Tips for Ultra Hard besides holding R?

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I just want to know how I should go about this, im not very patient and i'm very unlucky with starting Items.

[Yes]

l2p and be patient and learn how to use every item to your advantage

[Slurp Dog CDXX]

Well your top priority should be getting ahold of either a book of revelations or a satanic bible. Once you've got one of those, you can use your red hearts to take devil deal items which can usually let you snowball into a win. So keep an eye out for libraries and stuff.

Also, even though you've got curse of the blind, try and buy as much as you can from the shops. Go to every single one because you might end up buying a stopwatch or sackhead something else extremely helpful.

Even if you don't want to hold R though, you should do it anyway until you get at least a somewhat decent item. A floor 1 holy water for instance is going to be agonizing ESPECIALLY if you're not a patient person.

[benjineel]

If you get a devil deal any 2 heart one (barring Dark Prince's Crown) is worth the cost, and any lost red hearts might as well be replaced.

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F2F, your tip and benjineel's comment has really helped, I never grabed devil deals but then I ended up with Brimstone and Ceremonial Robes, to later die.

[Krakkip]

I managed to beat him earlier with pyromania, bloodied penny, and head of the keeper. When ultra greed would drop bombs I get health. His second phase makes it super easy with pyromania since almost all his attacks involve explosions.

If i get hurt I drop coins and bloodied penny makes coins have a chance to drop health along with head of the keeper dropping coins from hurting things, just make sure you grab coins before ultra greed does.

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Huh?

[Rio]

Found joker
Want to get 15 cents before boss fight to buy item in shop
Is lil baggie and automatically drops joker
Now have 2 makes you larger pills

Don't make the same mistake.

Also I feel like most runs there is one amazing item. Then an item placed somewhere to ruin it or make it worse. Like if you find ipec there may be a my reflection or mom's eye somewhere. If theres polyphemis a guilitieen is probably around. If an item gives you magic mush there might be one makes you larger pills in rotation.

So if your build gets good enough it might just be better to stop taking items from pools with the potental to ruin you.

[ChaosSabre]

Ultra Hard is really all about Hold R get carried items or something that is a good start. Try to buy 2 heart deal devil items if you get them since most of those are really good even if you can't see them. If you are especially lucky you can get something like gnawed leaf and daddy long legs that is a insta win if you are patient. Camo shorts plus an orbital is great too if you are good at using those. Unicorn stump is the optimal option for that since you can activate at start of each battle room and clear everything by charging into them with cube of meat or sac dagger.