Backpack Brawl - Item Placement: Round by Round (Mana Stew Build)

So I want to show you people how I arrange things over the rounds.. on top I show you if the round afterwards has been won or lost. Keep in mind, as I captured those rounds, my Chana was level 16.

So my bonus perks at that time were:

Stamina total 6
Staminaregen 1.15 Stam/s
Starting Health 70
Start of combat: inflict 4 Chill
+1 extra 2×2 bag at the beginning

Round 1

I start with my standard bag arrangement (this is key to me!)
Got lucky to get 2 searing wands and one wicked stick first round.
Banana is optional at this time to me, due to my higher stamina regen at level 16. (so low level Chana’s try to add banana or apple early on).
I always buy up to 3 stones early on, because they can be used with the unique item fire vortex. Easy math in this.. 1 rock = 1 gold… so can be sold later with no gold loss.

Round won: 5 ♥️ 1 🏆

Round 2

Another wicked stick gives me the second Hungry wand after round 2. Important: I managed to have still 3 weapons on me. (I figured out this is another key to survive early rounds)
Got a melon and replaced it with banana… so i got 1 cleansing in my side as counter other Chanas or other debuffs, and on top i got more mana for my 🔥 generation!

Round won: 5 ♥️ 2 🏆

Round 3

Nothing crazy has changed.
Added the banana again.
Blossom added for Mana generation.

Round won: 5 ♥️ 3 🏆

Round 4

Nothing crazy again. Swapped out 1 searing wand for torch. Torch is really great because it hast big potential to inflict 3 🔥 on hit. (25% chance), else it’s cooldown is super low 1.6s. On top it can be fused into spiced sausage (handle fuse with care… sometimes torch on its own is better than spicey sausssge).
Added another bag…
Sorry.. not very entertaining.

Round won: 5 ♥️ 4 🏆

Round 5

Added Mana Crystal for better Mana generation.
Rearranged torch, so it touches the Star of blossom. (Faster trigger, more Mana procs).
Added clover 🍀 for better item roll chances.

Round won: 5 ♥️ 5 🏆

Round 6

Added another Armor bag.
Slightly rearranged weapon in the left, so blossom touched one 1×1 square of Chana’s bag… (another trigger chance for Mana).
Added second melon.
Dropped 1 blossom back into inventory (will be added later again).

Round won: 5 ♥️ 6 🏆

Round 7

Overall slightly rearranging things:

Added another bag.
Added Mana Strudel (S Tier item for Chana).
Added fish.
Added Blossom to Mana Crytal.

Round won: 5 ♥️ 7 🏆

Round 8

Added bags and clover.
Added another melon.

Round lost: 4 ♥️ 7 🏆

Round 9

Unique choosing time – I took Mana Stew. Unfortunately I missed to screenshot the round results. So only inventory is displayed.

Added more bags (armor and speed)
Added frost tome (key item for good Chill. Needs good Mana generation).
Rearranged inventory and weapons to every single 1×1 of Chana’s bag is touched by another item (more Mana procs).

I didn’t use Mana Stew for 2 rounds, which kind of was a mistake afterwards but it was ok… (the reasons I didn’t put stew immediately in my game was, I simply was lacking food).

Round won: 4 ♥️ 8 🏆

Round 10

Added some bags (Armor and speed).
Placed torch inside Speedbag.
Goldegg added for Econ.

Round lost: 3 ♥️ 8 🏆

Round 11

Here I fully rearranged my total backpack. I tried to maximize the synergy on Mana stew. (8 / 12 Star activated).
Added a doughnut (really insane in the combination with Mana stew, because doughnut activate the trigger of Mana Stew).
Added a sausage, and directly combined it with torch for spicey sausage (at that time, I already had a second torch in my inventory, that I used in the next round. If not, I probably would have waited before fusing. Single torch is better than a single spicey sausage in terms of 🔥 infliction).

Round won: 3 ♥️ 9 🏆

Round 12

Added some foods.
Fusing 2 fish for big tuna.
Placed the torch I had in my inventory of a previous round into my backpack.

Round won: 3 ♥️ 10 🏆

Round 13

Little rearranging food (because of big tuna).
Adding Marshmellow (superb healing when opponents got enough 🔥 debuff (2 ❤️ for 1 🔥 inflicted).

Round won: 3 ♥️ 11 🏆

Round 14

Again, rearranging food and stuff to maximize Mana stew synergy’s.
Adding another Doughnut (triggers Mana Stew).
Adding frost emblem (for more Chill support).

Round won: 3 ♥️ 12 🏆

Round 15

Adding more foods (mushrooms).
Adding sausage and fuse it with torch = second spicy sausage. For now on I only play with two hungry wands.
Added 2 more golden eggs.

Round won: 3 ♥️ 13 🏆

Round 16

Fusing my third spicy sausage.

Round won: 3 ♥️ 14 🏆

Round 17

Selling all Econ items.
Rearranged marshmellow and spicey sausages to maximize the synergy’s with doughnuts.
Added fire cloak (effective counter for melee stacking builds like Harkon – War Drum or Ronan sword builds.

Round won: 3 ♥️ 15 🏆

Backpack Brawl – Item Placement: Round by Round (Mana Stew Build)