so garlic is a must have every run

[REALiNSaNgAMingGODPrODIgY]

idk poe is legit a must pick since garlic is meta and everything else is too high risk or sucks at the start

[failsafe]

garlic is not meta, while it is hard to believe when you struggle early on, garlic is just a medium weapon. It is good to progress in the game while you are fresh, but later it is a very limiting weapon. It offers relatively low effect and locks one slot that can be used for something more powerfull.

[Cahos Rahne Veloza]

Only in the Early Game. Once you've gotten gud, Garlic falls off as a must have weapon.

[chris.ferrantegerard]

Originally posted by REALiNSaNgAMingGODPrODIgY:

idk poe is legit a must pick since garlic is meta and everything else is too high risk or sucks at the start

Garlic is a pretty good pick for new players as its quite effective at clearing early packs. It has poor scaling through and it's evolution is kind of meh compared to others I feel. So once you've gotten a lot of power-ups and can clear early game without issues then most other weapons are superior late game options. I've actually sealed it, mind you with one of my last picks as other weapons I dislike more had priority.

[Xaelon]

Originally posted by Cahos Rahne Veloza:

Only in the Early Game. Once you've gotten gud, Garlic falls off as a must have weapon.

Yep. Garlic is great for new players but once you have enough powerups to smooth out the early portion of your runs you'll probably find that you don't need it anymore.

[Thundercracker]

it actually becomes a hindrance at high level play, it adds too much knockback and not enough damage to actually kill things in a timely fashion.

though, there are some fun builds with certain arcana.

[Neonivek]

Yep outside some VERY amazing Arcana combos... yeah it falls off a cliff.

[prudenut]

Garlic is very bad endgame unless you really invest your build and strategy to it.

[AN]

Garlic is a good crutch for getting comfortable with the game and you can learn to do some fun stuff with it, but it's not broadly a strong pick, no. Song of Mana and Whip are much generally stronger through a match while still covering the early farming/safety aspect, and some people swear by bible for the same thing but I'm not a fan with the long deadzone early on.

[Generic-Raider]

Books for me garlic dont even get a chance to be used out side just running into mobs and pushing them back when i got the books

[Polarcrest]

Just like everyone else has said...early game garlic is crazy amazing and so much fun considering the other options. Mid to late game it's nothing special though I have matches where just for fun I'll pick poe. sometimes it's not about "meta" it's just making builds for fun.

[Gamerzilla]

Blood Asrtonomia + early garlic + bible + santa water + song + clock lancet if any of the above are your starter with all the assorted evolve supports makes you damn near invincible to non time limit reapers regardless of anything else. Yes it might not be the top damage on single targets but nothing is getting close to you... maybe that is why people like aoe weapons >.> Plus most stages let you get the lancet evolve for basically free so there goes the dps problem!

[hallaloth]

As someone who loved garlic up through even most of 'mid-game' and who still take it to snore through the early part of some runs. . .yeah, it really does fall off.

However, , , with a bit of practice you should be able to get through most runs with set of weapons in the game. It's not all that challenging and the more you play the more tools you have. Take what you want.

[FhqwhTODD]

Garlic is the best until you have access to Song of Mana.

[Abyssian]

Garlic won't save you after the 20 minute, have at least whip too(all evolved) and sarabande of healing. Aural weapons aren't that good overall.

[Aristocratic Cthulhu]

Garlic is straigh tup detrimental lategame when it starts knocking enemies off-screen and thus despawns them.