Final boss and Spinel Tonic

[Nightlyfrost]

I'm sure this goes without saying, but just in case someone was curious I'll post it here. I got to Mithrix with a permanent Tonic with gesture and some fuel cells, but prior to that I had accumulated some Tonic Affliction already.

I figured he would steal the tonic affliction, but not be affected since he had a permanent auto activating tonic. Unfortunately, he did not steal the tonic affliction (it makes sense in retrospect, because in terms of lore it's more like an addiction kind of thing and not an actual item if I'm not mistaken).

It made it seem the final fight was impossible because of the tonic affliction. I can't say that for certain since I basically immediately died because of tesla coil, but given how nerfed my stats were from the tonic debuff it would have been quite an uphill battle if nothing else.

My point: be wary when taking Spinel Tonic to Mithrix if you've already accumulated Tonic affliction, and don't make my same dumb mistake.

[Zigzidu]

"you can have my drugs, if you take my disease too".

And then he said, "No".

Thanks for sharing though. It's so easy to build yourself out of any chance of beating him. I brought hellfire tincture hoping to suck all my items out of him real quick. I forgot that I had a large number of razorwires, and me and all my friends immediately died.

[Pmk]

Originally posted by Nightlyfrost:

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Not only that, but even if you don't have any affliction prior, the moment you lose your buff, you will get many afflictions, because the game actually rolls them even when you have a permanent buff and they appear the moment you lose it.

[The Face]

Originally posted by Zigzidu:

"you can have my drugs, if you take my disease too".

And then he said, "No".

Thanks for sharing though. It's so easy to build yourself out of any chance of beating him. I brought hellfire tincture hoping to suck all my items out of him real quick. I forgot that I had a large number of razorwires, and me and all my friends immediately died.

Sire is fun skipping items because of crap boss design huh?

[CoNt3MpT]

Originally posted by The Face:

Sire is fun skipping items because of crap boss design huh?

The game is designed around the speed of the 10min timer quest, where you're only meant to pick up a couple of items balancing on the ragged edge for relative strength to encounters on each stage.

Quick guidelines:
* Bosses should take until the portal is almost open to kill.
* spend only 3-4min on any level.

Dawdle and bloat looting every box on every level - yeah, you'll cruise through the stages... then you'll meet yourself on phase 3 of the final boss.

[AngelofAnger]

Originally posted by CoNt3MpT:

Originally posted by The Face:

Sire is fun skipping items because of crap boss design huh?

The game is designed around the speed of the 10min timer quest, where you're only meant to pick up a couple of items balancing on the ragged edge for relative strength to encounters on each stage.

Quick guidelines:
* Bosses should take until the portal is almost open to kill.
* spend only 3-4min on any level.

Dawdle and bloat looting every box on every level - yeah, you'll cruise through the stages... then you'll meet yourself on phase 3 of the final boss.

you are talking about moonsoon. i will say. even 5 min is allright. 6 mins is dragging too much. and nobody talks about void fields. since now the timer stops(thank god) if you can do it after the first level you really in a good position and you can rush.

i noticed that nobody talks about void fields in term of strategy.

[Zeddy]

Originally posted by Nightlyfrost:

since he had a permanent auto activating tonic

He actually doesn't steal your equipment, so you don't have to be scared of bringing Royal Capacitor or Missiles to the fight.

[Nightlyfrost]

Originally posted by Zeddy:

Originally posted by Nightlyfrost:

since he had a permanent auto activating tonic

He actually doesn't steal your equipment, so you don't have to be scared of bringing Royal Capacitor or Missiles to the fight.

I guess I died too quickly to really notice haha, thanks for letting me know!

[Samseng Yik]

Exactly my issue with the last phase final boss.
Steal all my item, and my mistake to let him hit me once.
Trigger runic ice blast and flame twister. Nuff said this really instantly kill me.