Arena of Ikar (Endless) - share your best Tier/Wave reached

[Lunar Umbra]

Edit - Early Access was released so new posts are showing up after; https://steamcommunity.com/app/3238670/discussions/0/603015872060184991/?tscn=1746339189#c506199789077103993

It can get even more RNG, eventually have to settle with a set armor piece while trying to hold out for a desired passive ability attached to ideal armor... good luck with all the new build combinations to try.

[Khavarum]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Troy Muni:

and yet here is this guy, farming in a demo of $5 throw away survivor game - but everyone else is crazy apparently lmao

I don't know where did you read "everyone", want to elaborate? Maybe give some citations? You're basically saying that everyone who play this demo doesn't agree with my opinion, that's bold generalization.

Also I'm rarely farming it and only because it's the last thing for me to do in the demo aside from just having fun playing from time to time.

[kazid_ea]

Managed to get to Wave 33. Best run so far. Most successful build I've made uses the dual axes, stacking crit chance and crit hit damage, only going for ancient armour with whirlind.

Once damage was more than enough I started stacking survival skills (regardless I was a bit greedy and started doing that too late and couldn't handle the boss).

I've been considering stacking extra move speed as well in order to be able to outrun the boss, that seems to really help on higher waves as it allows you to chip in damage with your normal attacks and controlling the encounter.

Amazing game, hadn't had so much fun with a demo, can't wait for the full game to release.

[Solid Snack]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Swift_Talon:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Solid Snack:

Got to wave 45. Boss on previous wave took me 32minutes 39seconds to kill - I timed it. Wave 45 boss was doable, but I simply gave up after 10 minutes of kiting him around for 1/2 of a single life. Gonna try to re-think my build, was starting to get physically painful holding down buttons XD

Waves 40+ seem to be only doable if you roll the correct boss fights, they are just painful with the current build options. I dont think there is a build that can get much more progress without substantial time investment per boss.

Honestly I found it more to do with early game RNG. If you roll on max items with all the stats you want before the 10 minute mark, you can pretty safely make it post 40 - since every item after that is only upgrading your existing kit. Other runs, I keep having to re-roll because I keep getting stuff I don't want or just items with the same stats, so you are unable to upgrade your character as well over time with souls / items, and spend way too long getting the kit to keep up with enemy scaling.

Regardless, yeah I agree, the game looks to be designed around more options which we don't currently have - which honestly is a good thing :D

EDIT: Finally got a hunter to 37 - but the guy is too squishy, so you fall off hard and instantly the moment the enemy scaling reaches a critical point.

[DikkeDerpa]

EDIT: Finally got a hunter to 37 - but the guy is too squishy, so you fall off hard and instantly the moment the enemy scaling reaches a critical point. [/quote]

This is so true, my best run i lost all 10 lifes at the start of a new round after a boss. also 37 iirc

[Farscapee]

I finally managed to get to Wave 46 with Barbarian, throwing axes, and axe toss for about 6 seconds before getting melted in 1 second. I got lucky the bosses where Bone Colossus and the shield/mace boss. Double bosses can spawn at Wave 40 or 45.

Tips for Ritual Grounds - Endless Mode
- Leap: Bunny hopping, it's the most important ability because it lets you become temporarily immune while flying through the air, refreshes your movement ability, and generates energy. If you don't have enough damage at the moment you slowly whither down the mobs while mostly avoiding being hit back.

For All Ancient Armor (Orange drops with passive skills IE Whirlwind etc.) Skip Grey drops, and only equip one Artifact (purple) to farm Rerolls. Once you have 5+ Rerolls you can upgrade blue drops to get Ancient armor. I started leaving blue drops on the ground until I have enough Rerolls or use it later to upgrade your stats via once you have all of your armor slots filled.

Equipment
- Movement Charge - more Leaps, critical to staying alive
- Damage Increased to Injured Enemies - Seems to scale well enough
- Movement Speed per Life Lost - You will also want Movement speed stat on one of your armor
- Damage Taken Reduced per Life Lost
- Projectile Pierce - Better for late game boss fights since you can still hit the boss through the minions

FYI: Execute is either bugged or not worded properly. It's not triggering on Bosses unless they are below 20-30% health.

[Khavarum]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Solid Snack:

EDIT: Finally got a hunter to 37 - but the guy is too squishy, so you fall off hard and instantly the moment the enemy scaling reaches a critical point.

Wait till we get Dodge recharge time - that will be a game changer for the Hunter.

[Solid Snack]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Farscapee:

I finally managed to get to Wave 46 with Barbarian, throwing axes, and axe toss for about 6 seconds before getting melted in 1 second. I got lucky the bosses where Bone Colossus and the shield/mace boss. Double bosses can spawn at Wave 40 or 45.

Tips for Ritual Grounds - Endless Mode
- Leap: Bunny hopping, it's the most important ability because it lets you become temporarily immune while flying through the air, refreshes your movement ability, and generates energy. If you don't have enough damage at the moment you slowly whither down the mobs while mostly avoiding being hit back.

For All Ancient Armor (Orange drops with passive skills IE Whirlwind etc.) Skip Grey drops, and only equip one Artifact (purple) to farm Rerolls. Once you have 5+ Rerolls you can upgrade blue drops to get Ancient armor. I started leaving blue drops on the ground until I have enough Rerolls or use it later to upgrade your stats via once you have all of your armor slots filled.

Equipment
- Movement Charge - more Leaps, critical to staying alive
- Damage Increased to Injured Enemies - Seems to scale well enough
- Movement Speed per Life Lost - You will also want Movement speed stat on one of your armor
- Damage Taken Reduced per Life Lost
- Projectile Pierce - Better for late game boss fights since you can still hit the boss through the minions

FYI: Execute is either bugged or not worded properly. It's not triggering on Bosses unless they are below 20-30% health.

Don't think it's so much "double bosses" as the miniboss that appears mid-wave with all the enemy spam, doesn't die before the end wave boss spawns - so you end up fighting both :) At least from what I've seen at 40 and 45 (didn't get past that- mostly because it was taking about half an hour to kill the boss at that point - so I just gave up half way lol)

[Zeekz]

45 with just leaping around. Several whirlwind skills, the perk for less dmg taken per life lost. Wearing a mace and shield for the block. Being barbarian.

I feel like nothing else I've tried has managed to get me past 40. Has anyone managed to go past 40 with a hunter or 2h weapon?

[saga19890604]

Wave 51

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3431999611

[Farscapee]

Wow wave 51, congrats. Did you go Projectile amount and Projectile Piercing on that run?

I've gotten into the low 40's with 2 handed weapons. You need to pick an ancient armor with Instant Attack and not pick any whirlwinds because you will run into Ancient bosses as a melee.

[saga19890604]

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Oprindeligt skrevet af Farscapee:

Wow wave 51, congrats. Did you go Projectile amount and Projectile Piercing on that run?

I've gotten into the low 40's with 2 handed weapons. You need to pick an ancient armor with Instant Attack and not pick any whirlwinds because you will run into Ancient bosses as a melee.

Yes. I tried different ones, and this build is good by far:

- Dodge, Movement recharges/ recharge rate for surviving.

- Projectile amount, Projectile piercing, Damage increased to injury for eliminating the enemies.

After wave 50, the game frame rate drops to 1 FPS when surrounded by enemies. I can't kill a single enemy...

[DikkeDerpa]

Oprindeligt skrevet af saga19890604:

Wave 51

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3431999611

Sheeesh with all t2 upgrades. I feel like a noob! What is the secret?

[Lunar Umbra]

Demarcation point for the Demo update on February 24, 2025. Please keep in mind the past records are mostly reference at this point, as there were quite a few changes affecting the meta.

[Lunar Umbra]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3435085722

An initial run in the new endless Arena of Ikar as a Thief reaching Wave 31.

[Joel]

I've hit wave 41 as Barbarian and Thief and wave 34 as a hunter. It definitely seems like Blade Dash + Edge of Darkness is the new Leap.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3435102564