Sacred Orb

[Seb]

What sort of item combos would one need to defeat The Beast while playing as Tainted Lost? I'm currently in as Ascent as him with Psy Fly, Sulfur, and Mom's knife but I don't think I'm going to make it.. It just doesn't seem possible

[Marceloid]

BrimKnife + Psy Fly sounds great,

Beast is mostly fair micrododging, good luck!

Book'o'Virtues + Book'o'Shadows or Unicorn Horn + 4.5 Volt should be sufficient to cheese the fight.

Any form of AOE against the Flies from Ultra Pestilence and Scythes from Ultra Death, or even the Bombs from Ultra War can give you a big leverage (Tech X or Multi-Piercing + Homing).

Anything that shrinks your hitbox, like MiniMush or Caffeine Pill

And, of course, good old I'm Drowsy Pill.

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You can still get holy mantle and blanket as items in a run as tainted lost right? So those / 9 lives on a strong build is auto win.

[Seb]

Anything that gives health doesn't spawn, the holy mantle included.
Holy cards spawn rarely though:
I also died just at the end of the Dogma fight :/
But I just started a new run and the first item room gave me Ipecac and Crack The Sky 8)

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Originally posted by seb:

Anything that gives health doesn't spawn, the holy mantle included.

So no 9 lives?

[Seb]

Originally posted by <:):

Originally posted by seb:

Anything that gives health doesn't spawn, the holy mantle included.

So no 9 lives?

Nope, a full list can be found here https://bindingofisaacrebirth.fandom.com/wiki/Tainted_Lost

[Marceloid]

Originally posted by <:):

Originally posted by seb:

Anything that gives health doesn't spawn, the holy mantle included.

So no 9 lives?

And no gnawed leaf. :P If the stars, or rather, the whole solar system alligns you could go for a Spindown Dice play, which can still force those items to spawn!

Beast should be possible in a good run tho, good luck!!

[Seb]

Maybe if I had Ipecac + Host Hat + Holy Card + Blank Card + some sort of charging items for blank card. THEN MAYBE there would be a sliver of hope lol

[kone]

Lots of DMG doesn't give much time for anything to hit you. Though the most defensive you can make yourself is having Blanket, Book of Shadows, Birthright or extra Holy Cards. Psy Fly is also incredible.

I got my unlock with mostly Tech X and Holy Light (+Perfection) but it all comes down to what can synergize well, enough to delete things in seconds before you do.