huntress help

[Vervastar]

can anyone post a screen shot of items they have after a successful run with huntress? i always die towards the end normally get one shot on normal and would like to try to beat it

[tom five]

Crits. Her alternate primary fire (where she fires three arrows) has a broken interaction with crits that the devs either missed, or (more likely) just decided to leave in.

Usually a crit should double the damage of an attack, but with her alternate fire she instead fires six arrows. The thing is, all six of those arrows still deal double damage. So she's essentially getting quadruple damage.

Ideally you want nine lens makers glasses, plus a harvesters scythe and predatory instincts. this will give you 100% crit chance plus a ton of healing and attack speed. You might need the artifact of command, but honestly, IMO it's a trap. Standing still usually means death. It's preferable to just use printers.

Other than that you're really just looking for mobility. Goats hoofs, hopoo feathers, etc.

The most important thing is to always stay moving and don't linger too long. The biggest enemy in this game is time, by a wide margin. When I was doing Huntress eclipse runs, basically the rule is you have hit the first teleporter at 2 minutes. You need to be at the third stage before 10, otherwise the run is already lost. She's too squishy and enemy health and damage ramp up too quickly for her to keep pace.

[Vervastar]

Thank you! What about using strafe and focusing on her alt fire the glaive?

[Otef]

I beat eclipse 1-8 using strafe instead of flurry, but it was tough. Ballista and the triple blip are crucial imo.

[tom five]

Originally posted by Vervastar:

Thank you! What about using strafe and focusing on her alt fire the glaive?

Stacking backup magazines on her can be incredibly strong early, but it falls off a bit later in the run and the cast animation can be a pain when things start getting hectic.

Her strafe attack does better damage than flurry until (I think) around 20% crit chance, so it's more reliable if you're not getting lucky with drops.

I highly recommend unlocking her phase blink if you haven't already. It makes her feel much more fluid and easier to play. You just need to carry 12 crowbars at once which is easy enough on drizzle difficulty or if you have the artifact of command.

Flurry can also be easily unlocked using the artifact of kin and the artifact of swarms if you just keep restarting till you get wisps.

[tom five]

Originally posted by Otef:

I beat eclipse 1-8 using strafe instead of flurry, but it was tough. Ballista and the triple blip are crucial imo.

Yeah, I also had to use strafe to beat eclipse. Flurry is too unreliable without praying to RNGsus. And yup, ballista and especially triple blink are crucial for eclipse.

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[Scared of Scars]

If you wish to use a glasses build for your Huntress run try and aquire a Shattered Spleen as well Shattered Spleen procs bleed for every crit projectile Huntress fires if you are using Flurry and 10x Glasses every projectile is a crit meaning every projectile procs bleed dont corrupt you glasses though.......You get the Lost Seers glasses you lose all your crit

[Ninja Zyborg]

flurry vs strafe is actually more towards strafe in non-command runs, since you need decent crit to get flurry above strafe in terms of power.

[Vervastar]

thanks. what about non offensive items? i still cant win even in a command run with either build. i end up getting one shot in commencement from big flying things

[Ninja Zyborg]

Originally posted by Vervastar:

thanks. what about non offensive items? i still cant win even in a command run with either build. i end up getting one shot in commencement from big flying things

goat hoof, medkit, armor plate

[Ɛ: ʎɥɔʇɐԀ]

Originally posted by Vervastar:

thanks. what about non offensive items? i still cant win even in a command run with either build. i end up getting one shot in commencement from big flying things

one stack of purity, reduces cooldown on alternate shift from 2 seconds to 0.5 seconds

[Ninja Zyborg]

Originally posted by dispenser6257:

Originally posted by Vervastar:

thanks. what about non offensive items? i still cant win even in a command run with either build. i end up getting one shot in commencement from big flying things

one stack of purity, reduces cooldown on alternate shift from 2 seconds to 0.5 seconds

purity messes up early crit

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Originally posted by Ninja Zyborg:

Originally posted by dispenser6257:

one stack of purity, reduces cooldown on alternate shift from 2 seconds to 0.5 seconds

purity messes up early crit

don't care about procs.

[Ninja Zyborg]

Originally posted by dispenser6257:

Originally posted by Ninja Zyborg:

purity messes up early crit

don't care about procs.

if you mention a single item and that single item absolutely ruins every item from previous suggestions, it's the most basic, obvious thing to say that it does that.

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