Diamond Rank Achievement

[Kyuirah]

I've managed dual shotguns/pistols , sniper auto rifle and auto shotgun , but i cannot for the life of me win a true nightmare with any of the other weapons. I'm nearing 300 attempts this achievement is feeling impossible...

[Bug Guy]

you can do it. 300 attempts is no joke, but keep learning from what kills you and what doesnt work and keep at it. Good luck

[I am Demiurge]

you kind of have to get lucky with a random drop before the game starts. thats how i did it

[Limdood]

practice using your non-weapon abilities to great effect. Hammer and ice grenade are invaluable for the first half of loop 1. The hammer alone can solo the entire first biome to the boss with ease.

Learn what weapons do well with what.
Rocket launcher and arcane wand excel with multiple projectiles. Use that when the key totem gives you split/arc/triple/x/square/scatter shot.

crossbow and triple marksman excel with on-hit effects (not to be confused with "on shooting" effects), since each projectile can trigger them (so do the shotguns, but you achieved those), pick those if your key totem gives bubble shot, link shot, spark shot, etc.

Fast firing weapons CAN (but don't always) make good use of "on shooting" effects like thorn shot or firework shot. getting splash damage will also hand you a free pass on the first 24 or so levels using the minigun or laser cannons no matter what else you find. All you can eat makes minigun amazing.

etc.
etc.

in short, build based on what you're given, and use your skills at dodging and melee and grenades to make use of the first 8-16 islands to put together a build that will do something.

[Rysk]

As long as you have a good grasp of the basic movements, you should be able to clear the level with any weapon.
It is much more important to avoid being hit by enemies outside your line of sight than it is to quickly kill enemies within your line of sight.
Attack by constantly jumping, dashing, and sliding horizontally, with the image of consolidating a horde of enemies in one place.
If you feel like you don't have enough firepower once you enter the desert biome, try again.

I pray the good fight.

[pr0faker]

Get econ going early, with crystal dividends and money shot, money shot you can drop in the second loop probably since divdidends will rake in so idioticly much you basically can buy every item in the game as long as you have the option to do so. For the rest built to the guns strengh, minigun is very easy but you need all you can eat and/or reload on dash ring or reload ring. stack accelerating shot, juiced etc, you might fight the ring with 500% more damage and slower fire rate so if you have enough firerate it wouldn't matter much since you will built up enough in no time again. Also stuff like more crystals on kills etc helps in the first loop. If you go an elemental route, stack on only 1 kind, so only fire, arcane etc, and go with what helps that kind of DOT damage bult even harder.

[Oh!Juicy骸骨 \(° 0°;)/]

oddly enough, sniper and dual pistols were my last / hardest. but some good general advice that hasn't already been given:

1.) Arcane + Lightning builds will get you a long way with different types of weapons. Stack enough High Voltage and crowds will thin out even with low RoF weapons like sniper, and with enough Potent Magic, you can get through lightning mobs and bosses. And then if you pull legends like Crit.Lightning or Lit.Strike, you're on your way.

2.) Don't underestimate the power of Big Chests and Coral Amulet. These can significantly increase your chances of pulling something you'll want, from basics like Stamina from a speed chest, to epic level items like Blast or Arrow from crit chests or Double Vision from luck.

3.) Always go for Relics. They're often much more useful than other random choices. And if combined with the previous tip, you'll increase your chances of pulling the game changer: Low Gravity Movement. With this relic and enough stamina (x3 or 4), you can float around the arena and rain down destruction from the (relative) safety of the sky.

After that, pray to the crab gods for good rolls and that your all your Elite Fire Crabs and Skulls don't spawn shielded versions upon death

[Kyuirah]

Thanks for all the advice , i've now cleared Seagle and Marksman Rifle since this post. I was using Arcane before but now I've realized that lightning works really well as it plays against the enemies insane numbers. Critical Lightning has carried both of those runs , it's way too good.

[Beschmenz]

bro, did you have to get diamond rank on every weapon or just most of them?

[Limdood]

Originally posted by yiftty:

bro, did you have to get diamond rank on every weapon or just most of them?

account rank is your average of the rank of all your weapons....rounded down.

so in order to hit ACCOUNT rank diamond, you need to get diamond on every weapon (since all diamond but one will average out to "ruby, but ALMOST at diamond....rounded down to ruby"

[Mami The Beer Baron]

Originally posted by Kyuirah:

I've managed dual shotguns/pistols , sniper auto rifle and auto shotgun , but i cannot for the life of me win a true nightmare with any of the other weapons. I'm nearing 300 attempts this achievement is feeling impossible...

minigun is utterly disgusting if you get the landmine or a good chunk of "on impact/hit" kinds of stuff