Your favorite charm combo?

[Nova]

What is the absolute best combination of charms you can think of?

[Ellixer]

I tend to prefer simple but practical charms that bolster basic capabilities. Quick Focus + Shape of Unn for effective healing during boss fights. Quick Slash + Unbreakable Strength + (Optionally) Longnail/Mark of Pride/Both since you are never going to not use the nail.

[Kaza_IA]

this combination always worked super great for me: Steady body, quick slash and mark of pride. I always have those equipped. The rest is optional, but gathering swarm and compass is something I like to have on. Depending on the boss im fighting I do want to use heavy blow or shadow dash .

Basically the remaining slots after having equipped Steady body, quick slash, mark of pride and compass. depends on the situation.

[wataniyob]

Originally posted by Kaza_IA:

this combination always worked super great for me: Steady body, quick slash and mark of pride. I always have those equipped. The rest is optional, but gathering swarm and compass is something I like to have on. Depending on the boss im fighting I do want to use heavy blow or shadow dash .

I'm a bit surprised you actually recommend heavy blow, since most people in the community (myself included) put it at near the bottom of the list for charms. The additional knockback actually makes it harder for you to keep enemies/bosses in range for you to continue to attack with your nail/spells.

The rest of the charms in the previous posts I also recommend (including Steady Body even though most people find unhelpful because they get used to the knockback). A few other recommendations from me (depending on what scenario you're in):

• Nailmaster's Glory - Nail Arts are really good against enemies you can't one-shot with normal nail hits that love to stay out of your range (e.g. Primal Aspid).
  
• Dream Wielder - In places where you have dangerous enemies + easy, but low health enemies, using this charm can be a lifesaver by letting you fill your Soul up quicker on those easy enemies.
  
• Hiveblood - For difficult platforming areas with few or no enemies.
  
• Shaman Stone - Best charm for people who prefer spells for damage output.

[Kaza_IA]

I know alot of people are not a fan of heavy blow. I just like it to get some distance between me and the boss. It gives me a tiny bit longer to react to the next attack. Using heavy blow against regular enemies is something I would not recommend.

[Kibble]

One of my favourite combinations for dealing indirect damage to enemies and getting to focus more on dodging or exploring!

Weaversong + Grubsong + Glowing Womb + Defender's Crest
As of the latest update, combine Weaversong with Grubsong and your free spawning weaver friends will generate SOUL for you whenever they hit an enemy. Combined with Glowing Womb, this creates a steady supply of SOUL to summon baby attack flies. Defender's Crest is also helpful for causing passive damage to enemies, and it makes the attack flies explode on impact. It's not very efficient for dealing tons of damage, but it's a fun and lazy build! :D

Since it only takes up six notches, you still have 4-5 notches for whatever else you'd like. Soul Catcher is always useful, Dreamshield or Grimmchild for a bit of extra damage (and Dreamshield can protect you from hits), Mark of Pride to hit enemies without getting too close. I also personally like Sharp Shadow for evading and attacking enemies at once.

[CobCannon64]

Originally posted by Kibble:

One of my favourite combinations for dealing indirect damage to enemies and getting to focus more on dodging or exploring!

I wholly agree with you! The indirect damage setup is one of the best staple charm setups in the game, to me at least. Although I perfer an army of minions, glowing womb excluded, to things like defender's crest. But that's one the many amazing things about this game, any given charm is usefull to some degree, even if it's solely entertainment.

Personal setup: Grimchild, Dreamshield, Weaversong, Sprintmaster, Grubsong, Long nail. The above quote says most of it and I just like Long nail.

Random question: How many of you use Carefree Melody? I never gave myself the time to properly use it and I would like to hear about some situations with it.

[Echosjp]

Mark of Pride + Quick Slash is usually my go-to, save for the times I go spellcaster. Since there's 11 notches so far, and 6 are used by Quick Slash and Mark of Pride, the other 5 notches can be used for whatever the situation calls for.

[Nova]

Anymore i should try?

[Phirestar]

The charm setup that I used to complete the game:

• Nailmaster's Glory
  
• Quick Focus
  
• Soul Eater
  
• Shaman Stone

Since you often get a rather short amount of time to strike out at bosses, I wanted to deal as much damage per swing as I possibly can. The range of Nail Arts meant that I could also slash without having to get in very close, so I was less likely to get hit. Quick Focus helped me out since I was so, so awful at the game the first time I played it, along with the additional soul gained through Soul Eater. (Which paired alongside Shaman Stone to encourage me to use spells in fights, too.)