How do you build for Argent Skull?

[Big Mistake]

I received a lot of great info from my question on the axe yesterday, so I figured I'd see what y'all have gleaned regarding the skull.

Skull feels very dependent on getting good mana sustain, as the non charged attacks and specials don't feel great to me. Thankfully it channels quickly. The skull is versatile enough that I have trouble knowing where to focus and what to prioritize beyond mana regen.

That said, what aspects, boons, hammer buffs, and keepsakes do you like for the skull?

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Building it around the omega special seems like the safest bet in my experience. The special is a lot like the shield in the first game and you can also use it to collect the skulls easily after using the primary fires.

Haven't really used it enough to mention specific boons, but the special is very strong especially because it gives you invulnerability frames as you charge at enemies.

[Fire walk with me]

Pretty new to the skull myself, but so far the hammer that makes errant skulls pulse 50% of their damage until they are picked up seemed pretty underwhelming.

[HinterHofen]

I've really enjoyed using the main attack with extra skulls that trigger the omega attack when picked up. I absolutely blew through Chronos with that build

[Fire walk with me]

Originally posted by HinterHofen:

I've really enjoyed using the main attack with extra skulls that trigger the omega attack when picked up. I absolutely blew through Chronos with that build

Ooh, I gotta keep an eye out for this one in my next skull run.

[vesuvean2]

Manaregen, manaregen andmore manaregen ( Chaos manaregen + Hera(with 2-3 mana uprgrade) or hestia regen (as you will be most of the time completely invulnerable the health debuff is trivial) Poseidon manaregen work well with that weapon (it is just some additional "skulls" to retrieve after all and the special make you jump all over the place so not really hard to retrieve)

(never Demeter or Hephaistos regen mana just don't) (demeter as you will NEVER be immobile and Hephaisots as you won't take any damage during your run)

then spam omega special then spam more omega special and when there is only one mob alive : just spam omega special once or twice more and even when everything is dead, spam omega special to go on the door

Just.like.that

the rest is just cherry on top but noticeably :

Hera special (hitch with the special is amazing)
Zeus special (bliz will multiproc on multiple ennemies almost non stop)
Aphrodite special (you will almost always be close during the instance of damage)

the rest is meh tier but as you don't need them to finish your run we don't care.

Everything of the daedalus hammer that augment the special (they are all good/great)

Attack : not relevant
Cast : casts boons are good, but it is another build non dependant on the weapon so yeah it works but like it works with daggers too)
Dash : you won't dash more than 2-3 times during your run normally so really not impactful

yes this build is totally braindead, yes it trvializes every fight in the game,

(Chronos: you are immune to every damage during the dash sequence of the special so use it as a looong dash that immune you to damage during 2 sec (that is long 2 sec of invul frame hit) (even when the p2 megablast occur lol but don't try this at hime kids this require some timing)
(eris is not immune to slow time during omega charge so she won't move at all as you just pass through her again and again)

yes this weapon is god tier and deserve a really massive nerf dunno how although I can't think of an impactful nerf that won't totally destroy the special

TLDR : MANAREGEN + spam omega special again and again and again

[Bearis]

I've only tried aspect of Persephone with the skull but i find it to be a very flexible caster focused playstyle where 80% of my attacks are omega attack and special using the normal versions of each sparingly. the use cases i've found for normal attack is stun locking an armorless enemy at close range as your skulls will bounce back to you and for normal special i use it just to get around and get skulls besides that just spam omegas like crazy. For boons i like % damage increases for both as they hit pretty hard with an upgraded aspect though Zeus on one to be triggered by the other works too, after that i just try to get more mana regen so Hera and Apollo are good as they have good mana and % damage boons. For hexes i actually find lunar ray to work pretty well as it gives you a strong single target damage option to help balance out the powerful aoe the skull has.