This guide is to help those who are still struggling to get beyond the lower floors. It contains some basics and does not go for lategame content. The following build is a general build which all heroes should be able to run in the early floors. It does not focus on a specific hero.
Early Floors Guide
- Point (Common Mistakes)
Do not, I repeat do not open the blue chest on Floor 2. If you open this chest (Chest of Pandora) all further enemies will always be elites. At the moment as far as I know it is not possible for longer runs as of Update 1.0.5 it is.
General Information: The last stage of a floor will always be elites.
- Point (Hero Choices)
Each hero is played different, each hero has his prefered set. The following build is applicable to all heroes, some do have it easier than others cause of their basic skills.
Kinno
Does get better survivability and damage early game through her magic shield.
Tyr
Gets more armor from armor, but cannot equip a weapon. For him you can either dismantel weapons for damage or like I do just raise your armor since that can also help.
Fren
Has a lot easier time since he got dodge by his kit.
Floor 1-2
So when you start a run you do want to first find a weapon, followed by some armor. Wood is a good choice since you get +1 gold per kill, which might sound not much but in the early game can still be the difference between being able to buy one more piece of gear.
The wooden hammer is the best choice in my opinion since it got damage and armor pen and you can dismantel at the end of stage 1, which is for the later floors a must have since some enemies are hard to kill if you cannot hit them through their armor or your hero can oneshot them.
Besides some early game damge I would always dismantel some armor, some health for suriviving armor Penetration from the ghouls and regen for poison.
Then I swap or add at least one piece of merc gear for the extra item drop. Since this will help generate money and some pieces of gear you need
Floor 3-10
After that I try to run as long as possibel multiple mercenary set pieces and if it gets hard I switch to ice gear, even without mana for the acitve part the armor you get per piece can easily push your armor in the early hundreds. After that it depends on which hero you play and which set you want to run. I go duess the orion set can also work, I personally didnt try it so far.
I would advice also to not lock a gear piece of a set you want if the price is too high since you will loose a slot for reroll.
On that note I advice to reroll between 1-3 times per floor. Just remember 1 time should always be rolled, second and third depend on your gold and if you think you can get a upgrade. I personally most times roll 2 times per stage, 3 times if im can hit a breaking point or it gets rough. 4 can be problematic since the price rockets alot then.
For dismantle between floor 3-10 I would advice for whatever you need, just don’t forget you later WILL need health, regeneration, Toughness and armor Penetration. Precision is also necessary in early game so some enemies don’t dodge your attacks. I personally prefer if don’t run hunter set around 100% till floor 30.
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