NEVER pick pentagram, here's why

[Tartuccio]

So I knew pentagram was bad and worthless, but on one of my runs I picked it for fun, my build was sketched out and I was curious to see how it would perform fully upgraded.

HOWEVER, what I soon learned was that enemies killed by pentagram DO NOT leave behind ANYTHING. So, as a result, it will grief you out of chests, the most important thing you need, chests, besides rectifying XP. I didn't realise this was the case.

So what have we learned? Pentagram is worse than bad and should be avoided at all times, unless you hate yourself and your runs. Cheers.

[MxWhiteKnight]

The item guide says that already: Erases everything in sight (including XP and items unless you are lucky). 90 sec. cooldown. Pentagram also triggers whenever you level up Pentagram. Best with: cooldown and luck only.

[VisionofFire]

Fully ranked Pentagram has a good chance not to delete stuff, which means it's fine.
Not the optimal choice, since obviously other setups exist that can continuously kill stuff not on a timer, but it's fine.

[Knight of the Criminally Insane]

Yeah, when I noticed this I was turned off by the Pentagram. However, at higher levels it will no longer erase drops. The question is; does one really want to sacrifice all that potential loot and experience for what the Pentagram offers at those higher levels.

[TheTrueFinalBoss]

Ideally you would grab Pentagram after you've leveled everything else. But still, its going to slow down your leveling process even after you max it out, which means less Gold for the run.

[Tartuccio]

Publicado originalmente por MxWhiteKnight:

The item guide says that already: Erases everything in sight (including XP and items unless you are lucky). 90 sec. cooldown. Pentagram also triggers whenever you level up Pentagram. Best with: cooldown and luck only.

Yes, but this is a warning for people who didn't catch (like myself) that to save themselves the trouble.

Publicado originalmente por Deadeye Flint:

Fully ranked Pentagram has a good chance not to delete stuff, which means it's fine.
Not the optimal choice, since obviously other setups exist that can continuously kill stuff not on a timer, but it's fine.

Problem is getting to that point then, I wouldn't call it fine when it denies you so much before you can make it useful. It probably has a one solid use case outside of it being a meme build, that use case being you just hit a lvl up but are surrounded form all sides and about to die and this shows up. Only good situation I see, but chances are you're still going to die soon.

[Seftak]

Always take luck up if you take pentagram. This item ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ rocks at max level, you just have to level it very fast to get it to at least 40% chance. With the permanent luck up and luck up item you will not lose any xp or item ever.

Pentagram carried me hard in my last run in the last minutes and gave me many many levels.

[David]

It can be better than picking a weapon you can't evolve (except runetracer and maybe cross or a utility weapon). Just pick it late and it helps to have clover and possibly empty tome. It can hit 10K+ DPS where you would get less than 1K with unevolved weapons.

The chance there is no drop/chest is luck-based, I've always been getting chest drops with it.

[artki]

Publicado originalmente por Knight of the Criminally Insane:

does one really want to sacrifice all that potential loot and experience for what the Pentagram offers at those higher levels.

Late in the game, when the screen is full of monsters, if you erase all the monster the screen refills in a few seconds. You're not missing much.

[Kazzfire]

i'd pick it up after i fused my birds and needed a fill for the slot at that point in the game chests are meaningless

[Tartuccio]

Alright guys, here's a correction: Don't pick it unless you pogged out your clover or when you don't care about chests anymore.

[FAST&BULBOUS]

Publicado originalmente por .:

It can be better than picking a weapon you can't evolve (except runetracer and maybe cross or a utility weapon). Just pick it late and it helps to have clover and possibly empty tome. It can hit 10K+ DPS where you would get less than 1K with unevolved weapons.

The chance there is no drop/chest is luck-based, I've always been getting chest drops with it.

I've never been in a situation where I just don't have anything else for the weapon slot. If you plan your runs well you'll have all the passives you need to evolve the weapons you want to evolve and the rest of your weapon slots used for Garlic/Laurel/Runescaper

[CINER]

pentagram would be fine if it was a "use" item.. like an oh ♥♥♥♥ i got surrounded escape button

[Codester]

Pentagram is literally OP. It's just not a good weapon if you're new to this genre.

[Lemming Jesus]

It's just so situational that you're almost never going to want to pick it.

[Furia]

Publicado originalmente por Codester:

Pentagram is literally OP. It's just not a good weapon if you're new to this genre.

confirmed. Pentagram is OP....
https://imgur.com/a/mznrRUu