Struggling at most basic level

[Hound Archon]

I unlocked five characters, but am struggling to proceed. My best result so far is killing the Necromancer.

Right now I just try to grab the most useful situational skills as I go.

Could you please direct me by highlighting the most useful skills I should never skip and pointing out the skills/gods that appear good at first glance but should in fact be avoided?

[Ahajir]

Here ya go mate
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3086944472

Every game on steam has Guides tab which is second to last.
In there you can find a trove of useful information.
Good luck and have fun ;)

[Hound Archon]

Thank you, much obliged. I was wondering why some gods refuse to show up and some show up all the time, turns out you are locked in the first three. Interesting.

[MTaur]

Higher rarity chance is really good. Legend requires *two* dice rolls back-to-back, one for Master and then another for Legend. That said, Adept and Expert are already nice, but it takes a lot of +Adept to be worth just a little +Master. I don't know all the numbers but this is a gear farming thing.

Get a seal that you like and spend rolls trying to synergize. Try not to spend levels on defense, maybe 1-3 total. Stuff like time stop can feel nice, but if you invest points, then you get stuck in a "dude where's my damage" situation with no means to finish the bosses. That said, the Highlander's HP regen sign is pretty decent and makes for very forgiving runs on +0 Difficulty, but you have to build hard offense and will have no starting point to choose how. (This is the last character and the Sign has an unlock condition too)

[Hound Archon]

How do I opt out of picking a god if, say, Winter shows up early? Reroll or 3 banishes?

[aaargh]

There is a combo with daughter of death abilities thats pretty strong. A lot of her abilities cause caurse and there is one that gives a small damage increase per cursed enemy slain. Get that combo early enough and you'll 1 shot necromancer.

[king.kahuna]

Originally posted by Hound Archon:

How do I opt out of picking a god if, say, Winter shows up early? Reroll or 3 banishes?

There is a stat called alteration, wich is basically rerolls for gods

[Jarring]

just keep at it and get more gear. Items help a lot...The game is not as fun if you rely on other people to tell you how to build your characters. It's a lot better game if you feel like you invented the build on your own. Otherwise, it's just a grind, which is quite boring.

Don't use guides people.
Especially for games like this.

[Hound Archon]

Different strokes for different folks I guess. I don't mind the grind, it's a good podcast game, but grinding with a character that feels sluggish and can't kill anything quickly becomes frustrating. Gearing up in this game is not quick.

[Ahajir]

Originally posted by Jarring:

just keep at it and get more gear. Items help a lot...The game is not as fun if you rely on other people to tell you how to build your characters. It's a lot better game if you feel like you invented the build on your own. Otherwise, it's just a grind, which is quite boring.

Don't use guides people.
Especially for games like this.

Not necessarily true.
Guides help you understand the mechanics much better and with that understanding you can create goals for yourself. I'd personally rather read a guide, try few of the top builds and once I experience the wining mechanics start playing around those builds.

As for it being a grind, everything is a grind.
The only reason you don't feel it is because of the fun factor which is unique to every individual person.

[Jarring]

the only time i look something up is if there is a specific mechanic or item/statistic that i need to learn about. There really aren't that many different boons available right now, so there are a limited amount of builds. There's only so many different things you can do in the game. How many alterations do you guys have? It's not like you can reliable get exactly what you want every time.

[Ahajir]

Originally posted by Jarring:

the only time i look something up is if there is a specific mechanic or item/statistic that i need to learn about. There really aren't that many different boons available right now, so there are a limited amount of builds. There's only so many different things you can do in the game. How many alterations do you guys have? It's not like you can reliable get exactly what you want every time.

I have 5 on knight and fire mage due to Demo item cube giving me +3
So each run I will definitely get 2 out of 3 gods I desire.

[NorionV]

Originally posted by Hound Archon:

Thank you, much obliged. I was wondering why some gods refuse to show up and some show up all the time, turns out you are locked in the first three. Interesting.

Even this isn't correct.

You can have 3 gods, as well the Fates. And the Fates give really good stuff, so don't reroll them.

Things like this should be explained in game, tbh, either via a short tutorial on gods like when you first get a power, or via a small codex that explains the more abstract concepts.

Another thing: you have a certain chance to get new powers after you've picked 3, an attack, and a dash. (That's my best guess so far - I haven't stress tested this but it seems pretty consistent.)

So if you want all the powers, you need to get items with new skill offer chance. If you want to focus in on specific powers harder, go for skill level up / rarity upgrade chances.