Good Boy(s) Only

[Wuorg]

In my efforts to do solo weapon runs, I noticed when playing the Beast Huntress that her Hound does surprisingly high damage. So I thought, why not do a run where I don't attack and don't pick up any abilities? Basically just let the Hound do all the work lol.

Early game is hard to survive, so I am here for tips/advice. Any reason to use another character with Huntress's Mark? What about using two Hounds vs one + some other Mark?

I noticed only the initial Hound counts for "Main Weapon" upgrades, but I don't know if that really matters or not.

[Wuorg]

Nooooo, so close T.T

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3353271620

This is the closest I've gotten with 23. I know it is possible, but I might be at my limit with my old man hands and reflexes. Pretty sure 24 with Obsidian Dice is also possible, if you can manage to avoid accidentally running into tomes/scrolls which immediately ends the run. Idk about 25, I couldn't even make it past 19:00 the couple of times I tried. (Edit: to be clear, by "19:00" I meant what the timer in the bottom right says, so the first minute of the run, not the last minute.)

This was with:
Hood (Boost)
Copper Ring (Boost)
Wooden Ring (Boost)
Duelist's Spark (Area)
Plated Boots (Boost)
Spellcaster Gloves (Hyperfocus)
Blood-Soaked Shirt (Undying)

Artifacts:
Hastening Sands, Magma Vessel, Mountain Idol, Torment Banner, Trickster's Chime, Archeologist's Thread, Restless Wheel, Fallen Star, Malignant Mirror, Killing Gaze, Living Darkness, Curse of Commitment, Scales of Pain, Demonic Cube, Urn of the Damned, Golden Scarab, Primordial Edict, Idol of Hunger, Ivory Dice, Silver Cut, Apocryphal Curse, Hiltless Dagger, Flagellant's Foot Cuff.

[Thrrax]

Obsidian Dice is very challenging, because you can have the bad luck of being on top of a dying elite, therefore insta ability. Plus, the scrolls are useful leveling when not using Obsidian. So you kinda shoot yourself in the foot twice.

And how old are you, if you think your reflexes aren't enough?

[Wuorg]

Thrrax a écrit :

Obsidian Dice is very challenging, because you can have the bad luck of being on top of a dying elite, therefore insta ability. Plus, the scrolls are useful leveling when not using Obsidian. So you kinda shoot yourself in the foot twice.

And how old are you, if you think your reflexes aren't enough?

Granted, I am only in my mid 30s, but I have an old injury that makes my WSAD (left) hand and wrist hurt if I go too hard in the paint. I figured just calling myself old got the point across xD

[Ulyaoth]

Wuorg a écrit :

I feel you! Totally!

[Thrrax]

Wuorg a écrit :

Awww, mid 30's. You're practically a fossil and can still call me big bro. :D

Funny mentioning your left hand, cause mine also has a problem due to a soccer wrist injury when I was 14. Slipped on the ball and landed with my open palm parallel and forearm perpendicular to the ground, sprained my wrist. Even now if I stay with it in the same position for more than an hour, starts hurting and I can barely clench a fist.

[Wuorg]

Thrrax a écrit :

Wuorg a écrit :

Awww, mid 30's. You're practically a fossil and can still call me big bro. :D

Funny mentioning your left hand, cause mine also has a problem due to a soccer wrist injury when I was 14. Slipped on the ball and landed with my open palm parallel and forearm perpendicular to the ground, sprained my wrist. Even now if I stay with it in the same position for more than an hour, starts hurting and I can barely clench a fist.

Haha, damn. As long as we are sharing injury stories, I'll tell you what happened to my arm.

I was riding my bike on a park's road. I was training as well as going down hill so I was going pretty fast at this moment. Suddenly, I kid you not, a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Canadian goose flew out of the brush right into my torso, attempting to attack me. Snapping at my face and all that. Well, since I was being tackled by a devil with wings, I ended up tumbling over my bike and landed with palm and arm basically the same way you did in your story (shocker, wonder how common this is), lol. The force ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up my wrist, broke my arm bad, and when I collected myself enough to look around the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ goose had already run off, the ♥♥♥♥♥♥. Had to go to the hospital to deal with my arm, eventually ended up with a bit of metal surgically put into my arm to hold the bones in place :D

Had to completely change the way I worked out, since my wrist can't really handle lifting anything more than like 20 pounds nor anything resembling a push-up position.