Tips for Hurry Mode?

[WinterRayph]

I'm enjoying the game, but staying in a 30-minute run is too tiring and takes up a lot of my time. However, Hurry Mode is much more difficult, considering that the time I have to evolve the character is much shorter, while the extra 20% exp doesn't make up for it.

Does anyone have any tips for dealing better with this mode?

[Moonbane]

Sounds like you still need to unlock things if struggling with hurry. I dont use eggs, always taking hyper, hurry, limit break, arcanas, inverse and endless.

Focus on retalitation damage and maximising health
Divine Bloodline and Wandering the Jet Black arcanas. Pako Familiar, Iron Shield, Eskizzibur, Night Sword

Maruto Cuts is a long time favorite of mine from Tides of the Foscari
Megalo Syuutu from Moonspell is another.

I dont know how much you have unlocked from Ode to Castlevania. But Blue Crescent Cornell is an unkillable powerhouse that plays well with retalitation damage.

But ive managed over 200.000 kills within 30m that technically is 15m with hurry.

[WinterRayph]

Originally posted by Moonbane:

Sounds like you still need to unlock things if struggling with hurry. I dont use eggs, always taking hyper, hurry, limit break, arcanas, inverse and endless.

Focus on retalitation damage and maximising health
Divine Bloodline and Wandering the Jet Black arcanas. Pako Familiar, Iron Shield, Eskizzibur, Night Sword

Maruto Cuts is a long time favorite of mine from Tides of the Foscari

I dont know how much you have unlocked from Ode to Castlevania. But Blue Crescent Cornell is an unkillable powerhouse that plays well with retalitation damage.

But ive managed over 200.000 kills within 30m that technically is 15m with hurry.

I didn't played the DLC yet, but you are right, I am at the very start of the game, only ten hours. Yesterday I unlocked Stage 5, but I don't know what I must priorize to progress through the game. I need bet the stages or just unlock their characters and relics?

[Moonbane]

Reaching stage 5 Cappella Magna is great, so youve made good progress. I would suggest looking into unlocking arcanas and more characters now. Also, theres a lot more smaller stages to unlock And DLC stages will show up on the selection list once youve reached stage 2, which you clearly are long past.

https://vampire-survivors.fandom.com/wiki/Stages

https://vampire-survivors.fandom.com/wiki/Arcanas

https://vampire-survivors.fandom.com/wiki/Characters

[WinterRayph]

Originally posted by Moonbane:

Reaching stage 5 Cappella Magna is great, so youve made good progress. I would suggest looking into unlocking arcanas and more characters now. Also, theres a lot more smaller stages to unlock And DLC stages will show up on the selection list once youve reached stage 2, which you clearly are long past.

https://vampire-survivors.fandom.com/wiki/Stages

https://vampire-survivors.fandom.com/wiki/Arcanas

https://vampire-survivors.fandom.com/wiki/Characters

Very thanks :D

[hallaloth]

While I'm sure DLCs and more recent updates have shifted things a lot, and I admittedly have been playing a while (still working through the Castlevania stuff, its a LOT).

Knockback and healing is your friend until you really settle into the groove of the game. Garlic/Bible is a decent pairing. As more weapons became avaliable I would start to take pairs of weapons that used the same passive to evolve so I could take something like Crown, or other passives I wouldn't otherwise take.

And, though it seems counterproductive. . .don't sleep on the Curse powerful. Extra mobs on screen mean more exp. I've actually found playing on hurry without max curse to be. . .challenging because there just isn't EXP on the field to levels things fast enough. It DOES mean playing it a little safer with weapon choices though. . .(word of advice, don't try Knife/Curvedknife/Shurken'Discus and other pointy objects. . .I'm sure someone can do it, it isn't me).

What map you play also can effect weapon choice. Some maps have a more constricted space than others.

at the end of the day, don't be afraid to mess around and have fun. Hurry runs are quick, and if you can its not going to last, you can always duck out.

[Maya-Neko]

The most important thing to know is, that there's a limit on how many monsters can be on screen at a time, so to get more experience, you've to kill more monsters to spawn even more new ones. The best way to do so is concentrating on a few weapons that you upgrade early rather than trying to get a full set of items that you never really fully build. Preferably you should get your first evolution within like 10-12 minutes, so that you've enough dmg for the later waves.

Something you can do is for example limit your inventory to 2 or 3 weapons (in the bottom left corner in the character select), so that you've an easier time getting the stuff you need. Though keep in mind that this is utilized best when you've already unlocked most relics/features, most notably the limit break one, so that you can keep getting stronger even after having build everything.