#prismatic-trials

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light locust
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I mean, unless they are killed by mobs obviously

white frost
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which being in a wood shrine they are highly unlikely to

clever falcon
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joy, another turret uselessly placed somewhere not helpful

white frost
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even if the wood shrine isn't directly by the TP you can just retreat

clever falcon
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i'm glad they updated turrets to teleport with us but I wish they'd be in good places lol

white frost
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I lured a wandering vagrant into a wood shrine kill zone, worked pretty good

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same, I wish they scattered across the stage

light locust
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meh, I personally wouldnt pick them in a normal run, they would be welcome, but I dont pick them with command, in prismatic trials tho, I can see their use

white frost
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I nearly killed Mithrix with 13 squids, just failed a dodge

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this was on monsoon

light locust
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yikes

clever falcon
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even with what you're telling me they only have any hope of being usefullif you have a healshrine right next to teleporter

white frost
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I got him like 3/4 through the second phase

clever falcon
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wait how'd you even get squids at mithrax, there's no interactables

white frost
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what I did was make every single white a fungus and just stood still during the fight

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I was Captain, brought equip beacon

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refilling your equip (Forgive Me Please, btw) is an interaction

clever falcon
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I presume that's the 10 zone one I don't have

white frost
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yeah

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that one is very easy to get, you can guarantee it in an obliteration run

clever falcon
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do they get his little thingies

white frost
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just go to void fields, buy beads of fealty, then obliterate

light locust
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void fields count?

white frost
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sadly no, but I had lots of other drones that did get them

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void fields are an area, yes

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bazaar also

light locust
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huh, I swear they didnt count for me

white frost
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so 5 stages, bazaar, void fields, a moment, fractured, a moment, whole

light locust
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I got it unlocked at 10 stages, had gone to the aurelionite, void fields, and bazaar

white frost
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oh and bulwark's ambry

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I happened to get a different stage 3 so I got the unlock at a moment, fractured

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obliterated anyway and sniped twiptwip to death with the shotgun

light locust
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fair enough

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I tried the ambry, but I did artifact of frailty and the quail chucked me off the map

white frost
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so if you don't get beads just use dreaming to get yourself 1 new stage in the next loop

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haha

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I have them all unlocked so I just did a commandy stage to get some hooves

light locust
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fair enough

white frost
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no the hack beacon is the awful one to unlock because it's literally just rolling dice, but you have to wait 10-20 minutes between each dice roll

clever falcon
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green cliff place, desert/swamp, volcano/eggzone, skyland, artifact, bazaar, void, moment, moment,

white frost
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took me days

clever falcon
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so at least one of the zones before celestial needs to not repeat

white frost
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you don't even have to win the scavenger fight, just go in and die to unlock it

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you skipped a level

light locust
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fair enough, I was determined to unlock both his achievements in one run as that was all I needed to fully unlock him, so I was in for a long run anyway, cus that darn drone just wouldnt spawn!!

white frost
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there's 5 levels in a loop and 5 hidden realms if you have beads

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thinking about it, it's actually impossible to do the challenge without visiting a hidden realm?

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actually

clever falcon
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....
2 zone 1's that i'm calling cliffsides, desert/swamp, ......snow/...somthing, egg/volcano, skybox

white frost
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you don't need beads, you can just visit fractured and then go to the moon

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a little longer but saves you a few lunars I suppose

light locust
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now which is easier, Mithrix, or WipWIp

clever falcon
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well I've only beat Mith so far

white frost
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Wipwip easily, but you don't have to beat 10 levels, only visit them

clever falcon
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Scavboi difficulty is rng I suppose, what items it gets

light locust
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true

white frost
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could be, but you can also just snipe him and he won't even get up

light locust
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if he doesnt have a healing item then just shoot him from far away?

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yeah but healing items?

white frost
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Hm, any of them have medkits?

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Even if they do, a dagger or two should prevent them from activating

kind mortar
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thank you cabbage, i finally got it ☺️

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pretty sure i just got hella lucky with monster spawns, but the pathing worked out

toxic siren
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Is there any commentary from hoopo to fix the prismatic trials? kinda sucks that it is bugged :/

zenith plinth
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its kinda funny tbh

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yo im 30th in the world on death any% prismatic trials

toxic siren
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i enjoyed the first 2, but now its just, i dunno

kind mortar
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whats the bug?

white frost
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Death %

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It's fixed on the test branch

languid path
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Why tf are the artifacts always the same on console

wooden osprey
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anyone finish the mercenary achievement on the current trial? i'm having trouble and was wondering if anyone had any advice

solemn tendon
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check pins

wooden osprey
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ty

sullen niche
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oh my god i got ethereal, thank you so much cabbage

solemn tendon
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ggs

sullen niche
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i slowed it down a bit for the brooch printer but i actually didnt need it

copper kettle
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is there an easier route for the current trial? I'm going mad trying to unlock ethereal.

sullen niche
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What I did was grab the stun grenade and monster tooth by the first and third(?) crystal, printing them both into brooches

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otherwise i actually just sprinted everywhere and saved my skills for when wisps would spawn, I found myself getting dinged if I was just using my skills off cd to get around. being caught on cooldown is pretty much gg

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if you're not super fast, a huge horde of wisps will spawn right when you grab the preon, I'm not sure what influenced it but on my winning attempt it was instead two glacial wisps and two mushrums

copper kettle
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Also does 1.0 mean that we're not getting a less awful way to unlock merc's alternate r?

wooden osprey
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In the first portion of Cabbage's video, is there a consistent way not to take the fall respawn damage when getting to the first Pink Crystal? It's inconsistent for me, sometimes I don't take damage and sometimes I do, want to try to optimize if possible

sullen niche
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Make sure you're falling as slow as possible or have iframes when you touch the reset point

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otherwise you're just going to have to do it until you have a good mental image of where the line is

wooden osprey
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gotcha, thanks!

sullen niche
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edit that to make it a little more clear

weary bough
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this current PC seed is impossible. any reccomendations?

wooden osprey
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quit before you lose your mind

drowsy escarp
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oh this is where you guys are discussing the ethereal achievement for mercenary -_- it feels so impossible with all the wisp spawns

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Also does 1.0 mean that we're not getting a less awful way to unlock merc's alternate r?
@copper kettle I was talking about this in one of the game-discussion rooms, but seriously... how can they think this is a good design choice? the other ones are definitely a bit challenging and require replaying it a few times, but they aren't as punishing as the Mercenary achievement...

copper kettle
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if there was like a "I'm going for etherial" button that just insta-locked you into your current merc loadout (or at least defaulted to him) and put you on 1 hp that would be GREAT

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but it requires so many clicks to try again if you fail it.

drowsy escarp
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YES yes, agreed. Like even a "retry" button would make this 1/3 less tedious

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well. at least because I tend to get hurt in the first 30 seconds 🙂

viscid cliff
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is it possible to get ethereal today :{{{

drowsy escarp
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I tried that route for like 30 mins and just gave up on it, what a shitshow. but it is possible at least

weary bough
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just gave it 15 tries

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barely hit the preon proc then died

karmic lynx
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Yeah I had to keep trying different timings and order to get the crystals so a bunch of wisps didn't spawn all around me.

wary quarry
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Almost got it and then the second titan on stage 2 hit me with the laser

copper kettle
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I cleared the first stage without dying but forgot to set the teleporter.

wary quarry
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That wisp mass spawn at the second crystal is pure evil

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Oh and the double wisp spawn at the first one as well

copper kettle
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I've had good luck with those, I've been able to kill them. The second whisp spawn hasn't gotten me too badly yet

wary quarry
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I usually get nicked by one of them at the second crystal after using a double dash

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It's always a 1HP hit as well

thin quail
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Is this trial doable for the Mercenary skill unlock or is this one still too hard?

wary quarry
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It is doable but the first 2 crystals are rough

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ROR2 is a well designed game but mercenary ethereal is really bad design

sullen niche
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I was able to get a two glacial and two mushrum spawn instead of the massive horde, but im not sure what influences it

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at the second crystal

wary quarry
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Like oh yes taking no damage as the melee character while an extremely common enemy type that is hitscan and is nearly unavoidable

sullen niche
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also dont forget the brooch printer if you'd rather go a little slower

wary quarry
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The preon clears the mushrums pretty well

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The few brass contraptions that spawn near the tele ruin that though sometimes

sullen niche
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I found getting the stun grenade and monster tooth by the crystals and printing them into brooches to be what made it a lot safer for me

wary quarry
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I mean the brooches are good against wisps

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Brass contraptions and the titans don't care much though

sullen niche
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shouldn't be getting hit by either, a lot of your kit stuns and with glass you can gib them before titans can clap ya

wary quarry
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I usually get to the tele around the 2 minute mark

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Getting hit by the wisps at the second crystal is not a good time

wary quarry
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Yes I finally did it!

royal geyser
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congrats :D

wary quarry
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Now I just need to get used to the ability

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Since slicing winds requires a lot more thinking than eviscerate to be effective

wise barn
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Got it! my schmove was to do the battle shrine immediately to levelup, then bumrush the preon accumulator in the shrine on the other side of the map and the minimum amount of crystals on the way, then set the teleporter to loop and accumulate the boss there to death. Stone golems are in the next stage, with overloading titans as the boss. They're muuuch easier to dodge than wisps so i just stumbled around until that was finished

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i had no idea there was a brooch printer

white frost
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Finally found a good console route

bleak stirrup
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zeddy

white frost
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It starts very hectic, but ends with you farming for just a couple of minutes

bleak stirrup
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bro please share

white frost
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Hey fisch

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Okay so Cabbage's PC route where he jumps over the chasm

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The hard part is getting all 5 crystals (for money) without getting hit

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When you get yo the artifact chasm there's a mountain shrine next to a missile launcher, hit both

bleak stirrup
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do u farm all the crystals first stage?

white frost
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Mountain shrine makes the boss easier since it's just solus control unit and not mushrum horde of many

bleak stirrup
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or both?

waxen torrent
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how long does the trial have left? I want to go to the moon™️

white frost
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Only first stage, stage 2 is free

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Make your greens squid polyps + 1 guillotine, make your white AP rounds, I shouldn't even have to specify equipment but obviously preon

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When you hit level 5 and have all that stuff, activate the teleporter, hide, let your turrets weaken solus control unit and then shoot him

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The tricky part is the boss fight immediately spawns like 5 elite wisps, you will need a good hiding spot

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I'll have a video soon I hope, keep taking damage from stupid things like minor falls

bleak stirrup
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bro thank you

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imma try this strat out and see how it goes

white frost
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I got unlucky with items this time and only had an AP round reaching level 5

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that went just fine, but a fungus haze hurt me while farming

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hate playing through this capture card, I think I need to phone record just so I get a playable framerate

copper ether
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why are wisps able to cheat and hit mercenary during teleport

white frost
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Overloading enemies be like that

copper ether
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not even overloading

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theyre just hitting me when im in the middle of a teleport and im going for the challenge so i cant get hit

white frost
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Teleport as the stage teleporter? Don't stand still during that

thick acorn
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everytime i try to jump across the chasm like in the video i take dmg when i respawn

white frost
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8 damage taken

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That little traitorous turret shot me once

wary quarry
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You need to reset your momentum to prevent fall damage

white frost
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You have to dash into the abyss, think of the respawn box as the ground and you're just preventing fall damage

wary quarry
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Or dash into the respawn zone with blinding assault or eviscerate

white frost
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I'll try once more but you guys might just be getting the 8 dmg video cause I have to work and it shows the strat

wary quarry
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Another option is using whirlwind a split second before touching the respawn zone

white frost
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Everyone's waking up around here, further recordings would be filled with noises and family members

thick acorn
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This sucks.

wary quarry
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I mean slicing winds was worth the pain though

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The insane combos you can do with jt are amazing

white frost
thick acorn
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I can't ddo it

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This prismatic trial is aids.

white frost
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Best i can do for today, and time is kind of of the essence when uploading prismatic strats

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Hopefully this can help you @bleak stirrup

thick acorn
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this is cancerous

alpine kelp
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Can confirm

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the first part is fucking me up

white frost
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it's a tricky trial, but it also frontloads all of its difficulty

alpine kelp
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yeah

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second part seems easy enough

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but ive only gotten to the tp 2 times

white frost
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this is much better than some trials where you do easy grinding for 10 minutes then get to the part where you can mess up and have to restart everything

alpine kelp
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the time i didnt die i got tapped by a wisp before touching the tp

white frost
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you really can learn wisps, and in trials doubly so

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when you get hit by a wisp, take note of the timer

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enemies spawn at the same time every time, so you can choose where to be before tricky spawns

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wisps are also not as unavoidable as they're reputed to be, you can sprint in a circle around them and they really can't hit you if you're close enough

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running a zig-zag away from them with your dodges usually works too

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I'm not saying this as a general "git gud". I recognize that it's difficult and these are merely tips to cope with it

alpine kelp
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i just hit a wisp with my shift, but didnt actually hit him, i just sent him to the moon

wary quarry
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The second crystal is really annoying with the wisp spawns

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The second stage is a breeze though

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The first boss fight as well

white frost
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sky meadows terrain is very bumpy, I found a lot of places where you can run around in creases and the wisps won't even try firing at you

wary quarry
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Mainly get the squid polyp since that thing saved my run on stage 2 by drawing aggro

white frost
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you want to be running along cover if at all possible

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RIGHT? Squids are the best

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on console there's this area in the back with 5 xp barrels you can pop and it spawns an amazing squid army that immediately kills stone golems

wary quarry
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Polyps are pretty bad on normal runs

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Here they are crucial against the titans

white frost
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they can be alright early game, the problem is they have no item interaction

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if they just spawned on-death effects when they died they could stay relevant forever

wary quarry
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This trial is pretty good if you get past the wisps at the second crystal

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Since the mushrums exist for a few frames because if the preon

alpine kelp
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ok the second boss is really intimidating

white frost
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don't they die in one combo on PC?

wary quarry
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The polyps distract the titans

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You literally shoot the preon abive the mushrums

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They don't even have time to fire

white frost
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I recommend completing the trial to the end even if you get hit, btw

alpine kelp
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i should get polyp tho

white frost
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it's important to have practice for the full run so you don't squander your good start

wary quarry
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Yes get the polyp and guillotine

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Printing one broach can be a good idea too

alpine kelp
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i got hit by a rock

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bruh

wary quarry
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This trial is pretty doable

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Took me a few hours to get ethereal though

alpine kelp
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few hours
monkaS

wary quarry
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I mean it was my first attemt at the challenge becauce the class artifact was on

viscid cliff
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IM MALDING

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tryna get ethereal

alpine kelp
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same

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fuckig wisps

wary quarry
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It will be annoying and rage inducing it will not be a good time

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Slicing winds are a sidegrade to eviscerate since 1.0 which is nice

viscid cliff
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it feels so inconsistent

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sometimes no wisps at all sometimes LITERALLY 100

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got hit by a fucking normal golem after killing 2nd tele

alpine kelp
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happens

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get preon for easy first tele

viscid cliff
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i can't even get to the fucking preon on 90% of runs

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the fucking first crystal is just guarded by like 10 wisps

wary quarry
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By 2 wisps

alpine kelp
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are you following cabbages run

viscid cliff
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yes

wary quarry
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You can dash into the respawn zone

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Since you will be under i-frames still

viscid cliff
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and hope wisps dont spawn when i do

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or is there a timer or what

wary quarry
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There are literally 2 wisps at the first crystal

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At around 50 seconds the wisp army usually spawns

white frost
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does PC version have turrets? I try to get to the turrets before wisp army spawns

wary quarry
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At 50 seconds you couldn probably be at the 2nd crystal

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There aren't turrets but you can also use eviscerate and dashes to kill them

alpine kelp
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NO

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FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

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I AM MALDING, THE STONE TITAN WAS POINTING AT THE TURRET THEN HIT ME

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HOW

wary quarry
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Chaos is on

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You could have hurt the turret maybe

alpine kelp
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chaos is not on

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enigma, glass, swarms and death

wary quarry
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The rock laser thingy above him could have hit you

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There is also a money barrel next the tele

alpine kelp
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maybe he just fucked the squid so fast and moved on to me

wary quarry
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So the barrel polyp distracts the titan

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You need to be quick

alpine kelp
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i was using tele polyp

wary quarry
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I used the barrel polyp on secind one while killing the TP titan first

white frost
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turrets will randomly target you with chaos on. are you on console?

alpine kelp
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enigma, glass, swarms and death

white frost
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oh I saw your clarification later

alpine kelp
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plus, the stone titan laser hit me

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he was poiting elsewhere

white frost
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oof

alpine kelp
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did a 180 and fucked me

white frost
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I think you wanna kill one titan, leave, then come back t oa distracted second titan

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idk haven't tried PC trial

nimble rivet
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lol this one a good one to get merc ability?

alpine kelp
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yes and no

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a lot of bullshit hits

wary quarry
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Just be careful about the wisps

alpine kelp
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but its short and has glass

wary quarry
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The second stage is pretty easy

nimble rivet
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wisp have been fucking me up so bad

alpine kelp
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which the downside of glass shouldnt matter since you dont wanna get hit anyways

wary quarry
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The firsr boss fight lasts like 2 seconds because of preon and guillotine

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Also enemies have halved HP

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You essentially deal 10X the damage

viscid cliff
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this is such a retarded unlock gotta say

keen lodge
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why are the wisps protecting that exact shrine

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literally whenever you get to that area they spawn

white frost
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they spawn at a set time, you're just on a consistent pace

alpine kelp
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what happens if you dont align the tp with the planet

rich sentinel
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you go to the moon and softlock if you beat mithrix and escape apparently

nimble rivet
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I did it

waxen torrent
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noice

jagged pagoda
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can u die from fall damage?

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too afraid to die since im trying to unlock something

waxen torrent
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only with shaped glass

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or artifact of frailty

wary quarry
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You will be left in 1 HP

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I din't think fall damage falls under OSP

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It can't kill you without the frailty artifact

waxen torrent
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or with shaped glass, it has happened to me before

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I once got like, 3 shaped glass and died to fall damage trying to leave bazaar

jagged pagoda
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im in the void fields but no more cells are popping

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that means its over?\

waxen torrent
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did you get a red item?

chilly island
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lmk when you guys hit this

zenith plinth
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how are the huntresses getting so low

still frigate
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teleporting into things

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probably

zenith plinth
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is this seed good for consoles ethereal?

white frost
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Ehhhh

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Can be done, and the hard part is frontloaded

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Fourth drop is equipment you can command into preon, so that's nice

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I recorded a video that nearly did it let me find

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Unfortunately, I didn't have time to grind for a perfect run. You might want to make the two first drops brooches

alpine kelp
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LETS FUCKING GO BOYS

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LETS GO

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finally did it

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thank you zeddy for the thing

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the award

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i am going to stop playing for today

zenith plinth
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fuckin legend

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how come you didnt take fall damage at the start there @white frost

alpine kelp
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so what i do is

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start gorags

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oh, console

zenith plinth
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seriously how do you ignore fall dmg like that

copper kettle
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barrier still doesn't count for damage on the pc version right?

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Was that patched or something?

zenith plinth
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it doesnt count

copper kettle
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In which case, some random stray damage blew past my barrier and robbed me of my etherial

zenith plinth
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nvm i figured it out, iframes on all your skills

white frost
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The fall damage works like just falling on the ground

zenith plinth
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that fucking blue wisp makes me want to kms along with that magma mushroom dipshit

white frost
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All you have to do is slow your fall down just before warping up

zenith plinth
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well i brute forced it by pressing R

white frost
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Yeah mushrum is why I hit mountain shrine, makes the fight easier

zenith plinth
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nah im talking about the one that spawns near the 2nd time crystal

white frost
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That one is a jerk

zenith plinth
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this time i was fast enough to outrun it and then brass contraption hits me

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console is suffering

copper kettle
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I got etherial

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Finally, after what's felt like years of trying to get it to happen

zenith plinth
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@white frost how'd you get the solu unit to take damage

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just drones?

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yeah ive just accepted that etheral mercenary isnt for me

white frost
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Drones and there's two turrets by the teleporter

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The turret is doing most of the damage but you have to help or it'll just get killed

zenith plinth
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i might just wait until the next seed

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i wouldnt mind grinding for this challnege but its just torture, from the UI (time it takes to restart) and the amount of hitscan enemies

white frost
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Mhm

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A good console trial has sirens call for the first stage because no wisps + loads of missile drones

zenith plinth
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  • the artifacts which are there for some reason
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the last seed with sirens call spawned an elder lemurian right in front of me

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i noped out so fast

white frost
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I'll add you to the list of people to ping when there's an easy trial

zenith plinth
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cheers m8

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life is difficult enough without having to worry about this BS

copper kettle
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The current trial isn't terribly hard, if you try to copy the video it is, but with some small changes to the route it can be much easier.

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Specifically, I opted to play cautiously, killing the two whisps that spawn by the first crystal, grabbing the chest by the first crystal, and rushing for the turtle printer after the 3rd crystal.

tough belfry
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does anyone know how gold to xp is calculated?

zenith plinth
hard iris
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I did it as well :D

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im so glad the 2nd stage didn't have wisps

wary quarry
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This trial is pretty good for the challenge

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Especially since the furrst boss fight lasts a few secinds because of preon and the second boss is carried by polyps

tranquil narwhal
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i ve heard the seed tody is favorable to the acheivement

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any advice?

wary quarry
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Watch the weekly video from cabbage

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That in helped me a ton

hard iris
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i didn't know there was a preon so i ended up getting the first boss with meteor x)

white frost
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Nice

drifting garnet
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Alright I'm trying for ethereal what do I do

vague creek
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check pins

drifting garnet
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Aight thx bro

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So how did cabbage fall off the map without taking damage

wary quarry
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Reducing his momentum before touching the respawn zone

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You can simply rush into the respawn zone with blinding assault or eviscerate since they give i-frames

drifting garnet
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Ok how did he get the preon
That shrine doesn't give me anything

vague creek
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that particular shrine will always give you a preon on the 2nd roll

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seeded run and such

drifting garnet
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So I just didn't notice he hit it twice

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God I'm terrible at this

wary quarry
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If you beat mythrix you get ethereal as well technically

drifting garnet
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Let's fuckin go

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I got the damn thing

late kindle
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What determines where the enemies spawn? I keep getting killed by wisps spawning in bad spots.

tranquil narwhal
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i confirm the current seed is totally doable for the mercenary acheivement (ps the unlocked skill sucks)

wary owl
final sun
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Finally got it, thanks to whoever recommended the cabbage vid👍

fresh knot
#

the hardest part of doing that one was the fall damage

drowsy flume
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Fall damage is ok, the wisps are a nightmare 😬

jagged stone
#

What's the path y'all used for today's trial?

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I go up for energy drink, then go for the shrink of luck's predatory instincts, beat up the crystals, get the crowbar near the TP but not sure if there's other great items I missed

wise barn
#

why do deaths show up on the leaderboard

vast token
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hopoo has adopted the philosophy for RoR2 of live fast die young

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it's embodied by the race to leave this place for the astral one

severe dome
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yeah, these thousand wisp spawns are the worst, after that the run is really easy

jagged stone
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idk the lunar chimeras are kinda annoying, the gunner ones

severe dome
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you can just loop instead and get easy to dodge enemies

jagged stone
#

How many stages must be done if you loop?

severe dome
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Prismatic trials is always 2 stages completed, doesn't matter which you get

jagged stone
#

OH

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Never done prismatics before so didn't know

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And celestial portal appears on which stage?

severe dome
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there's a video in the pinned comments, it shows the optimal way to do the trial

jagged stone
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Oh.

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Well that's much easier than what I was doing..

cursive wyvern
#

Just do a god mode cheat

boreal void
cursive wyvern
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I'm kidding

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But trying to do this legitimately is actual pain

severe dome
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I just got tapped right before I hit the last teleporter

modern depot
#

Any way to avoid wisps as mercenary?

severe dome
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learn their spawns and save your skills for running away from them

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a big cloud spawns around the 45 second mark most of the time, I'm usually at the second crystal by then and I can use my skills to get out before they start shooting

modern depot
#

Thanks also any way to quick restart?

severe dome
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not as far as I know

viscid cliff
#

WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY THE ONE TIME I GET PAST STAGE 1 WITH NO DAMAGE THE FUCKING GOLEMS BOTH SPAWN ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE TELEPORTER WHYYYYYYY

keen lodge
#

This is actually the easiest one to do a run on

viscid cliff
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PLEASE HELP ME

keen lodge
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I'm sorry my friend

uncut wraith
#

eh, theres been easier ones havent there

keen lodge
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Idk

uncut wraith
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iirc wasnt there one with like, only jellyfish then only beetle spawns

keen lodge
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Oh wow

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I just found this one super easy cause early preon + topaz broach

severe dome
#

I'm not much of a merc player, I've got a ton of runs under my belt with everyone else, but Merc is my least favorite to play

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but he's the only one left to unlock stuff for

viscid cliff
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THIS IS THE LAST ACHIEVEMENT I NEED KILL ME

keen lodge
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Are you following the guide?

modern depot
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I forgot to do the alignment thing Tearstorm

keen lodge
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That happened to me twice lol

viscid cliff
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i am but like the fucking first crystal will shoot me when im getting the preon

severe dome
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I haven't forgotten the alignment, but I have missed the tele and shot off the Preon with no boss a few times

keen lodge
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Shoot you?

viscid cliff
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and i for some reason can NOT get through the fucking golems

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sorry the wisps by the first crystal **

keen lodge
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Oh i just go for them first

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There should only be 2

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Try to not dash, use evis instead

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Dash only has 0.3 seconds worth of i-frames in non-beta

viscid cliff
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they both spawned at opposite sides

keen lodge
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Dash into evis

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Or line them up for a dash, or hide behind that little tube in the ground where you are

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Or just go to the next run and they'll hopefully spawn next to each other

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Took me like 15 tries

modern depot
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dude i swear there were like 10 stone golems + the 2 bosses on the second stage like why

keen lodge
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Also, get the topaz broach on the way to the guillotine

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It will save you, trust

severe dome
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I figured out the dash had very low iframes, I thought it felt different to the old dash

keen lodge
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Yeah they just fucked up the iframes, has the proper amount in the next update

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Hotfix

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Whatever you want to call it

severe dome
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also it wasn't until I started doing this that I found out the rocks on Sky Meadow do damage

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I just had never been hit by them before

viscid cliff
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k i quit

severe dome
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the RNG on the wisps is the biggest threat for me, sometimes they just spawn in the perfect spot to always hit you, right as your cooldowns are starting

modern depot
#

I found a really reliable way to get pass the first stage its just golems that are making me mad

severe dome
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I ran through a few times not caring about taking damage just to make sure I understood everything, and the golems weren't too bad for me

keen lodge
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Golem stage was scary but I didn't fail there

severe dome
#

much easier to dodge golems than wisps

modern depot
#

I found a way to get a focus crystal and the topaz broach B)

severe dome
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I'm not really worried about extra damage since the Glass artifact is on

severe dome
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finally got it, decided to try to take it slow against the wisps and kill more of them than dodge, and it was way easier

viscid cliff
#

@modern depot please help

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i feel like the big group of wisps that spawns are always just impossible to get through

modern depot
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alrighty

last scarab
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is the current seed any good for the mercenary acheivement?

modern depot
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yea its pretty good

last scarab
#

so whats teh general strat?

modern depot
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i heard theres a youtube video by cabbage that shows it

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Is it alright to post a streamable link in here?

terse lotus
modern depot
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feels good man

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just did the no hit run

royal geyser
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nice job :)

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I just did it earlier today as well

last scarab
#

thank you gentlemen

velvet mesa
#

Why is this Reliquary healing during a prismatic trial run? Is it made it so peeps don't unlock artifacts too easily? lol

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Just wanna know if it's on purpose rather than an oversight.

cyan stratus
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ping it, it's overloading

obtuse flame
#

Game theory: Ethereal was made solely so that people would have a reason to play Prismatic trials

wise barn
solemn fiber
#

yes

last scarab
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if prismatic trials dissapeared tomorrow and were replaced with somethign else, I would not miss it at all

solemn fiber
#

tomorrow is the day

weary elbow
#

is the prismatic trials the same for everyone?

modern depot
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yea

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thats why this channel exisists

weary elbow
#

in that case how am i supposed to clear this one

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i need it for harvester's scythe

modern depot
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i got a video for the first pat B)

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part*

weary elbow
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ive tried everything i can

modern depot
#

doing a no hit run?

weary elbow
#

lmao that sounds like a great idea

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how???

modern depot
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look at that video or cabbages which is this before the day ends

weary elbow
#

no character moves fast enough wnd has enough range

modern depot
weary elbow
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ive been told "just skip everything as merc"

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by a friend

solemn fiber
last scarab
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I GOT IT

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WOOO, 100 PERCENT HERE I COME

waxen torrent
#

I got ethereal before merc mastery

weary elbow
#

tried the cabbage run didnt get BFG9000 when i shouldve

exotic plover
#

do these trials ever change?

solemn fiber
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yes

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every 3 days.

exotic plover
#

ok thanks , i thought it was impossible but i just beat my first prismatic trial as the huntress this shit is intense

faint phoenix
#

I have a question, is 50 stages overkill on a god run and should i cap at 30

tough belfry
#

no, you should keep going until you crash

vernal depot
#

Keep getting sent to mithrix map reeee

drowsy flume
#

i've tried myself like 20 times and always got hit my a wisp at some point

vernal depot
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I thought map progression was random, i've been sent to the damn moon 20 times in a row now

grave garden
#

Just change the teleporter to loop instead of mithrix?

vernal depot
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oh right

grave garden
#

For anyone attempting Mercs Etherial challenge this prismatic is pretty legit

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stage 1 you can go up from where you start in meadows, and there's a glowing meteorite, it basically guarantees instantly breaking all of the time crystals. also start very close to a drone behind you which helps too.

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(PC)

vernal depot
grave garden
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Grats

vernal depot
#

first stage is such a goddamn bitch with the wisps

white frost
#

It's a fairly good trial because the challenge is frontloaded

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That makes restarts relatively painless to a lot of other trials I've tried

vernal depot
#

In that middle section sometimes wisps spawned, sometimes the mushrooms. Didn't seem 100% consistent

lilac oak
#

can you cheese the prismatic trial here to unlock artifacts?

white frost
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Not this one in particular

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The boss is overloading so it just heals between key uses

vernal depot
#

But man the ethereal skill unlock is worth it

old prism
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how is it that even tho im copying every step from the video the outcome is always random? its BS

drifting garnet
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It's not random

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What are you having trouble with

old prism
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in the video theres not a million wisps spawning on the 2nd/3rd tiem crystal

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oin his video there are 2 wisps

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on my end they dont spawn but a million wisps spawn right after

drifting garnet
#

I remember the only time to wisps spawned was right after starting

old prism
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they keep spawning on my end and it doesnt stop

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liek 7 wisps per movement

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this is pissing me off im taking a bath

drifting garnet
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Yeah there were a lot later but they never downed in twos always in like sevens

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I think cabbage is also a minor deity
And ran this extremely fast

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I personally found it easier to go over there ground so I could grab some whites and hit the topaz brooch printer

old prism
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omfg it just keeps happening

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6 wisps just spawn on the time crystal

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and another 6 spawned right after the first 6

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prismatic trials are bs

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the only reason for me to ever quit this game is because of this 1 challenge.

i just wanna 100% this game bruh

white frost
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Enemies are supposed to be preset in spawning

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If you get wisps when Cabbage isn't you're probably moving slower

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You can go faster, or you can note when the spawns happen and choose to be in a good location to counter it

old prism
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i am literally moving at the same pace

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i started the video on my phone and followed the movements along the video

white frost
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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I have seen some random prismatic spawns before, not sure what causes it

old prism
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its the game being abseloute BS

white frost
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It's often sky meadows, as well. Like sometimes there'll just be an elder lemurian out of nowhere

old prism
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ye

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and again i just have 6 wisps spawning in my face

latent warren
#

im so bad at this

grave garden
#

yessssssssssss

old prism
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you lucky bitch

#

i have been struggling for so long now

cursive wyvern
#

Isn’t this the easiest it’s ever been?

uncut wraith
#

theres been easier

white frost
#

There's definitely been easier

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Last month was glass artifact and kin, both stages had beetles

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I think that's the easiest it's ever been

drifting garnet
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The wisps are the only hard part of this one

cursive wyvern
#

A problem I’m having is I can’t see the BFG firing because the equipment artifact interferes with the animation, so I don’t where it’s going to go

weary elbow
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i did exactly as the video said

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no matter what i get oneshot

cursive wyvern
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Noted

hidden ivy
#

@limber plaza what is this

still frigate
#

it is the definition of beauty @hidden ivy

north adder
#

leg what is this

rocky pollenBOT
#

dynoSuccess Leg#7398 was muted

exotic fog
#

hey are the trials working correctly? When does it count as "completed" ?

solemn fiber
#

times are bugged, to get on the leaderboard you need to die
but ethereal still works

exotic fog
#

Ok.. does taking barrier damage count as falling below 100% hp?

exotic fog
fierce hound
#

do y'all know if I complete this prismatic trials, I unlock captain?

zenith plinth
#

Finally finished Mercenary's challenge

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thank god for Topaz

young plank
#

where topaz?

white frost
#

Ohh, a TC280

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Does the PC version have it too? This would be a really good time to unlock hacking beacons if so

solemn fiber
#

waiting for new vcahbnge

white frost
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This has the potential to be an easy console trial because free preon

spare oak
#

I still can't do it lmao

cyan stratus
#

too busy to get trials out immediately after reset

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give me like 3 hours

white frost
#

I don't like the console one because glacial bighorn

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Wonder how long I have to wait to get a boss that doesn't suck

simple olive
#

oh dang props to cabbage I got it last seed using their route with like 12 hours to spare

weary elbow
#

whats the strat for this one

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seems like the engineer cheese may work

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engineer cheese doesnt work

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what do i do

white frost
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What're you trying to accomplish? Just beating the trial?

zenith plinth
#

whats easiest way to get ethereal

white frost
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I had TC280 accidently fire a few shots into me.

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This thing would be the scariest enemy in the game

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I think I made it, but it's hard to tell with Ethereal already unlocked. I took a bunch of damage but I also had a bunch of brooches

weary elbow
#

i beat the trial bu MUL-T spam

cyan stratus
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damage taken = 0 even with brooch damage

white frost
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oh really?

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in that case I didn't make it at all

obtuse flame
#

whats easiest way to get ethereal
@zenith plinth stack brooches and hope you get visions of heresy

zenith plinth
#

ok thanks

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but doesnt it count as health

obtuse flame
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no brooch is armor it goes over health

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also I recommend blasting a song you like
sounds stupid but legit helps

cyan stratus
#

someone should make a better route

white frost
#

oof, blazing bisons

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if it wasn't for having command while not having sacrifice, I could almost say this trial is worse on PC

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ahhh, you just lure them off the cliff

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I'm stealing that

solemn fiber
#

@indigo snow

zenith plinth
#

My friend needs to see this

zenith plinth
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good seed for console?

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i doubt it cos wisps

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sigh nvm this is really doable but the first stage is just a pain in the ass

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the second one you grab preon and guillotine

white frost
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Yeah it's not the worst seed because free preon and you can get TC280

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My plan for when I have time later is to stay in one of the cave areas and grind money/items, making the first two whites brooches

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For the bisons I think lure them off the cliff

zenith plinth
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the only problem with guillotine is it takes too long to get to it on command

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and so the imps tp and fuck you over 😄

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god i fucking hate console pris trials so much lmao

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@white frost wheres the TC280 btw / cost?

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cos farming on rallypoint delta seems dangerous when 1. tping imps 2. wisps exist

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if you stay too long greater wisps also start showing up and id rather die

white frost
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It's behind the cargo crate with the teleporter, costs 350

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There's a regular drone next to it, and another regular drone by the little nook above the preon. You should get those two at least

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They're very valuable wisp distraction

zenith plinth
#

good point

white frost
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Once you get TC280 wisps kind of just disappear, but I've also had it friendly fire me for half my health so can't honestly vouch for getting it

zenith plinth
#

what does friendly fire do

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does it also shoot / target you actively

white frost
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Chaos is enabled

zenith plinth
#

yeah but do drones actively target you or only if you get in the way

white frost
#

Turrets and drones will sometimes shoot you if it killed an enemy and there aren't any targets left to finish its burst fire. It's highly annoying

zenith plinth
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yay console

white frost
#

Any one of those artifacts except command being gone would make console trials ten times easier

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All of them being gone including command I'd say also would make it ten times easier

zenith plinth
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"yo dawg we heard you hated hitscan if youre going for etheral merc"

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"so we put in the artifact that spawns wisps after you kill"

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i took.

3 damage.

from a wisp that spawned after i killed one.

that's all the damage i took.

white frost
#

Oof. That's pretty close tho

zenith plinth
#

got hit from behind a pillar 🙂

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didnt get hit 1st stage at all by a miracle

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and then the vagrant starting healing itself for some fucking reason

white frost
#

Overloading shields charge after 7 seconds

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Could also have been a level up

zenith plinth
#

oh my god it was overloading shields

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i think optimally you have 3x crowbars + 1x guillotine + 1 preon with 2 Gunner drones

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and then you nuke the jellyfish with Preon, and then eviscerate -> 3x blinding assault -> Rising Thunder

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the magic number is around 845 for execute, the preon should kill bring it down to 1k ish (tested with 2x crowbars)

zenith plinth
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Damage taken: 64

it's doable. i think this seed might be the easiest for console actually.

white frost
#

definitely not the easiest, that was a couple of weeks ago where you started on siren's call with four missile drones

zenith plinth
#

well in recent memory*

white frost
#

it's still a pretty good one

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what's your strat? do you get the TC280?

zenith plinth
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no

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I start with the closest crystal behind and to the right, and then get the crystal in the cave (this is to "manipulate spawn locations"), get rid of the wisp that spawns in the cave, double back across the map, get the gunner drone, get preon, run the long way because the centre is filled with mobs, get the 2nd gunner drone next to the TC, and then proc teleporter. after you do so, hang around the TP zone so the cows are aggro'd onto you, and then run like hell. You should pick up 2 crowbars and a Guilltoine, cant get a third white to drop

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second stage: theres a lemurian that always spawns in the crystal in front, kill him and the wisp that spawns. then, go for the 2nd crystal by going to the right, then dash straight to TP. after the 3rd crystal near TP is down, aim Preon squarely at the fucker and blast away. then, eviscerate, blinding assault, etc until executed. after death, immediately dash away cos theres a lot of angry mobs on the ground. dont stand on top of vagrant

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im sure theres a more optimal plan but im going for pure speed but yeah i know its doable

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the reason i double back into the snow cave is cos this somehow forces the game to spawn lemurians near you, which means the path to the TP is totally clear

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I bought a gunner drone and it fucking shot me as it spawned.

white frost
#

hate it when that happens

zenith plinth
#

but it's doable for sure. I got hit by bison and my own drone

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runalds band was a huge gamble cos it can friendly fire, but i didnt know what else to get

white frost
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wouldn't go for runald's band on console, guillotine is a consistent damage boost with no risk of self-harm

zenith plinth
#

so far getting the 3 crystals + starting TP is dmgless consistently for me

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ive used the preon to nuke the large train of mobs ive accumulated

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also gets rid of cows aggroing onto normal mobs

white frost
#

oh neat

zenith plinth
#

i always fuck up on the mobs

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any luck on your end|?

white frost
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I haven't been able to start attempts seriously yet

zenith plinth
#

F

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gl nonetheless

slim escarp
rancid mountain
#

this challenge is pain incarnate monsoon_angry

foggy pier
#

yes

ivory ruin
#

I have been trying all day, is there any reason why gunner drones wouldnt spawn for me?

white frost
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Console and pc versions have a bit different layouts due to sacrifice being enabled

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I have no idea if pc version has drones

ivory ruin
#

Right, that must be it

white frost
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Easiest way to check is start the teleporter, then run a lap around the stage looking for blocked interactables

ivory ruin
#

Yeah, did thata a couple of times, dont youldnt find them

white frost
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No drones then, but royal capacitor must be nice

slim escarp
#

Check cabbage latest video, huge help

ivory ruin
#

Yeah, i have been trying that, with brooches to eat the occasional lemur shot, adn it works first stage decently

winged kelp
#

Looked at the guide video, right at the start of the first crystal he does R and then right click and this kills it, but for me it only does about 80% of its hp?

ebon spoke
#

Can someone give me a picture of what artifacts are enable on pc version of prismatic trials

winged kelp
#

it's elites and choose your items

tough belfry
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he hits it with the third m1

vernal depot
#

Is there an "easy" way to unlock piercing winds in the current trial or should i wait for another?

winged kelp
#

I would wait this trial's fucked

paper flower
#

alll elites makes it really hard

vernal depot
#

yeah

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the wisps are super annoying

paper flower
#

very

winged kelp
#

so mad I missed glass last round

white frost
#

You're right, fisch, this one is really easy

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Pretty sure I'll no damage this very soon

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Took 83 damage from stupid simple mistakes

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After picking up the two drones enemies really don't target you

white frost
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Wasn't recording at the time. House is currently too noisy for it

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But this is really easy. You can just hang around the ledge and everything will prioritize your drones over you. You just have to dash in to bait the bisons, then save eviscerate for escaping bslc to the ledge. Nothing really thinks about attacking you

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I even could afford TC280 after the boss fight

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I'll try using my crappy capture card so noise won't be an issue. Should be easy enough I can beat it even at 10fps

white frost
#

I did it again, recorded this time

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It was very slow, but that may have worked to my advantage

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@bleak stirrup , @zenith plinth and @indigo snow

zenith plinth
#

12 mins? damn

white frost
#

you can go much faster, I just had very bad bison luck

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two of them got stuck in the container

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a good run will be ~6 minutes

zenith plinth
#

is AP > crowbar?

white frost
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I don't trust crowbar 'cause the tendrils might bring it down below 90% before the blast does

indigo snow
white frost
#

and I like to weaken it a bit anyway

zenith plinth
#

true

indigo snow
#

omnom

zenith plinth
#

i fucking forgot about AP im so dumb lmao

white frost
#

Shy, let me know if you think 10fps capture card or mobile phone filming my TV looks the least worst

zenith plinth
#

ye im looking at your route, i ended up doing that at the end but got too greedy with luring the bison in so id always get dinked there

white frost
#

might be better to just wait for a preon charge. it's honestly a benefit to let the fight drag on for more loot

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that's what I ended up doing and why the route ended up 12 minutes

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but if you see my previous screenshot you can go much faster too

zenith plinth
#

well greater wisps showed up for me

white frost
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yeah I had one too

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you just get the drones and they kinda attract all the aggro and take no damage because they're champs

zenith plinth
#

ye i just gotta be patient

white frost
#

I finished off the greater wisp after tickling it with preon

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after realizing I could just use that ledge and lure bisons off it, this has been one of the most pleasant ethereals I've done on consoles, it's hard to say when an opportunity as good as this will come again

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the TC280 is particularly great, I was relieved to have it clearing stage 2 for me

zenith plinth
#

how come lemurians spawn later for you after the third crystal? damn

white frost
#

¯_(ツ)_/¯

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lemurians are fine, just hop in zig-zags

zenith plinth
#

but yeah that was the route i took too

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guess i just gotta be less greedy

white frost
#

You can do it, this is the one I think

zenith plinth
#

im prioritising kill cos out of sight, out of mind

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yeah thats what i thought too

white frost
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you don't even have the handicap of playing at 10fps through an off-brand chinese capture card

zenith plinth
#

lmfao

white frost
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keep me posted! I wanna know when I can take you off my list of people to ping

zenith plinth
#

ill spoend the next hour on it and see how it goes

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got greedy and got hit by lemurian

white frost
#

Ouch

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Just stay cautious and you'll be fine

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Be at that ledge or behind the hill, save eviscerate for things that get close

zenith plinth
#

yteah but how do you aggro bison without getting on shore

white frost
#

Right so there's two strats

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The first is just wait, they'll come eventually

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The second is run in, dash a bit, save eviscerate for escaping back to the ridge

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I ended up having to go in and get two bisons that got stuck

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Strat 3 is just wait even more and get them with preon

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Remember that a prolonged fight is good for you

zenith plinth
#

how so

white frost
#

More enemies spawning means more items and xp

zenith plinth
#

the bison keep aggroing each other its hilarious

white frost
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Your levels outscale enemy levels in the first two areas, it's opposite from how long runs work

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Oh yeah they'll kill each other if you give them a stupid long time but I wouldn't rely on that

zenith plinth
#

didnt get the TC but oh well

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not necessary right

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didnt take dmg until last boss fml 🙂

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i think im gonna stay and grind for more items

white frost
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The tc helps a ton

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I'm pretty sure if your preon doesn't kill the boss, tc will

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Did you watch the video? I recommend checking out how I did stage 2 specifically

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I dash into the boss, then up the cliff, fire a preon, let the drones do the rest

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I don't move down until every last enemy is dead, that way I'm safe from friendly fire

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You should finish runs even if you take damage so you get in stage 2 practice

zenith plinth
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boss didnt spawn in good position

white frost
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Can it spawn in different positions?

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Maybe different consoles have subtle changes like that. I'm on Switch

zenith plinth
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i did it.

white frost
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Nice! Taking you off the list, then

zenith plinth
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tyvm

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TC was necessary man

white frost
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It really was

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I'm glad I could help!

zenith plinth
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ye

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still sucks that like

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cheesing it on both stages is the way to go

white frost
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We're simply not sweaty enough nerds to do it legit

zenith plinth
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you wanna post this on reddit or smth? i was gonna post a PSA about how this seed is the easiest

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only 55 hours left

white frost
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Oh, I would but my isp blocks reddit

zenith plinth
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F

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mind if i post it with link to your video or

white frost
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I'd be delighted

zenith plinth
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cool man

zenith plinth
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i have a question

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does the shield generator count as max hp

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for the prismatic trials?

white frost
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If you take shield damage you lose the challenge

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You can take barrier damage tho

gusty spire
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for merc how the heck do you kill crystals fast without taking damage, do i just have to use eviscerate twice?

thin timber
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It only explodes once you destroy it completely. So a few hits and then eviscerate to finish it, Blinding Assault can also be used to finish it.

gusty spire
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whenever i like watch cabbages videos im just like "how does a special and m2 kill it?" but i never thought to just smack it like twice before that, thanks

bleak stirrup
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Yesss zedddd

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my lad

strange rivet
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do prismatic trials reward you with anything?

drifting garnet
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Not yet

modern depot
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No but if you do a no hit run with merc you get a move

strange rivet
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I just did the no hit run with merc

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was jsut wondering

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thanks

surreal inlet
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I'm done. That sucked, I felt nothing. Time to relish in 103 achievements.

cursive wyvern
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Cheating is looking really attractive right now

lapis beacon
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why i can not play prismatic trail?

zinc vigil
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Is your game modded?

hearty shell
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Hey guys I'm new here but I finished the Ethereal achievement last night and it's the cheesiest but probably easiest way to do it if you're terrible at mercenary like I am. The build is using fireworks to clear everything and royal capacitor + kjaro's band for boss damage. 2x kjaros deals more damage than kjaro's + runald's

dapper geode
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oops wrong sub

tropic gazelle
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Hi I have a question. What is good for mercenary's prismatic trial challenge unlock?

crimson stream
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doesn't cabbage do the mercenary etheral challenge every seed and posts it on YouTube?

tropic gazelle
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Idk

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Never heard of cabbage

lapis beacon
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Is your game modded?
@zinc vigil yes

tropic gazelle
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Yea

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Wait no srry

zinc vigil
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Then yeah you won't be able to do them

lapis beacon
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oh then , ty

random estuary
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The fireworks did so much work in that trial.

tropic gazelle
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This prismatic trial is tough at this time

brittle oxide
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I'm on Switch rn and the trial looks so much easier on PC Teedus

tropic gazelle
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Im saying its tough cause sacrifice is on

brittle oxide
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These darn Wisps from the Soul Artifact keep throwing me for a loop lol

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And ofc Sacrifice too

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On top of Chaos LUL

crimson stream
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i was able to do it with command glass sacrifice

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it was still difficult but fun anyways

tropic gazelle
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im on console thats the thing kirby

brittle oxide
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Lunar pods don't usually show up in the Trials, do they?

crimson stream
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they can

brittle oxide
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Cause I'd slap on a Shaped Glass so fast lol

crimson stream
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only thing stopping lunar pods is sacrifice

brittle oxide
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Dag, just need a good seed for it lol, trying to do the Mercenary one too

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Oh yeahh, forgot about that one

crimson stream
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also you can go to the brazaar if you wanted to

brittle oxide
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Only after completing the first stage tho

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Just gonna keep trying until I get lucky with the Sacrifice drops lol

crimson stream
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true

tropic gazelle
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Sacrifice is tough for mercinary unlock

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Cause whats the use for the rich modification if there are no chests

crimson stream
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drones

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drone on glass is SO helpful

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one gunner drone helped with my glass sacrifice command run

tropic gazelle
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There are no gunner drones near where I spawn

waxen torrent
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@tropic gazelle cabbage does ethereal every trial, he's in pins rn

tropic gazelle
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For this time cause I hacked his prismatic trial today he had chests i dont

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Checked

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Its the same location but he didn't have sacrifice

solemn fiber
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you cheated at prismatic because you couldn't do it?

tropic gazelle
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What are you talking about

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Im on console I can't cheat risk of rain 2

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@waxen torrent cabbage dosent have a run posted for today

tough belfry
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if you're on console use the other pinned video

waxen torrent
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use Zeddy's vid

tropic gazelle
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K

waxen torrent
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Trials last 3 days, so Cabbage's is still relevant, as well as Zeddy's vid

tropic gazelle
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Zeddy hearth stone?

waxen torrent
tropic gazelle
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Ah srry youtube be buggard

brittle oxide
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Update, ended up beating it for Switch
Stacked up 4 Brooches at first, nabbed a Ukulele, managed to get a Capacitor for the first boss, next stage a couple more Brooches, got maaaad lucky with a Dagger pickup, Guillotines, and badda boom, dodge and weave Overloading Vagrant for the ez dub since Daggers kept replenishing barrier

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I'm now officially done with all challenges until 1.0 drops commandodance

bleak stirrup
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zeddy gave us the holy guide

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bro literally just grab the drones and the preon and ur chilllliinnnnnn

pastel sky
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Finally got Ethereal done! stripGo Time to probably never play Merc again!

frigid canopy
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Someone run me down how cabbage was breaking the time crystals without getting hit.

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From what I can see in the video, he was breaking the crystals with just one ultimate and his M2, but that seems to leave a pretty good amount of health left on the crystals. Am I missing something with how merc's attacks work?

vague creek
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@frigid canopy Hello resident merc nerd here. Just watched, what he's doing is animation canceling his 3rd M1 hit with Eviscerate to extend the hitbox and expose the crystal first, then Evis immediately pops it and aerial whirlwind is enough to finish it off on the way out.

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If you watch the video at 0.25 speed you can see the expose debuff getting popped by the first hit of evis

frigid canopy
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Thanks for the insight

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I'm now on double digits attempts here so this achievement is slowly killing me

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Nothing like a million wisps spawning right at the end of the first stage to crush your enthusiasm

vague creek
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everyone loves wisps

random patrol
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hi

exotic shard
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someone please end me

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im trying to get mercenaries ethereal challenge and i took a single point of fall damage

frigid canopy
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God fuck, I got through the first stage finally, got to the boss, had the royal cap, and...

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The jellyfish ducked under the cliff in a way where I couldn't target him

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So I had to run back down and got suicided into my a lemming

exotic shard
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damn

zenith plinth
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If it's not working out take a break and try again later

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if you're on full tilt then your performance is just gonna get worse

frigid canopy
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Attempt 30ish: Getting better at at least reaching the teleporter. Last run ended due to 2 of the bison getting stuck on the broken section of the fence and the amount of movement to get them going the right way turned into a wisp firing squad

exotic shard
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question about Zeddy's ethereal run. why was his wandering vagrants health so small?

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for mine, its at around 10K when his is only a little over 5k

vital elk
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i just got it done - following @hearty shell above - key is to A. go fast B. on the 2nd stage make sure you strafe to the high wall on your left as you face the TP so the vagrant doesnt get stuck under the cliff

white frost
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Did you win Fisch?

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Current trial seems easier on console than on PC because we don't have to deal with honor artifact and get more drones

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Soul is non-issue because it's easy to know when a ghost will spawn and the drones pull their aggro anyway

vital elk
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trying to develop a strat now for huntress since I still don't have ballista hm

white frost
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@exotic shard how long did it take you to reach the vagrant? I was about 10 minutes in

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Can just use the same strat as merc but easier

vital elk
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yeah I guess i can use single blink to get up on stuff just too used to triple lol

white frost
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You can triple blink out of arrow rain to move up

exotic shard
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i was only 6 minutes in

white frost
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Idk then are you in PC

exotic shard
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yeha

white frost
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Honor artifact doubles health

exotic shard
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really?

white frost
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Use Cabbage's strat rather than mine

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Mines on switch version

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@tropic gazelle ill add you to the list of people to ping if an even easier trial comes around, but this one is honestly as good as it usually gets

frigid canopy
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Also look at 3rd banana's video

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it's cheesy as all hell, yes, but it gets results somehow

white frost
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The key points are

  • Pick up both drones (one's close to the Preon, the other one is behind the container by the TP, next to a TC280 you have to get later)
    -Obviously also pick up the Preon
  • Fight along the Cliffside and lure the bisons into the water
  • Enemies will fight themselves and your drones if you're all the way at the cliff, don't attack unprovoked apart from fishing bisons
  • Fire your Preon OVER the enemies, it's important you don't kill your drones
  • You want the fight to drag on so don't rush. You need the items and xp
  • Buy the TC280 and go to next stage
  • Dash into the boss 2nd stage, then chain dash up to the cliff, 4heb eviscerate and whirlwind so you're on top.
  • Fire preon
  • TC280 will win the rest of the fight, don't do anything more until all the shooting stops
  • Congrats, you've mastered merc with your drone purchasing skills
exotic shard
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i fuckin did it

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used the3rdbanana's strat

white frost
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@bleak stirrup can I take you off my list? Did you get it?

bleak stirrup
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im close brother

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i can feel victory around the corner

white frost
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You can do it, just play carefully

bleak stirrup
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real talk ive gotten so close like 10 times i got this

white frost
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You've got this

vital elk
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i decided for huntress to just blink alot 🙂 didnt even really need to cheese

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still nice to not have to do stage 1 and 2 before trying

hearty shell
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Glad people are actually using my strat. It's really gimmicky but it gets the job done really easily and imo faster than straight up damage builds and I just wanted to share it to spread the love

vital elk
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ya it worked great! thanks man

hearty shell
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Who knew fireworks on artifact of command could be so useful

frigid canopy
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wait wait wait wait

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Does Personal Shield Gen not count for ethereal?

hearty shell
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Nope, shields counts as health

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Same with trying to do Huntress's Piercing wind challenge

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Topaz brooches will not count as health though since it's a "barrier"

frigid canopy
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...I see.

white frost
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oof

stone ermine
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Ey is there a reason why the artifacts on console's trial haven't changed in a while?

white frost
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if those were 3 brooches you might've made it

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it's bugged and we have no idea when there'll be a patch for it, been like that since artifacts

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luckily this particular trial is easier on consoles than pc because of drones

stone ermine
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Odd

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Guess I'll wait to get ethereal this seed is stinky

bleak stirrup
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dear mother of god

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the deed is done gentlemen

hearty shell
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Yeeeee fireworks @frigid canopy

bleak stirrup
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thank u to the legend zeddy for blazing the trail

white frost
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Excellent, one less for the list

hidden ivy
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how do i stop dying to the wandering vagrant? as i kill it, it explodes and one shots me. i can't do anything about it and i'm pissed off

uncut wraith
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hide behind cover

hearty shell
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or you can go on top of the mountain and snipe it if you have range. If you're going for Ethereal, check out my video from before, 2-3 royal capacitors+kjaro's bands will just murder it

hidden ivy
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i played so passive

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constantly running from danger, i'm just trying to get the scythe and it's so difficult

hearty shell
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Fireworks man

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That way you can run and damage at the same time

white frost
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Oh wow my console trial has over a hundred views, that reddit boost must've done something

hidden ivy
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i thought fireworks only work when you interact with something @hearty shell

hearty shell
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Oh right you're having trouble with the jellyfish

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Honestly, I'd just use royal capacitor to burst the jellyfish down at range

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That way you can't get zapped at all

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Fireworks kinda work, since you can interact with the money capsules but it's probably not for boss damage

hidden ivy
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alright

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ive been using my eq slot for heals

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ill try it out and see

frigid canopy
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I have reached triple digit attempts

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My best attempt I took 14 damage.

zinc raptor
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September 1st, 1:23 AM EST, after playing for 371 hours, I have finally completed the mercenary challenge, thus 100% completing Risk of Rain 2

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My god that challenge has haunted me

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Special thanks to the3rdbanana for the video help, and Arcane for posting it

frigid canopy
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mY SONG REMAINS UNSUNG

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One hit: only during the post 2nd round clean up.

white frost
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ouch. Is getting the TC280 to do the cleanup for you an option?

frigid canopy
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Not with the amount of wisps left over on the first stage, no

white frost
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not so convinced. the distance to teleporter and the TC should be nearly identical

past cedar
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ok, ive been playing duos with my friend in this game for a few weeks now, I really know my way around huntress and thats about it, Ive only touched the trials once before tonight and it was insane. however the current seed seems... possible... for me to maybe pass through at all and get that achievement?

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i keep throwing bodies at it and would really love any sort of guidance

white frost
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Ethereal or just Prismatically Aligned?

past cedar
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uuuuh... eh?

white frost
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Etheral you have to take no damage as Merc, Prismatically Aligned you just beat a prismatic trial and that's it

past cedar
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ooh yah i just wanna get through it alive

frigid canopy
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I'm DONE

past cedar
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lets start small

white frost
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Did you win, Arc?

frigid canopy
white frost
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Chronobauble seems like big brain move

frigid canopy
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That was my last portal green