Devil vs Angel Deal?

[To_Nate]

Was wondering which path you guys go with now that everyone has had some time with the new dlc. Generally speaking, without taking specific characters or situations into account, which would you prefer? I keep finding myself going the angel route.

[Jakethesnake]

Definitely angel deals. Generally better items + they don't cost health

[Zamir Bezgeev]

Originally posted by To_Nate:

Was wondering which path you guys go with now that everyone has had some time with the new dlc. Generally speaking, without taking specific characters or situations into account, which would you prefer? I keep finding myself going the angel route.

As you said only in case if you play as lost(t-l), t-j and boss rush it's worth taking devil deals.In other surcumstances,at least in current patch - angel deals are better for late game runs.

[JellyPuff]

Rebirth/AB/AB+ = Devil Rooms, unless i'm going for Mega Stan.
Repentance = Angel Rooms, unless i'm getting a Devil Room on chapter 4 (likely the last one w/o teleport, so no reason to skip).

[UwU]

Playing only Eden so far without reastarts. Most of the time visiting first devil deal unless I have really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ health situation. End up going Angel path only in like 5-10% of the time. Very rarely getting "garbage" runs so far, dk tho how all of this runs went if I've gone Angel rooms instead, so can't really say which are better to take.

[MerseyRockoff]

I've played the expansion quite a bit now, at one point I was forcing one or the other, to test them out thoroughly. Both have crap items in them, both can only have hearts or red chests in them. And both have items that will carry you. With Repentance though, red health is a lot more valuable, so I have to say that Angel Deals will generally be better, but Devil Deals are definitely not as bad as some people claim. Devil has a knife, which for me is the strongest item in the game by far, so that alone is the reason good enough for me, to try Devil every now and then (if i'm going for big armor bosses). If I have a way of generating soul hearts, I will often go Devil.
Devil will generally be better at giving you stat upgrades, while angel deals will give more protection. Devil also has brimstone, although Angels also have the Holy Brimstone now, which is fantastic.
So for me personally, I value 55/45 in favor of Angel Rooms.

[H1N1_CRO]

before Repentance dlc devile deals now angel deals

[raymaK]

i used to go for the angel deals now that ive got mega satan with most characters and i replay them to get mother or beast i go for devil deals
and the health cost isnt really a problem they usually make up with black hearts or great damage
also its a lot easier to get devil deal, getting angel rooms to even open is a pain, you have to destroy beggers/keepers every floor and also get angels for extra chance

id say they need to make a devil key to mega satan
or let angel room open with devil room on 2nd floor

[Zefix]

The only characters I go for devil deals with are Eve, the Lost, Keeper, T. Lost, T. Keeper and T. Jacob. Otherwise angel rooms only (I dont even enter the first devil room)

[John Orbit]

Community: "Angel Rooms suck!"
Edmund: "Gotcha! Loud and clear! Angel Rooms are fixed and Devil Rooms suck now!" :D
Community: "No... That's not... Crap."

[John Orbit]

Seriously though, part of the problem is health. Repentance has apparently made health rare in hard mode, so it's not worth spending it, especially with all the crap items that have been added to the Devil Deal pool. I only take Devil Deals with the Losts and Keepers now.

[left 4 edge]

devil deal bros represent
my man satan is always hooking me up with the good stuff

angel rooms have better items overall but devil rooms have a lot more interesting and fun choices (damocles, dark arts, twisted pair, lemegeton, fake phd, berserk, void, etc)