Best Arcana/Relic Combo I've Found (+mini review)

[Lightbringer]

Pardon my lack of memory of the names of relics as i've only put 5 hours into this game so far.
after 5 hours of playing the game and dying like a little scrub, i landed on the best arcana/relic combo, and to no one's surprise, it's the following:
Signature - Electric Dragon (forgot the actual name, but it's obvious)
Standard - Dragon Defense
Basic - any that you prefer, i like the Ice Dagger the most, personally.
Starting Relic - Dahaka's Eye : Your Dragons deal 25% more damage

the trick behind this build is pretty simple: employ your dragon defense the moment it recharges, do not double-cast so that the dragons continue to encircle you, and keep yourself at a distance where you can comfortably use your signature and/or basic attack while the air dragons combo the opponents. you will build signature bar really quickly allowing for the electric dragon charged signature AoE to quickly wipe the opponents out. Dragon Defense will deal with any projectiles coming your way and a second before its cooldown finishes it automatically throws the dragons at the opponents and does some decent damage,
The moment you beat your first elemental boss, acquiring the Ultimate version of dragon defense is ESSENTIAL as it provides you with waaaay more air dragons to surround you and expand your area of effect, as well as giving you the option to sacrifice some of them to inflict slow on the opponent by pressing the arcana button 1-3 times.

Other Standard Arcana I acquired throughout the run: Fire and Earth Dragons, these are not essential but they make for extra firepower, and the Earth Dragon move acts as a long-distance damaging dash to stun opponents, close the distance, or make some distance while you wait for the Dragon Defense arcana to finish its cooldown for re-casting. the fire dragon AoE upgrade is optional but provides a little more buffer time for the electric ones to recharge. I'm talking about the one where they go out in all directions and home back in on you.

I breezed through the entire game with this combination and acquired some relics on the way that boosted the consistency of this build. In particular was the Holy Sword that gave consistent regeneration when i used my basic arcana, which was easy as the Dragon Defense would stunlock the opponents while i was attacking them through constant damage. The most important cursed relic in my opinion is the one that insta-charges your signature bar every 30 seconds and prevents you from building the bar in any other way, with this one and the Ultimate Dragon Defense you can easily breeze through all the stages without getting hit once (except against Bahadur who is relentless in his pursuit, but he still fell in no time). the one sad moment was having to choose the earth dragon arcana over the Dragon's Egg relic which i assume would combine with the starting relic into something stronger... or at least that's what the dialogue implied.

Hope this helps if you're having trouble beating the game even once, for now i believe i've found the setup i'd like to keep using to farm resources and unlock things with it, it feels super strong! DEVS! IF YOU READ THIS PLEASE DO NOT NERF ANYTHING I MENTIONED HERE! this is EXACTLY the kind of broken stuff that I and many others enjoyed finding while playing the first game, and it feels soooo good that it's here. If there's anything i'd like to suggest it's to make a basic arcana that also counts as a dragon arcana (and i'm looking forward to the return of Dragon Fall or a Chaos Dragon arcana in general).

Last but not least, i would like to compliment the fact that one can upgrade their arcana to Ultimate versions in this game (among other fascinating and varied upgrades), since in WoL1 i always felt like some arcana deserved to have signature versions. Kudos on making this an equally exciting sequel despite the differences in graphics and presentation. i look forward to seeing the rest of the biomes, relics, arcana, medallions to come! I'll properly review this game when it's out of Early Access but know that it's already a thumbs up from me!

[snaperi]

My favourite Build so far:

Medallion : + Regen -50% max hp
Basic: Stone Shot for Single Target Dmg
Signature: Dragon Circuit for some AOE coverage and ofc big dmg
Standard: Fuelled Berserk
Starting Relic: Tiny Spirits Leaf(+50hp) or Knights Bracelet (20% staggered dmg)
Apprentice Positive Runes: Heartstone of Healing, Monster Mash, Trial Funds
Elem. Pos/Neg Runes: Heartstone of Healing, Monster Mash / Sickness Rune, Danger Rune

For lvling Arcana i go always Boss Dmg% MAINLY on Stone Shot( CritC or Dmg% ONLY if Boss Dmg% not available). Since Trash Mobs are never a Problem bc of permanent Regen.
For Relics i stack only Dmg OR
Choosing one (or both) of this Relics if available:

-Mordeons Necklace
-Golden Tearstone!

Why? With Mordeons Necklace u get each time u regenerate a HP also 1 gold. This is Insane, since we use +regen Medallion! You can see now how u can in theory generate ENDLESS Gold. Even if there are no Monsters anymore on Map, there are some Traps.
In Combination with Critical Heal (Relic) u regen sometimes 2hp per sec which helps for this to go even faster. (+20% Gold Relic is also a good pick here to even more speed it up, yes u get 2Gold for 1HP regenerated) If u than pick the Relic (i forgot the name) which let u Revive for 200Gold each time u die... YEP GG!

same with Golden Tearstone: Every Hit u take = 10 gold. Its just weaker imo as Mordeons Necklace. But its also a great Option.

Just make sure that you are ALWAYS NOT on Full Hp and regen HP/Gold constantly while keep going on.

But if u cant find any of this Relics (which can happen) +dmg dealt and -dmg received or +hp Relics are good enough to go.

Last few Words: YES u lose a ton of HP which we compensate by picking HP Relics and Runes. But its way more comfortable! (also Economy Wise)

I won every Run with this Strat (which is ofc not a big Deal actually).

Cheers.

[无著]

just go full dragon and equip the relic boost dragon spell damage. if you can find the relic which summons mega dragon , you can delete the whole screen with ease.

[Fox]

I don't remember the relic names, but there's one that gives you 10 gold on revenge, and another that activates revenge every time you defeat an enemy with melee. This counts on the spiders that run around, and the mobs summoned by the various shrine things that appear sometimes. That was fun. But then my relics stopped working entirely, and I haven't figured out why that is.

[snaperi]

Zeus 1Shot Build:

Medallion: AWE
Basic: Lightning Spinner
Signature: Dragon Circuit
Standard: Lightning Spear
Starting Relic: Rogue Daggers
Apprentice Positive Runes: Heartstone of Healing, Monster Mash, Trial Funds

Key Spell: Lightning Spear (+ %Damage to Undamaged Enemies)
Key Relics: Rogue Daggers, Assasins Boots, Oversized Needle

and any dmg u can add. HF

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3344203222

Edit: (since it is easier to get this Build done)

"Fake Zeus" 1 Shot Build:

Medallion: Venture or (AWE)
Basic: Any (most likely Fire)
Signature: Any (most likely Fire)
Standard: >>Frost Spear <<
Starting Relic: >>Rogue Daggers<<
Apprentice Positive Runes: whatever u prefer

Key Spell: Frost Spear into >>Mighty Spear<< (+ %Damage to Undamaged Enemies)
Key Relics: Rogue Daggers, Oversized Needle(Cursed Relic Shop, Pink Portal)

Small Note: If we start with Frost Spear instead of Lightning Spear and upgrade it after the First Boss Fight into Mighty Spear, we have a guaranteed Crit if fully Charged (charge is fast). This is more consistent and imo easier to obtain as Assasins Boots.