Healing mechanics...

[thenetimp]

are severely lacking. I'd probably have finished the game if not for I get to the final boss with 1 heart 1 demon that's suppose to bring me hearts, and no real way to heal myself. I have everything else unlocked, all the Decorations, and Improvements, and sermon items, just keep getting stuck at the bosses because no health left.

[MC858]

yea im kinda new and ive noticed that barely any hearts drop for me lol. i also cant figure out why kb/m is so frustrating and janky sometimes. otherwise its a good game imo

[thenetimp]

Originally posted by MC858:

yea im kinda new and ive noticed that barely any hearts drop for me lol. i also cant figure out why kb/m is so frustrating and janky sometimes. otherwise its a good game imo

i dug out my xbox 360 controller for this game, it's much easier to play the game with.

[Foxador]

You can always summon demons to help out. The one that say gives you a spirit heart actually gives you a ton of red hearts when the follower is a decent level. There's also one demon that will find health for you

On normal, with a demon, the hunger and the diseased heart upgrade... you can easily start a run with 10 red hearts, 1 spirit heart and 3 diseased hearts

Post game, you get two new fleeces that can help with that this as well, tho I wish you could unlock them earlier. One takes away your ability to dodge to heal you every room and pretty much doubles your health. The other allows you to use fevor to heal

[thenetimp]

@Foxador: I had a demon, that gets me the red hearts, are you saying I should take the one with the spirit hearts instead? I'll have to give that a try later.

[Foxador]

Originally posted by thenetimp:

@Foxador: I had a demon, that gets me the red hearts, are you saying I should take the one with the spirit hearts instead? I'll have to give that a try later.

The one that gives "spirit" hearts is actually a little misleading, as spirit hearts in this game are the hearts with a yellow online on them. You can easily double your health with a demon that gives you those hearts and it's of a decent level, which can be shown more by the demon changing into a purple color instead of red

[Remnant Melody]

The final boss is rough with the multi-phase and these kind of games aren't about the player being able to heal constantly. If not already, a controller helps massively with any roguelite-hacknslash like game. I actually uhmm.. beat the game.. without making demons.. because i forgot about that entirely.. heh. I only thought it was just the random relics you could get so i rarely had them around. Loved the ones that cause whatever curse you have tho. It took me probably 6 attempts at the final boss before i clocked 'em. Always deliver a sermon and eat a meal before setting out as you'll get a couple more blue hearts with max upgrades.

I used either the tarot/white fleece until I had enough gold to always buy extras during a run.. and then I'd switch to the gold/combo meter fleece (this doesn't matter in the final boss since you don't get cards and you're on default fleece) BUT i will say- Godly Dagger was what helped me beat the final boss and I got to the final form with pretty much full health. Then it was just being patient around the mini-bullet hells and got it finally.

When I looked up on stuff about the game now that I beat it.. i facepalmed hard when I read about the summoning circle. lol That coulda.. saved a few headaches with some more lengthy crusades, but the game is doable without them.. BUT I also play a lot of stuff like Hades, Dead Cells and Rogue Legacy. Which means limited healing/rarely if ever any pets and a whole lotta dodging. Like I rarely move normally, i'm justa rolling sheep of doom. Anyway, I hope any of this scrambled-brains nonsense can help you hone in on a strategy that works for you.

[StopItStepBro]

there's that new fleece that heals you one heart per room I believe? only major downside is it disables the dodge roll

I personally haven't tried it yet

[Foxador]

Originally posted by StopItStepBro:

there's that new fleece that heals you one heart per room I believe? only major downside is it disables the dodge roll

I personally haven't tried it yet

It's a neat fleece as it gives you a massive amount of health, heals each room and stacks with the demon health bonus. I had two rows of hearts using it

You *will* get hit more often tho, since you can't avoid certain attacks, but I've face tanked bosses cause I'll kill them faster then they could kill me because of all the health

[avil]

Game does say at loading screen that for best experience you need a controller.
"Spirit heart" demon should fix all your health issues. Just make sure to get a high level one (give a long live necklace to a proper follower). IMO killing faster than getting hurt is better strategy, so also bring super ripped bomb demon.
TBH you don't actually NEED that much health if you're good with the type of this game. Normally explorer roguelites are stingy with healing to promote skill. Unlocking an achievement where you need to finish a whole row in purgatory (endgame content) is where your game knowledge is tested, because you need to get through all locations, beat all bossses including final one in one sitting from start to finish. Kinda too bad that games postgame progression doesn't really make you want to grind the purgatory.

[thenetimp]

Originally posted by avil:

Game does say at loading screen that for best experience you need a controller.

I am using a controller.

[thenetimp]

Originally posted by Foxador:

Originally posted by StopItStepBro:

there's that new fleece that heals you one heart per room I believe? only major downside is it disables the dodge roll

I personally haven't tried it yet

It's a neat fleece as it gives you a massive amount of health, heals each room and stacks with the demon health bonus. I had two rows of hearts using it

You *will* get hit more often tho, since you can't avoid certain attacks, but I've face tanked bosses cause I'll kill them faster then they could kill me because of all the health

I looked at the fleeces and I didn't see one that said anything bout giving you hearts and taking dodge roll away. I haven't unlocked all of the fleeces but I did look at them after @StopItStepBro mentioned it.

[avil]

Originally posted by thenetimp:

I looked at the fleeces and I didn't see one that said anything bout giving you hearts and taking dodge roll away. I haven't unlocked all of the fleeces but I did look at them after @StopItStepBro mentioned it.

This one is unlocked when you beat the final boss for the first time.

[thenetimp]

Originally posted by avil:

Originally posted by thenetimp:

I looked at the fleeces and I didn't see one that said anything bout giving you hearts and taking dodge roll away. I haven't unlocked all of the fleeces but I did look at them after @StopItStepBro mentioned it.

This one is unlocked when you beat the final boss for the first time.

that doesn't do me much good before then lol...