Soul Knight – Loop Boss Rush Guide

Quick Guide to Loop Boss Rush

First question: What is LBR and what do you have to do?

LBR is an abbreviation for Loop Boss Rush. You can also see people saying Infinite Boss Rush or Matrix Boss Rush.

Essentially, you need to know this:

• LBR is a boss rush that doesn’t end.
• Every time you go through a portal, the bosses get more HP (approximately 15% more), and every now and then they get 1 extra damage.
• Defense and damage over time are very bad here, so I recommend you listen very carefully to the next pages.

First question is what character should I pick?

Here is a tier list in order. You want to pick from left to right and from top to bottom.

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Necromancer

• Necromancer (necro for short) is straight up the best character here.
• Necro’s first skill is the best skill possible here. It offers some defense which is nice, some offense which again is good, but most importantly it gives you +2 damage on a target (the target marked by the skill has -2 defense).
• And the second reason necro is the best character here is that her starter weapon (staff of plague) is simply just the best weapon here.
• The weapons you want to use are staff of plague (necro starter) and red ring. Add butterfly staff (recommended) or staff of illusion if you have 3 weapon slots unlocked.
• As for jewelry, you can use Wolfbite Amulet (recommended), Balrog Bones, or Fluorite Ring.

Berserker

• Berserker (zerk for short) is arguably the second best character because of his second skill. Using his second skill with staff of illusion and trumpet can make even bad weapon kill bosses pretty quickly. And the best weapon here (staff of pleague) kill bosses almost instantly.
• The weapons you want to use are staff of illusion and trumpet, staff of pleague/new emperor gun if you have 3 weapons slots buff.
• As for jewelry you can use Fluorite Ring or Balrog Bones.

Assassin

• Assassin (ass for short) is really good because of his third skill. It gives iframes and more damage. Also speed but is not that important, still nice.
• You want to use staff of pleague and red ring and if 3 weapons slots buff butterfly staff(recommend)/staff of illusion.
• As for jewelry you can use Flying Feather Ring(recommend), Fluorite Ring or Balrog Bones.

Officer

• Officer second skill with mentor buff si probably the best skill possible but because of the inconsistency of mentor showing up you might have a run where you don’t find mentor before 15-1(average with randoms on multi) or higher. Even without the mentor buff officer is still really good. As his skill does similar things to necro first skill.
• Weapons: staff of pleague red ring and if 3 weapons slots buff butterfly staff (recommend)/staff of illusion.
• As for jewelry the usual Fluorite Ring and Balrog Bones.

Vampire

• Vampire (vamp for short) is really good because his second skill, allowing you to stop problematic bosses from going away from you by hard cc them.
• Weapons: staff of pleague red ring and butterfly staff (recommend)/staff of illusion (if 3 weapons slots buff is used).
• As for jewelry you can use the usual Balrog Bones and Fluorite Ring.
• If you don’t have vamp second skill you can use vamp third skill with super shotgun (instead of red ring) to do similar as his second skill.

Paladin

• Paladin (pal/pala for short) is as usual really good. His third skill is the best skill here allowing you to keep the team alive (with mentor buff), stun and deal some damage to the boss too.
• Weapons are as always staff of pleague and red ring, if 3 weapons slots buff also use butterfly staff (recommend)/staff of illusion.
• As for jewelry you can use Crusader’s Emblem (recommend), Fluorite Ring or Balrog Bones.

Witch

• Witch (wiz for short) is arguably the fourth best character here because of her passive (I will explain later why is soo good) and her 2 skill is her best skill here. It freezes the boss and it can break bullets.
• If she is in the team everyone can use Frosty ring (jewelry) and can add a good amount of damage.
• Staff of pleague and red ring, if 3 weapons slots buff also use butterfly staff (recommend)/staff of illusion.
• As for jewelry you can use Frosty Ring(recommend), Fluorite Ring or Balrog Bones.

Elf

• Elf is very good because of her first skill adding crit chance and some burst damage along with a hit immunity.
• Weapons: Staff of pleague and red ring, if 3 weapons slots buff is used also butterfly staff (recommend)/staff of illusion.
• As for jewelry Crusader’s Emblem(recommended), Balrog Bones and Fluorite Ring.

Engineer

• Engineer (engi for short) is good because of his third skill that can save the team from minor mistakes or problematic bosses.
• Weapons: staff of pleague and red ring (if 3 weapons slots buff is used also butterfly staff(recommend)/staff of illusion).
• As for jewelry the usual Balrog Bones or Fluorite Ring.

Other Characters

They are not worth explaining as they are not worth playing as for I will only mention their best skill:

• Knight first skill.
• Rouge first skill.
• Domonmacer second skill (she doesn’t have the third skill at the moment of me making this).
• Druid first skill.
• Miner second skill.
• Tao second skill.
• Trap master second skill.
• Alchimist first skill.
• Priestess second skill.
• Robot third skill.
• Werewolf second skill.
• Airbander second skill (there is no third skill at the moment).
• Costume prince first skill (there is no second and third at the moment).

What buff should I choose / bring?

Here is a tier list of the buffs (ignore the fact that I didn’t find one with all the buffs).

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Explanation

• Shotgun buff is really good with the staff of pleague and zerk cheese.
• Staff buff for the same reasons.
• Blue shield and the two legendary buffs are the only defence worth bringing as the others defense buffs are not as effective or necessary.
• 3 weapons slots buff allow zerk to still do the cheese as well use a weapon to add damage, the other characters will have an extra weapon to use for more DPS.
• Statue buff allows you do use breserker statue and a nother one also doubling the effect.
• As for the offence buff are in order of how much it adds in DPS or DPS + utility (if they also have that).

Drinks

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Explanation

• The best is soda as it allows assassin Wiz and vamp (second)to use their skill more often.
• Coffe is good no matter what. I recommend coffee over soda if don’t have skills that need to be used a lot. Examples necro and officer you.
• Bloody Mary is ok because more crits = more damage but I say if youget this only as lobby prep.
• Orige juice and tea only as lobby prep if you don’t want to stay to get the best.
• As for the others are just not worth it.

Statues

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Explanation

• Berserker statue is the best because it adds an extra red ring that doesn’t depend on a teammate (lag can mess up a lot things).
• Paladin statue only if you have the 2 statue buff or until you find bersarker statue.
• Wizard statue is the same thing as paladin statue but for pal 1 and vamp 3 only.
• The other are not worth it.

Why do we use Necro starter (staff of pleague) as our weapon of choice?

• It is pretty simple Necro starter has the most dps possible on bosses (only if you use red ring).
• As for how much damage it can do is pretty simple math.
• Necro starter does 1 damage per spike and shoots 2 liens (3 if upgrade version). Red ring adds 2 more damage. Wiz passive buff adds 1 damage. The challenge condition from the boss (Lord of Infinite Dark) adds 1 damage. Shotgun buff adds a nother line of spikes. Combo weapon buff makes longer trails. Accuracy buff makes getting more crits and allow all lines of spikes to hit easier. Butterfly staff adds +1 damage.
• 2 lines of spikes (max damage that can be achieved by all characters) = (1+2+1+1)*2 = 10 damage per hit.
• 3 lines of spikes = 15 damage per hit.
• 4 lines of damag = 20 damage per hit.

What is zerk cheese?

• Is when zerk use his second skill along side with staff of illusion and trumpet to make the other(s) do a lot of DPS.
• This can make you do from 300% more attacks per second to 800% attacks per seconds (without zerk or other party members using trumpet alng side the clones).
• The maximum using zerk cheese and others party members using trumpet (assuming that everyone has staff of pleague as the main weapon zerk has staff of illusion and trumpet, one person has red ring and trumpet and the other 2 are using double trumpet) is 1400% more attacks per seconds. But is not recommended, the DPS boost from zerk and the clones is enough.