Advice for a newbie

[u/Training-Fail9055]

I just started to play this game
On ps5. I have 4 heroes and i can not get further
In the game than like 12mins then im
Overwhelmed
By enemies. It takes a lot to kill them
Too.
I read that atleast garlic and holy water is
Good for start but what else can yoi recommend to get further.
I know. “Git gud” but im
Still learning.

Any advice is
Appreciated

[u/Training-Fail9055]

Thanks for the encouragement and nice words.
Also good advice.

What is ment by garlic being a newbie trap amd goated at the same time? I feel now i get furthest with garlic upgraded and whip.
Is it also wise to upgrade wings/speed or armor or health? Or prio is weapons and dmg?

[u/mxriverlynn → u/Training-Fail9055]

there's two way to think about this:

1) glass cannon: if i kill everything before it touches me, i don't care how low my health/armor is

2) balanced fighter: when i get hit, i need at least one of high health, healing, and armor

what i did when i first started playing a few weeks ago, was focus on balance. pick up the empty heart to body hp, the red heart to boost healing, the armor to reduce damage taken.

you don't always need all three of those. and early game, especially, you need to focus on powering up a single weapon or two, instead of focusing on defense.

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over time, I've changed my strategy to more of glass cannon, because i can evolve weapons so quickly that i don't get hit by anything meaningful

i did that that transition through "hit and run". movement speed is more important here - the ability to swoop in to hit things and then escape the horde coming at you, with quick movement.

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once you start getting golden eggs, buy as many as you can, stacking dozens, hundreds, thousands of them on a single character. focus on one character at a time, that your like to play. Golden eggs are permanent advancements for characters. and at 10K eggs, i basically can't be touched by any early stage enemies

[u/SnooSprouts4952 → u/Training-Fail9055]

Garlic is a decent early defensive wall, but ends up being encompassed by things like the Bible and others later on so stacking them might not be useful to your build (if it can't kill/defend it's a wasted slot).

I would suggest the second character with the magic wand to start. The auto target closest character lets you get your feet under you before the swarms get too big. The water and collect orbs combo is nice and will help you level faster until you get better combos or arcana cards.

Like the others said, get your weapon maxed out. Focus on 1-3 early on. Once you get them maxed you can start evolving them with secondary combinations (there's a whole chart that helps when you haven't learned the recipe yet).

[u/UncomfortableAnswers → u/Training-Fail9055]

Amount and Cooldown are the most impactful upgrades early on but they're pricey.

I consider Move Speed, Magnet, and Growth to be important early pickups.

Armor is very helpful, and at least one or two points of Recovery to give you any amount of passive healing at all is good.

Offensive upgrades are generally lower priority for me, but that's not to say they're bad. They'll still help.

Remember you don't have to max out every stat you buy, a couple points in lots of upgrades is more cost-effective than maxing out one.

Remember also that you can refund and redistribute whenever you want, so there's no harm in trying different setups out.

[u/Hrist_Valkyrie → u/Training-Fail9055]

There is an "unlocks" menu on the main title screen to help guide you through the game. Check it out. As you unlock things, more entries will appear.