Best weapons to use cooldown buffs on?

[Mr.PotatoFudge]

Been using Arca and trying to get the laural and clock lancet to the cool upgrade thing.

Its a been difficult trying to find a build that can last long enough. The bible wasnt enough died at 18 minutes or so when i jut did not have enough dps.

Any recommendations?

Maybe use a different character?

Im thinking i want to try and get the upgraded pentagram and the santa water to funnel levels into myself faster im just confused if im using the right character or going about this right way.

[musicalcakes]

Okay, so, since lancet and laurel are purely defensive items until they evolve, and since their evolutions take a LONG time to lock in, you need to put off leveling them until the end, and dedicate the rest of your slots to squeezing out enough DPS to carry you. You don't have room for stuff like garlic or bible, since neither weapon nor its passive contribute much to your damage.

Arca is a fine character for this, you want offensive passives like his cooldown reduction and him starting with fire wand also means you'll definitely be picking up spinach. Grab empty tome, too.

Dump all your early levels into upgrading your first 2-3 weapons, you want to start snowballing as soon as you can. Killing stuff faster means more exp for more levels to help you kill stuff faster, so having a strong start is important!

Don't bother with laurel+lancet until all your other weapon slots are maxed out. Prioritize weapons over upgrading passives as well (though grab the ones you need for your evos of course). You should get enough exp to max everything out, so don't stress too much!

[couchalmark]

There's two easy builds that don't rely on Arcanas:

• Play as Pugnala and take Phieraggi, Thunder Loop, La Borra, Runetracer, Infinite Corridor, Crimson Shroud. Take Tiragisu, Duplicator, Tome, Attractorb, Bracer, and Crown for passives. NO FUTURE isn't a noticeable upgrade over Runetracer, so you don't need to take the Armor to evolve it, but you can get it anyway if you're on Dairy Plant.
  
• Play as Poppea and take Mannaja, Unholy Vespers, La Borra, Gorgeous Moon, Infinite Corridor, Crimson Shroud. Take Skull O'Maniac, Spellbinder, Tome, Spinach, Attractorb, and Crown for passives.

[Georgiana]

What stage are you trying to do this one? Are you using Hyper? Do you have all your powerups done?

Arca is perfectly fine to use, so long as you have the needed damage to kill things quickly so you can get weapons and upgrades during the run. Santa Water is a great first weapon to get. Max it out right away. King Bible or Garlic are great early AoE options for fast wave clearing, note they do fall off later (which is completely fine once you evolve Santa Water).

The stage you're on will determine the ideal upgrades to get to ensure you're maximizing the upgrades you can have. The most important one to have will be Attract Orb since this will help you collect XP. Crown is personal preference as you can easily level everything without it a 30minute run.

Arcanas are your choice, I recommend Awake if you're having a hard time keeping your health up.