationary turrets you are ducked @narrow spindle

[narrow spindle]

Oh that’s awesome

Uh could you give me a hint if it’s location? Of the artifacts tablet location ? @soft acorn

[soft acorn]

||you gotta go through the envirnemtn logs||

[narrow spindle]

Thanks mate

[cyan stratus]

all chars, limited pool is like playing on drizzle

ur supposed to be doing this to do the hardest challenge

[narrow spindle]

I’ve been collecting them actually, I even got the log for the artifacts area I haven’t read it yeah but I think I’ll start reading them

[cyan stratus]

8h later, finally got it
@soft acorn didnt u say u obliterated

[soft acorn]

with fixed rex, @slim lintel here complains that its cheating so imma beat his ass to it with all survivours as well

[cyan stratus]

so u even edited out commando

at that point why dont u just edit out everything except beetles

[gleaming wasp]

is this prismatic trial aight?

[frail spade]

Is it possible to unlock the Merc alt ability on the current trial? With Glass activated 100% hp is 10%, so you should right? or does it not work that way? if not, i fear i will never bother to try to get it

[cyan stratus]

yea it's easy on this one

[soft acorn]

mando is bearable so far, cheese with nades or stunlock and throw him off a cliff

[frail spade]

@cyan stratus Thank you for the confirmation, i tried a few times, and the one i thought was gonna get it mustve missed by like 1 DoT tick somewhere

[soft acorn]

what items do you pick for whites? I go crit stun sprint seringe

[cyan stratus]

i do backup mag and tougher times

[soft acorn]

no mobility?

[cyan stratus]

no

[soft acorn]

and no OSP exploit?

[frail spade]

@cyan stratus oh, wait...

[soft acorn]

it will take you forever

[cyan stratus]

osp is gone with glass, you get 1tapped by anything

overloading and blazing wreck you

[soft acorn]

stun + RoF so far has worked best until i get acrid or arti, loader is bearable

[cyan stratus]

might be, i've had luck with backup mag and tougher times

then again if you got all the way through stage 8 idk

i dont even know what kind of garbage spawns there

[soft acorn]

if you get a lucky red early on -> tesla coil + stun u can get past s4 most runs

if i dont get a red or 3 greens s1 i reset

[cyan stratus]

yeah the only red i got i turned into ceremonial dagger

[tough belfry]

does anyone know how the item drops work

[cyan stratus]

anecdotal evidence says stronger monsters drop more / better items

[soft acorn]

idk about dagger it might work if you can stay high in the air all the time

tesla got me through s8 and several times to s6 so thats what ill run, its good for clearing the whisps

also tougher times improves ur survivability linearly, i rly dont think you can survive S5 and onward without a lot of sprint

@slim lintel you stack any stuns or only hooves and sprint?

[slim lintel]

idk I'm still kinda playing around with random stuff

low-key want to see if I can stack enough of that new armor scrap thing to where I only take 1 damage

[soft acorn]

first loop mayb but ull be dead by then

[slim lintel]

armor scrap and bucklers

[tough belfry]

is bazaar allowed

[slim lintel]

I don't see why it wouldnt

think best loadout for arti is gonna be alt m2 and R

[soft acorn]

alt R yes, alt M2 no

you need the AoE to clear clumps. Actualyl i might make a strategy dock

[slim lintel]

yeah nvm on the m2 with the alt R its actually safe to use it

[cyan stratus]

well that's gg

[soft acorn]

F

[cyan stratus]

those aspect drops are extremely common now

only seen like 3 in normal play and already 2 now

[zenith plinth]

They buffed aspect drop rates?

[cyan stratus]

if you choose the all elite artifact, yes

[soft acorn]

you tested if they go away?

[cyan stratus]

if what go away?

[soft acorn]

they might work well with mark if they persist, it would only take 1 baulble 1 gasoline and some stun to get that +50% dmg per mark

[cyan stratus]

oh no, they stay

but dmg isn't an issue

it's just fun to see an umbral glacial engineer spawn in

[soft acorn]

u rlling with shield or harpoon? I ditched harpoon exactly cuz of umbra engi

[cyan stratus]

shield

i have enough clips like this to make a 5 hour compilation

[soft acorn]

GG WP

[cyan stratus]

love how i drop an item too

[slim lintel]

lmao

all relic dumb death compilation would actually be kinda great

[cyan stratus]

dont have enough drive space for that

[slim lintel]

what reds are good

is tesla safe

[cyan stratus]

yea

[slim lintel]

low key want dios lmao

[cyan stratus]

stuff like tesla and uke are safe b/c if they go from mob a -> mob c and mob b is in the middle it doesn't take dmg

so if ur mob b it's fine

[soft acorn]

tesla is best, headstomper second is a good meme

[cyan stratus]

i'll start saving my recordings and compile the stupid stuff when i'm done

there's a lot of it

[soft acorn]

i might stream tonight if i start getting closer

[cyan stratus]

imagine streaming

people would actually realize how bad i am

[soft acorn]

myth of the trials slayer is exposed

[slim lintel]

got to stage 5 finally

[soft acorn]

bdw happy mask might be the best red after tesla

[slim lintel]

wtf no that seems so dangerous

[soft acorn]

just hit me that it will lead to more mob on mob aro

[cyan stratus]

did ur brain turn off by any chance

[slim lintel]

so uh

[soft acorn]

need to test if mobs inherit the 5x dmg

[slim lintel]

stage 5, is using the tele at the bottom to skip a tele event allowed

[cyan stratus]

does it skip?

[soft acorn]

it doees

[slim lintel]

ye

[cyan stratus]

o

[soft acorn]

but its more dangerous imexo

[slim lintel]

cant you put in codes to tele to certain stages

and not to a artifact place

[soft acorn]

no

[slim lintel]

oof vultures

[cyan stratus]

???

[soft acorn]

at least not that i know of

bdw u2 dont do bazzar after every stage?

[cyan stratus]

that's cheating

supposed to be a hard challenge

[slim lintel]

oh no

explosive birbs

[soft acorn]

its still hard, just much faster laoding if u got 10 Focused Convergence

wait till they get dat dio

[slim lintel]

more worried about tesla ir daggers than dios

[soft acorn]

they dont have those

some items are restricted same as in void fields afaik

also daggers cant hurt u unless these fucks start killing eachother

[slim lintel]

they kill eachother more than I kill them

[cyan stratus]

^^

[slim lintel]

my s4 was big daddies and I didnt touch a single one and completed the tele event lol

my dumbass just died to fall damage of all things

[soft acorn]

^^

^y my first item is always hopoo

[cyan stratus]

??command

[soft acorn]

ofc command what else

[cyan stratus]

what

[soft acorn]

what

[slim lintel]

btw I think buckler stacking + that armor scrap may be somewhat legit, I took a shot from one of the birds that had bazookas and survived with 5hp before falling 10ft to my death 2 seconds later

[soft acorn]

it might mitigate DoTs but ull still die to high dmg attacks

[slim lintel]

birds gust attack is like one of the strongest in the game

armor scrap may make clayboi's survivable too with enough since they're rapid lower damage (not really) hits

also at least for early on acrids alt misc is way better but it may gimp you later in runs when you have guillo's

[soft acorn]

you loose the survivability of extra speed tho

any big boss stage 6 7 and 8 will make you hurt if you get acrid or mult

difficulty still increases director's credit range

[slim lintel]

also getting mushroom bois s1 seems op, they give way better xp than other mobs, are fairly easy to work around their attack, and seem to have way better droprates for items

[soft acorn]

you can cheese their attack by standing next to them, ezy suicide

crabs are probs the best tho

[cyan stratus]

ok so i entered the gold portal

there are 2 bosses

[slim lintel]

lol

[cyan stratus]

i died a terrible death

trying to find the preon in the command menu

[slim lintel]

oh damn getting the yellow item from there would be op af though basically free run after that

[cyan stratus]

seems possible with good rng

i got merc with imps which was kinda free if i didnt mess up

[soft acorn]

idk if it will drop yellow tho

[slim lintel]

idk why it wouldnt

[soft acorn]

because its a boss specific drop

[slim lintel]

aaaand whats making it so that can't happen?

[soft acorn]

you neeed to get aurelionite to get a yellow drop

if you get imps no drop

[cyan stratus]

boss still spawns, it'll drop item

[slim lintel]

ok so i entered the gold portal
there are 2 bosses
I could be wrong but this leads me to believe there were 2 of them

[soft acorn]

ah thats what you mean

kk so artifact doesent affect that

[north arrow]

WOOO FINALLY SUCK MY D*** ETHEREAL

[full sierra]

Me trying to do the perfect Mercenary no hit challenge, Prismatic probes existing

[north arrow]

get the gold shooting gun

whatever that thing is called

there's one right at the start of the trial and you can use it to wipe out elites without having to get close

[cyan stratus]

how rare is 2 gold altars in 1 stage

[slim lintel]

not as rare as it used to be, I've been seeing way more gold altars and mountain shrines since the update

[subtle dirge]

i havent seen a gold altar since the update dropped

[icy urchin]

there's a on the current pt, it's a joke

[subtle dirge]

ah

ok then

[icy urchin]

and you have glass

5x dmg

[subtle dirge]

i started a trial about 10 minutes ago

so

[icy urchin]

what are you still doing there 😄

[subtle dirge]

idk thought it would be fun

turns out i dont know what im doing lmao

[icy urchin]

there're only a few reason to do pts

[subtle dirge]

eh?

[icy urchin]

unlocking the
getting the ethereal achiev for merc
wanting to beat the record

[subtle dirge]

ah

ok ill leave lmao

since im not there for any of those reasons

[icy urchin]

but there are only 2 stages, I just don't know why would be still there

[subtle dirge]

i was on the second lol

[vivid raven]

is this pt a good merc ability one?

[icy urchin]

well there's an artifact which makes it so that you spawn with random chars

I got merc for both stages

the pt itself is easy

[slim lintel]

I swear hopoo is rigging the seeds just for ethereal

[lucid wadi]

[icy urchin]

I tried several times and always got merc on s1 (didn't bother going further after doing it once)

but in the list I saw others who weren't merc

[heady grove]

I don't understand how they expect someone to get through as mercenary UNTOUCHED, anybody have tips?

[clever mountain]

you have enough damage to kill everything before it has the chance to shoot, and this prismatic trial has a in the large chest by the bridge

[heady grove]

Sweet!

[clever mountain]

that alone and the sawmerang you get at the equipment chest next to the second stage teleport

[icy urchin]

shields don't help since they count towards you max hp, but barrier helps, so is a good item

during some pts you can rely on drones and turrets to do the killing for you

on some pts you had rallypoint delta as one of the two stages, which meant a free

[frosty void]

@clever mountain you also get a free Topaz in today's trial with the starting equipment use on the first common item you use it on. That plus the ceremonial dagger should set you up nicely for a zero damage taken trial run

[clever mountain]

I didn't need topaz on mine, but yeah that could help too

[cyan stratus]

yea i can confirm that artifact of sacrifice, more dangerous enemies drop more/better items

farmed beetles for 10min and got 0 drops

[slim lintel]

yeah beetles are easy to deal with but I'd say they're low tier, no items no xp

[cyan stratus]

lemurians and vultures are best

cant get hit and drop good stuff

[slim lintel]

wut I struggle a lot with those mobs

[queen canopy]

I just got top 2k on the prismatic trial run. Not sure how good an achievement that is, but considering none of my friends have even breached top 4k I'm happy with that performance. 7:41 AND got the achievement too

[slim lintel]

mushrooms and imps are braindead easy with good drops

yo cabbs when we gonna run duo all artifacts% for the true experience

[cyan stratus]

i unironically think that would be impossible

also ??

@pearl eagle

[soft acorn]

me and a pal got to s4 on our first run, its deffo not impossible

drop rate increases exponentially with players

[cyan stratus]

ok but 1 death kills all and if 1 player gets arti / acrid run is over

[soft acorn]

same as with 1 player 1 death gg

jsut get the mobility items first, problem solved. Acrid can clear a lot of mobs with R

[cyan stratus]

i wanna see these runs cause either ur the best player in the game or ur doing some weird strat i haven't thought of

[soft acorn]

ill stream tonight

[fervent stag]

If you could take strides of heresy I dont think artificer and acrid would be a big problem as long as both dont get them

[soft acorn]

B)

[fervent stag]

And then add some movement speed

[cyan stratus]

what

[fervent stag]

Atleast for me arti is fine as long as you get some mspeed and heresy

Too bad heresy kinda messes up other characters too much

[tough belfry]

i seem to be shooting myself as huntress

yes i am

[pearl eagle]

You trying to bully me for not going fast with tp charge on? @cyan stratus

[soft acorn]

now im sure, doing it with 2 players is better than solo

no mo deaths from navigating the item menu

[slim lintel]

arti and acrid are fine though, use alt misc on acrid and alt R on arti and they're both pretty good actually

[soft acorn]

acrid lacks the RoF for later stages

[cyan stratus]

ok movement speed is the play. easiest run of my life

[soft acorn]

same with arti but she can somewaht survive with M2

[cyan stratus]

until the solus probes lmao

[soft acorn]

took u long enough lol

[slim lintel]

yeah movement speed is strong

[soft acorn]

which stage

[cyan stratus]

4

just need good rng

@slim lintel try duo ?

[slim lintel]

also acrids rof doesnt matter when he has R and most enemies just kill eachother

sure

[tough belfry]

stream it

[soft acorn]

it matters cuz s4 u can get anky enemies

bunch of probes or templar and acrids gone

[slim lintel]

I got daddies s4 once and didnt even have to touch them they killed themselves

and with alt poison you can really play like a little bitch and never have to be near anything

[soft acorn]

idk maybe im being 2 risky or have bad rng but acrid almost always ends my runs

tip for duo: stay close-ish so you can clear the mobs faster and not get singled

[slim lintel]

something is messed up lol

[flint acorn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy4qQAezpcg wanted to share my run of the Ethereal challenge for the current seed

god DAMN is it easy

[soft acorn]

@slim lintel ive ahd that when mods were installed

if not check ur internet

[true viper]

agh

no topaz no dagger

[icy urchin]

there's an on top of the hill on stage one, that helps a bit, can take down the titans faster

[gusty nexus]

Honestly, this is probably going to be THE EASIEST trial EVER

[slim lintel]

the duo dream is over, me and cabbage have the worst connection

[indigo snow]

Wtf where are yall

Australia

[slim lintel]

no we both live in NA, I think the nets are just under extra load from corona because it used to be ~ok now its unplayable

[indigo snow]

Prolly how it'll be for a while

30 more days of not going outside

[fervent stag]

Yea unless you have a really good internet then most likely you have to either play solo or at night

[slim lintel]

I have like 580 down 18 up

I blame cabbages nets tbh

[fervent stag]

With those specs I concur

[indigo snow]

I have 20 down 5 up when I'm home

Idk how good the speeds are here

Should check

900 down 35 up friend says

[worthy moon]

and as of today i have the merc ethereal! dear god has this been a journy

[digital crest]

Ethereal?

[shrewd gazelle]

how are we supposed to do ethereal with the artifact of metamorphisis?

does it count even when you change?

[gusty nexus]

You dont change during it

[icy urchin]

you could pick another char and still start with merc, tho

[shrewd gazelle]

oh

so that artifact just doesnt work in the trials?

[icy urchin]

no clue, I tried starting the pt with several chars and always got merc for first

I didn't bother doing the first stage over and over again, though

however after completing the pt, I did see chars in the list that weren't merc

[gusty nexus]

I think until you get ethereal if you get metamorphosis it forces you merc

[cyan stratus]

@soft acorn stream waiting room

[mystic wave]

I finally got ethereal! this is definitely the seed to do it on

thanks for the help y'all

[soft acorn]

still at work, will ping you when i come online

[cyan stratus]

yea friendly fire is fine but being able to target yourself as huntress is a bit much

[soft acorn]

you cant target yourself?

[cyan stratus]

yes you can

[soft acorn]

how??

[tough belfry]

jump and look down

which is bad because i always hold m1 and jump a lot

[vivid junco]

I think it is Merc every time just the survivor on the leaderboard is who you selected first.

[soft acorn]

this is novelty, should probbably be treated as bug

[cyan stratus]

almost cleared gold portal with all artifacts

[wanton cedar]

Hey guys, am I doing something wrong? I spawn in as MUL-T every single time, no Merc

[tough belfry]

do you have merc unlocked

[wanton cedar]

I do

[soft acorn]

are you hopeing for loop or for disciple? disciple + crowbars and stun might actually work as self deffense

[cyan stratus]

disciple ofc

unless they kill me as soon as they spawn, that would be a good one

[soft acorn]

they dont, i tested it earlier yesturday on lower difficulty

Ill give daggers a second chance tonight as well, with headsomper/tesla as second depending on how often i die from fall dmg

[cyan stratus]

fall dmg is never an issue?

[soft acorn]

if it ended a run on s4, it is

plus once you have tesla and daggers all you need is survivability

[cyan stratus]

daggers adds a ridiculous amount of rng to the run, idk why you would take that

[fervent stag]

I am also interested in watching

[slim lintel]

Maybe I'll start streaming attempts but I really don't see it being all that interesting a lot of resets

[cyan stratus]

well if this gaming warlord is getting to stage 4 every other attempt i wanna see

[slim lintel]

who is getting to stage 4 every other attempt

[cyan stratus]

that guy up there

[lunar swift]

out of the loop, are we talking about a different challenge?

[fervent stag]

All artifacts run

[cyan stratus]

this is the all artifacts channel

[solemn fiber]

the AAR

[soft acorn]

lmao i did over 200 runs every other is a bit undermining

[solemn fiber]

still, theres only 2 challenges with AAR:
1 player Monsoon
4 player Monsoon

[fervent stag]

Whats wrong with 2 or 3?

[solemn fiber]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[slim lintel]

prismatic trials are literally dead right now, no one in their right mind would run trials atm

having to wait on tele smh

[solemn fiber]

nobody would do 10 minute runs

[cyan stratus]

also i never mentioned this but gold coast has normal chests

it's pretty neat

[slim lintel]

oh nice

[cyan stratus]

got an equipment barrel too, tried to find preon in it and died to an imp

would recommend going there

[slim lintel]

I feel like cube is better for this, at least safer and shorter cd

[cyan stratus]

it is, but i wanted preon for the double boss

[slim lintel]

oh right

all artifacts is way more interesting than I thought it would be, I thought the devs were overexaggerating the difficulty

[cyan stratus]

it just feels so rng dependent

[slim lintel]

still more fun than grinding a 1% preon crit

[cyan stratus]

remember when i grinded a 1% preon crit with mult for absolutely no reason for 5 hours straight

[cyan stratus]

can parents teleport on top of you or am i stupid

[slim lintel]

yeah they can

[cyan stratus]

yikes

so if u keep running are u good

[fervent stag]

And they can teleport often too

They will try to slam you

So I think if u moveu should be 'fine'

[cyan stratus]

i didnt know and afk'd on a pillar lmao

rip stage 4 run

[fervent stag]

Wait u have pare ts on stage 4

[cyan stratus]

ye

[sonic inlet]

what is the best way to complete the prismatic trial if i want the mercernarys special ability?

mercenary*

[odd fulcrum]

is the mercenary dash instakill bug patched?

i can't seem to do it anymore

[mystic wave]

there was a bug for that?

[solemn fiber]

parents can teleport it seems

alot

it was the gimmick of Grandparent

[toxic tinsel]

Sooo what’s this game mode because I haven’t tried it out yet and I can’t rn because I got-drum roll please 🥁 🥁 🥁 HOMEWORK! And when I’m done with that thennnnnnnn WORKOUTS!

So I basically don’t have time to check it out

[slim lintel]

rip stage 3 commando and get claybois

I have 5 armor plates and 2 bucklers lets see how they hold up

ok this shits broken pretty sure they're only doing 1 damage already

LMAO

you gimme a leeching seed and I'm near invincible and a teddy or 2

[clever mountain]

that's disgusting lmfao

[cyan stratus]

hm

[slim lintel]

Yeeaaah just passed that stage pretty easy and those are claybois with teddies

as commando too

[cyan stratus]

ok but u had 8 whites

like wtf

[slim lintel]

I literally just used my tankiness to run in to groups of them andmake them shoot eachother

[cyan stratus]

did u set up a farm with crops

[slim lintel]

Farm stage 1 dummy, and dont skip your umbral twins thats 2 free items

[cyan stratus]

and cultivate an entire field for 10min

[slim lintel]

it was like 7 mins stage 1

[cyan stratus]

yea but i dont want to farm stage 1 just to get something stupid s2 and have wasted time

[slim lintel]

I mean if you get to this point doesnt really matter what you get I think, my s1 and s2 were arti then acrid

stage 1 enemy was mushroom bois

they literally cant even touch arti

[cyan stratus]

item drop rate is just so low idk

im lucky to get 1 drop on stage 1

[slim lintel]

I'm tellin ya mushroom bois

also if you activate tele and stay outside of it you get super increased spawnrates to farm faster

oh

ok

I was gonna show off my amazing armor

and then something did 400 damage out of nowhere

oh

they got n'kuhana

nice

pride cometh before the fall

[cyan stratus]

how did they heal? lol

oh

yea not much u could do there lmao

[slim lintel]

but those beams legit not even ticklin

if you can get a good s1 I don't think this will actually be that hard

other than them gettings leach seed and nkuhana and other insanely stupd crap like that

oh and activate every mountain shrine you see because its basically an extra free green

[cyan stratus]

ok i tried ur strat

and overloading solus probes 100-0'd me in 1 second while i was using jade elephant

[slim lintel]

guess I'm cheating

what items did they have

[cyan stratus]

oh lmao they had kjaro x2 ggs

[slim lintel]

yeeeah that'll do it

its a fairly solid strat, at least lets you get further more consistent

also the ice band is pretty safe for extra dps doesnt leave anything lingering

Think I will stream some attempts of it tomorrow

[cyan stratus]

if i shoot myself as huntress 1 more time im uninstalling

not even a joke

[slim lintel]

lmao

dont think I've done that yet

I think I've killed myself as acrid the most because I forget his M2 has aoe

[foggy star]

we're fixin that + the artificer shootin the wall behind her, dw

that being huntress shooting herself

[slim lintel]

fix crystals not giving knock back and the tele having to charge

[indigo snow]

I would say those kinda break trials rn lol

[cyan stratus]

neat, thanks

any way to make command pause the game on singleplayer? or nah

i guess it's not an issue in normal play so nvm

[fervent stag]

I think it might be on purpose so that the artifact has a slight downside too since its so op

If you can even count it as a downside

[cyan stratus]

killing a drone as soon as you buy it makes it respawn at a higher price

good one

[slim lintel]

thats how drones work

drones are a scam, they've killed me more than they've helped me

have you made it to s6 yet

[cyan stratus]

no i got an easy run to s5 but tried to grab items while there were imps

pretty much not possible to grab items until the stage is over at that point

[slim lintel]

yeah

[solemn fiber]

so the flat damage reduction is good?

[slim lintel]

for this specific challenge its pretty decent, base game its actual trash

[cyan stratus]

ok so you can just go to bazaar, hope to get engi, and farm your own turrets for item drops while time is paused gg

[slim lintel]

lmao

I thought we already established using bazaar was cheating anyways

[cyan stratus]

i meant like using lunars to get to bazaar and buy stuff there

if a portal spawns it would be fine

but the strat is stupid anyways so i wouldnt do it

just something i thought of when my turret got killed and dropped an item

[pine coral]

Would anyone want a guide to achieving the Ethereal challenge on today's trial?

[slim lintel]

There's already a vid in the pins

[solemn fiber]

how is going to the bazaar cheating?

anything to make the challenge easier is nice

[cyan stratus]

i mean at that point you can also play on drizzle, not have certain characters unlocked etc

would just feel like a hollow win for me

[solemn fiber]

i mean, idk what lunar would make it easier

[cyan stratus]

stacking a bunch of gestures would be complete chaos

[solemn fiber]

oh

[cyan stratus]

probably for the worse though

[solemn fiber]

i guess so, all i'd do there is get the teleporter charger

[cyan stratus]

makes the zone too small

[solemn fiber]

hm...

[cyan stratus]

once you get like 4 it's impossible to be inside and not get hit

definitely good for normal speedruns but not for something like this

btw stage 6 can spawn elder lemurians

found that one out the hard way

[slim lintel]

wait teleporter charger?

[zenith plinth]

New lunar item

[slim lintel]

ugh

of course it has to be lunar

I hate the lunar system so much

[zenith plinth]

It decreases the teleporter radius as a downside

[cyan stratus]

once someone beats my time with it i'll go figure out how exactly it works

[tough belfry]

it's stupid

[cyan stratus]

but i think it has diminishing returns

[tough belfry]

the teleporter zone doesn't get smaller when you get more

[slim lintel]

is it even possible to beat an old time now that theres a whole extra stage

[cyan stratus]

what yes it does

and idk, but probably

[tough belfry]

yes 100% possible

[cyan stratus]

8 stages isn't that much when ur saving a bunch of time with the new item

[slim lintel]

how much faster does it make tele charge

[cyan stratus]

not fast enough for how small the zone was at 4

[tough belfry]

2 minutes for first stage, a bazaar, 1 minute for each stage after should be possible

[cyan stratus]

go do it

actually no, i wanna grind this first

[solemn fiber]

lovely!

[tough belfry]

i actually think CE would be easier coop since my main issue is i'm dying

[solemn fiber]

arti is so good on the AAR with ion surge

whats the best greens to get?

[cyan stratus]

oh yea i should probably equip that

everyone is using different strats rn so there isn't 'best'

[solemn fiber]

whats yours

[cyan stratus]

quail/guillotine/buckler

a uke if i'm feeling spicy

been thinking about razorwire but i dont feel like relying on getting hit

[slim lintel]

I think I'm about to start ditching the uke and going for ice band

[cyan stratus]

that's a stupid idea, good luck

[solemn fiber]

5:45 in and man

arti is so good on ground enemies

[cyan stratus]

no speed items smh

[slim lintel]

killing a single enemy is more efficient to killing the whole horde than diddly uke aoe

[cyan stratus]

but yea stage 6 is my new record, feels rng reliant on what enemies you get at that point

but you dont get item drops if you dont get the kill, no?

[solemn fiber]

and damn, fire

[slim lintel]

idk

[tough belfry]

you still get items

[cyan stratus]

that's what i thought since my own drones drop items when killed sometimes

but i've never a massive aoe explosion drop items

[slim lintel]

I def have

[cyan stratus]

idk i rarely get an item drop on 1st stage anyways

items feel extremely scarce on this

[slim lintel]

yknow I think we kinda sleeping on crowbar having just 1 would be pretty chonky with the 500% we're getting from glass

[cyan stratus]

definitely think there's a lot of items that can help

but my issue is justifying getting them when i could stack damage reduction and speed instead

damage seems kinda useless when you have mobs killing themselves

[slim lintel]

yeah damage comes after you get a bunch of speed and def

[cyan stratus]

even just camping until 1 blazing spawns and sets them all against themselves is enough usually

[slim lintel]

but 1 crowbar could help certain chars a lot

at least 1 teddy is good too, could easily mean the difference between life/death

I'm guessing infusion is pretty trash? Has anyone tried it to make sure its scaled down like it does with the item glass

[cyan stratus]

ofc it is

it would add max 10 health to your pool for each one

[slim lintel]

idk they've oversighted some pretty dumb stuff before

but if it was bugged thatd basically be cheating

[tough belfry]

how much damage do bombs do

[slim lintel]

at least 10

[cyan stratus]

more than 11 for sure

[woven bronze]

I just wanna clear this trial. Seems perfect for getting the flawless Merc

[cyan stratus]

yea i've heard of people doing it without their monitor even being on

[woven bronze]

It took me two runs to survive destroying the first time crystal XD

Didn't know they inflicted damage

[solemn fiber]

he seems to be stuck

[cyan stratus]

unlucky

[slim lintel]

bison, imps, mushrooms are the holy trinity for s1 mobs, or just in general even

[cyan stratus]

idk what you like about mushrooms

snipe me midair

[slim lintel]

idk what you dont like about mushrooms

how its so slow

i didnt even know they could hit in the air

[pearl onyx]

This trial? Great for getting the ethereal

Cabbage had a good point earlier

I turned my monitor off and I just had it

Took a nap in between

[cyan stratus]

got brass contraptions s2, very interesting

[vapid sierra]

piece of cake

[cyan stratus]

cave tp spawn in abyssal depths is also instant gg

[fervent stag]

Do you get legendaries in these runs?

Brainstalks is pretty gg in these all elite runs

[icy urchin]

yes, you can get reds in pts

the current one has a

[fervent stag]

I mean in AAR

[icy urchin]

what is aar

[fervent stag]

All artifacts run :D

[cyan stratus]

red items are extremely rare

tesla coil is best red, brainstalks probably second

[woven bronze]

Any tips for how you did it Leandro?

[urban coral]

When does the seed for pt change ?

[quartz carbon]

What is the point of the trials

Do you get anything?

It says you don’t but who knows

[burnt compass]

you dont get anything for it, but there are 2 challenges you can only get while playing pt

[fervent stag]

As long as the rankings are full of obvious non-legit times, there is no reason for there to be benefits either

Maybe it will change in the future who knows

[fresh abyss]

i dont know that i'd say there's lots of non-legit times! i had a top 10 time a little while ago and the only one that seemed pretty crazy was the #1 time

[fervent stag]

What is shroom?

[burnt compass]

shroom?

[tender hull]

By itself, tesla coil is probably best red yes, but clover has some sexy synergies when you pair it with other items

[fervent stag]

its specificly for the all artifacts run, tesla coil probably isnt THE best red in any other type of runs

[soft acorn]

we are talking about AAR

[tender hull]

Oh gotcha

I havent unlocked all artifacts yet

[fervent stag]

me neither

I like to first find the location myself and only then unlock them

[tender hull]

Thats what im trying to do too

I need to find another code cuz i used all the ones i have found

[fervent stag]

what do you have so far?

[tender hull]

Elite artifact (forgot the name), glass, spirit, chaos and command

[burnt compass]

elite is honor

[tender hull]

Gotcha

[fervent stag]

if you dont mind spoilers you should probably get the ||settings menu|| one since it doesnt really require "finding it"

[tender hull]

Oh

Oh my god thats genious

You know, before yesterday i thought merc was the best to do all artifacts run

[fervent stag]

there is an artifact that makes your character random 😄

[tender hull]

||Then i got chaos and realized wisps and gasoline hurt you||

Oh yeah that too

But yeah poor merc is subsceptible to chaos artifact

[fervent stag]

you just need to adjust item builds depending on your artifacts, for example with honor brainstalks and guillotines are op

with chaos ceremonial daggers and aoe equals death

[tender hull]

Wait does daggers try to attack you or something?

[fervent stag]

havent played it myself but thats what I heard

[burnt compass]

that would be horrible lol

[tender hull]

Thats like scav when they still could get daggers except youre the one causing it

[burnt compass]

can they still get the lightning thing?