Tainted Jacob advices

[Fixitt]

Hi I just finished completing the basic characters and I have about 20 achievements left to unlock. I was wondering if you have any tips for playing Tainted Jacob (other than for eraser / meat cleaver which I know but can't find ...)

[Omegatherion]

If you don't mind using glitches...

Kill Esau and quit out to the menu when his death animation starts. Load back in via continue and Esau will be gone for the rest of the floor.

[Amble]

To do it legit you basically need to build him like an old Lost run, since it's damn near impossible to keep Esau alive on later floors, especially during lengthy boss fights. So, Holy Mantle, Dead Cat, Glowing Hour Glass, Stop Watch, Book of Shadows, even some classic Gnawed Leaf cheese will do the job. And an Eraser or Cleaver are bound to show up at some point, given enough attempts.

He's the hardest character in the game but there's still a good amount of outs for him.

[Fixitt]

Ok thanks ! I didn't think off the last floors >.< This glitch seems... not very legit but if a good run is about to be ruined why not x)

[Miles (Tails) Prower]

But you would suprise to see him being one of the strongest characters in co-op:

-Dark Esau doesn't damage other players.
-Even if you die, ghost gonna chase you, meaning as a ghost baby, you can kite him around your enemies and beat the devil out of them.
-When you finished the floor and Dark Esau still alive - kill him. With that, you able to make unreachable pickups - reachable, but make sure you full clear the floor.
-Not sure if you know, but you can release Dark Esau earlier if you press again Anima Sola. More strats with that.

[Fixitt]

Yes I tried the coop with him but I try to unlock everything in solo before abusing the synergies between certain characters ^^

Indeed I didn't know for this mechanic with Anima Sola thx ;)

[Revalopod]

Originally posted by Miles (Tails) Prower:

But you would suprise to see him being one of the strongest characters in co-op:

-Dark Esau doesn't damage other players.
-Even if you die, ghost gonna chase you, meaning as a ghost baby, you can kite him around your enemies and beat the devil out of them.
-When you finished the floor and Dark Esau still alive - kill him. With that, you able to make unreachable pickups - reachable, but make sure you full clear the floor.
-Not sure if you know, but you can release Dark Esau earlier if you press again Anima Sola. More strats with that.

coop makes it so easy, it's almost cheating. the other player can just use an op character and win and it doesn't even matter if you're alive or not, you still get completion marks for T.Jacob even if you're dead as long as co-op partner wins

[Miles (Tails) Prower]

Originally posted by Revalopod:

Originally posted by Miles (Tails) Prower:

But you would suprise to see him being one of the strongest characters in co-op:

-Dark Esau doesn't damage other players.
-Even if you die, ghost gonna chase you, meaning as a ghost baby, you can kite him around your enemies and beat the devil out of them.
-When you finished the floor and Dark Esau still alive - kill him. With that, you able to make unreachable pickups - reachable, but make sure you full clear the floor.
-Not sure if you know, but you can release Dark Esau earlier if you press again Anima Sola. More strats with that.

coop makes it so easy, it's almost cheating. the other player can just use an op character and win and it doesn't even matter if you're alive or not, you still get completion marks for T.Jacob even if you're dead as long as co-op partner wins

Then I would consider the Repentance co-op as a legitimate cheat, judging by that words.

But that's a good way not also have fun, but breeze through the hardest completion marks.

[Revalopod]

Originally posted by Miles (Tails) Prower:

Originally posted by Revalopod:

coop makes it so easy, it's almost cheating. the other player can just use an op character and win and it doesn't even matter if you're alive or not, you still get completion marks for T.Jacob even if you're dead as long as co-op partner wins

Then I would consider the Repentance co-op as a legitimate cheat, judging by that words. :c7xd:

But that's a good way not also have fun, but breeze through the hardest completion marks.

yeh, it's the only way I can find T.Jacob bearable. T.Lost solo was no problem, but T.Jacob is just so soul crushing I have to play it in co-op to get the completion marks and then I'll never touch that horrible character again

[restore]

Is there even any difference between Tlost and this? Essau wont survive longer than few rooms and there you are. Less holy cards, chance to get into sac room at each floor. That bastard was able to die in second room of the first floor even.

[OverlordMagikarp]

If you dont have heartbreak unlocked, get that. Its one of the few items that gives you survivability when you become the lost. Once you get a run going, consider going for the beast as the unlock for t jacob as it is one of the few ways to banish esau. Also i recommend going for devil deals as heartbreak and dead cat give you a chance in the endgame.

[UwU]

Originally posted by restore:

Is there even any difference between Tlost and this? Essau wont survive longer than few rooms and there you are. Less holy cards, chance to get into sac room at each floor. That bastard was able to die in second room of the first floor even.

On top of that you have a chance for better items as T Lost and more offensive items (no hp ups from boss item pool is so good), so yeah, on the latest floors he's even worse than T Lost (unless you get some defensive items as listed above).

[Dyne]

Another handy unlock is Magic Skin (yes, shocking, i know) - you can use it for free when you're in lost form up to 12 times and you don't get the broken heart containers from it.

Honestly with Jacob you need to just stay calm when playing him and don't get yourself killed. Easier said than done of course but a lot of people panic with Dark Esau around and take unnecessary damage.

After Esau dies (which he will), then make full use of Anima Sola whenever you can. Seriously, this item is nuts when you're not restricted to using it on just Esau. 5 seconds of stunning a boss and getting uninterrupted damage on them is pretty good. If you want to play it safe you can always use Anima Sola and then focus solely on dodging while it recharges. Adding to this, 9 Volt is also really good with Jacob; it turns Anima Sola into 5 seconds of stun on a 7.5 second recharge timer which is obviously amazing.

[CRUMB MUNCHER]

Reroll until you find Shops which have Eraser. If you hit Eraser on the devil guy as the last hit, he will disappear FOR ENTIRE RUN.

The guy has 250 health, so if you can count your damages on him, and then use Eraser, he stops existing.

[JellyPuff]

He probably gets fixed at some point. Esau dies so easely, that he's basically pre-AB Lost in a post AB Bullethell. Also his HP interactions as a ghost can be wonky.

Of yourse, if you really need the unlocks now, just hold "R" until you get a top-tier defense item (Holy Mantle, Gnawed Leaf, Meat Cleaver - which is probably a bug, etc). Also whatever you do, don't walk into the Hush door or Mega Stan button with Esau on your back - also an oversight, i assume. Half the tainted characters feel unfinished or barely tested.

[Sapatos]

If you don't want to bother with the chore that is to deal with that little @sshole
1 - Kill Esau, quit the game before his animation finishes. Load back in and he won't bother you.
2 - Find eraser, damage him enough then finish him off with it.
3 - Use Meat Cleaver to create 2 Mini Esaus and kill both. Mini Esaus don't turn you into the lost with the explosions.
4 - Kill him, become the lost and play an alternate version of the lost with Anima Sola.