Tips on completing The Servant challenge

[zealot1]

Any specific deck-building tips on this challenge? It seems I have insufficient time to complete it before Blood Moon, by which time my demon follower starts taking sizable chunks of my health, and I can't continue.

My deck is full of Food gain and Max Life giving cards, but it's just not enough.

[ZeppMan217]

I did it by using Lion's Heart potion and Mister Lionel encounter (the one that recharges your artifact), along with Lizard Helmet (reduces damage from pain cards if you have less than 50 HP), Chief's Ring (+3 HP from food), and Healing Potion. You can add Elder's Gift to guarantee getting Lion's Heart.

Make sure to stay under full HP by feeding Veles to maximize gains from food healing. Use items with knockdown effects to feed Veles in combat. Avoid goblin patrols, since they don't let you use Veles and force you to sacrifice HP.

Once you've acquired the helmet and enough food/potions you can drop below 50 HP by feeding Veles, continue feeding and healing until he's almost full. Don't forget to heal to full and equip best combat items before giving Veles the last HP needed to complete the objective - completing the objective sends you into final combat.

[zealot1]

Thanks for the help, man. I've managed to get the Gold. I totally forgot that Exploding Doodads recharges any artifact.

[Radene]

If you have the Platinum suit, it's awesome. Every charged bash is a knockdown, so just play defensively and let Veles feed. I got 150 health on him from one combat once. Especially handy for Servant+

There's another armor that has the same mechanic but I forget which.

[Captain Yesterday]

Originally posted by Radene:

There's another armor that has the same mechanic but I forget which.

You're thinking of Blackguard's Platemail[hand-of-fate-2.wikia.com].

[Radene]

Originally posted by Captain Yesterday:

Originally posted by Radene:

There's another armor that has the same mechanic but I forget which.

You're thinking of Blackguard's Platemail[hand-of-fate-2.wikia.com].

That's the one.

[Anthary]

Scrap the max life, pick easy fights + food + item gain. As items Gladiator's Visage helm, Armour of Gluttony, Valiant Aegis shield and Chef's Charm ring. Most important is Chef's ring. Ring of food is a good addition too. Rethgar's Quake artifact will help Veles if a fight has many enemies and gain value from Gladiator's Visage. If you get chef's ring you will need from 0 to 500 => 63 food.