Which DLC to choose

[Liraamz]

Hi, I can afford only one DLC, which one should I buy? I like to be strong

[931numbers]

Pick one based on what hero + skills you like the look of, along with the general style of weapons you prefer.

All DLCs give you things which are extremely strong, easily breaking the game in half.

(Though if you just want to be the strongest, pick the most recent DLC, as this game suffers from heavy powercreep.)

[Kuuhaku]

The new chimpunk is hella strong, just use him

[Losk Osmanthus 路渐秋凉]

Pick the one with the character you like the most. Art-wise.

[Koumori]

Visitors of Spirit Realm has a character who empowers any kind of weapon and projects short-lived clones to bonk people with a bo staff, and a character who hyper-specializes in fire and can fill the battlefield with fireballs and meteors. Of the added weapons, Cloud Weaver is the most interesting, being more-or-less a handful of laser guided flechettes.

Artisan and Magician has a card-wielding gambler (technically astrology themed, but his abilities really feel to me like they were based on gambling) who is arguably the most complex character in the game, and a character with a minion who can fight with you and even revive you when you get downed. It also includes the almighty brick, which is unironically my favorite sniper weapon in the game; nothing like being presented with an armory's worth of mystical firearms and choosing instead to just chuck bricks.

Realm of Frost and Inkwash has an icy character who specializes in hitting weakpoints quickly (more like a designated marksman than a sniper) and with the right level-up choices can also blast the battlefield with the equivalent of a tactical nuke, and a character who zips around at hyper speed with a damage aura which can kill enemies just by proximity. It's also notable in that all four weapons added in this DLC have auto-targeting aspects, with one even being auto-firing.

And if you don't care about any of that:

Originally posted by 931numbers:

(Though if you just want to be the strongest, pick the most recent DLC, as this game suffers from heavy powercreep.)

[Liraamz]

Alrighty, i'll get the Artisan & Magician DLC, the minion Character looks super cool!
Thank you everyone, much appreciated

[SM5T001]

Originally posted by Koumori:

Visitors of Spirit Realm has a character who empowers any kind of weapon and projects short-lived clones to bonk people with a bo staff

Monkey can buff any weapon with his second skill, it's true (though this buff alone isn't going to make you really powerful), but his first skill heavily favors heavy hitting, slow weapon types. It can be imba mass one-shots machine with shotguns, snipers and probably launchers, it will be decent at best with swords, with other types of weapons it will become useless very quickly after the first few rooms.

[Koumori]

Originally posted by SM5T001:

Monkey can buff any weapon with his second skill, it's true (though this buff alone isn't going to make you really powerful), but his first skill heavily favors heavy hitting, slow weapon types. It can be imba mass one-shots machine with shotguns, snipers and probably launchers, it will be decent at best with swords, with other types of weapons it will become useless very quickly after the first few rooms.

I've had pretty good runs with pistols using an Essence Chain focused build, but I'll agree that his Soul Strike does not get much benefit from rifles/SMGs/injectors.

[nul]

Originally posted by Koumori:

Of the added weapons, Cloud Weaver is the most interesting, being more-or-less a handful of laser guided flechettes.

if a weapon is supposed to put me to sleep yeah

[tv]

choose the panda